25. 9. Establishment and further development of the European Neighbourhood Policy (U43). EU-Russia relations: Introduction (U32)
Establishment and further development of the European Neighbourhood Policy - Southern dimension: Barcelona Process and the Eastern Partnership + seminar discussion
The lecture and seminar will discuss the EU as an actor in the context of the European Neihgbourhood Policy, with the emphasis on the Eastern dimension of the ENP. We will discuss more in a detail the establishment and further development of the Eastern Partnership programme (its main characteristics, possibilities, critical points of the EaP development etc.)
- Kobzova, J. (2015): Eastern Partnership after Riga: rethink, reforms, resilience. ECFR. On-line: (http://www.ecfr.eu/page/-/Riga_Series_Jana_change.pdf). (11 pages)
- Lavenex, S. (2017): "On the fringes of the European peace project: The neighbourhood policy’s functionalist hubris and political myopia." The British Journal of Politics and
International Relations, 2017, Vol. 19(1) 63–76. (14 pages)
EEAS: European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) (https://eeas.europa.eu/diplomatic-network/european-neighbourhood-policy-enp_en)
EEAS: Eastern Partnership (https://eeas.europa.eu/diplomatic-network/eastern-partnership_en)
In the second part the groop will move to U32, where the introductory lecture about the EU-Russia relations will be held.
Required readings:
Forsberg, T. and Haukkala, H. (2018): The European Union. In: Tsygankov, A., P. (ed.): Routledge Handbook of Russian Foreign Policy. Routledge, pp. 269-281.
Light, M. (2015): “Russian Foreign Policy Themes in Official Documents and Speeches: Tracing Continuity and Change”. In: Cadier, David and Light, Margot (eds.; 2015): Russia´s Foreign Policy. Ideas, Domestic Politics and External Relations. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 13-29. (16 pages)
Trenin, D.; Lipman, M.; Malashenko, A. (eds.; 2013): The End of an Era in EU-Russia Relations. Carnegie Moscow Center, May 30, 2013. (Total 30 pages)
Recommended:
Tsygankov, A., P. (2010): Russia´s foreign policy: change and continuity in national identity, Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, pp. 55 - 77.
White, S. (2011): Understanding Russian Politics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 263 – 319.