Foreign Policies in Europe

Content

Objective

To analyze the continuities and changes of / in European politics through a triple study that focuses on the foreign policies of three dominant actors and study the place of Europe (outside the EU) in international politics and this, in a conjuncture marked by the substitution of the multiple policy of Europe by the supremacy of singular policies.

Course Content

This course focuses on the foreign policies of three actors who dominate and determine European politics, namely England, France and Germany. The foreign policies of these three states will be approached from a comparative perspective and in the context of their mutual relations.

Course Learning Outcomes

The students:
- Reinforce the base they have acquired especially during the courses Political History, International Politics and Compared Political Regimes;
- Understand the evolution and functioning of decision-making processes through concrete examples;
- Learn the components of foreign policy;
- Improve their ability to lead comparative analysis;
- Understand the actor-system interaction through concrete examples;
- Learn about the functioning of European policy

Teaching and Learning Methods

A mixed method combining narratif, debates and presentations, strengthened by audio-visual materials, i.e. documentaries and movies.

References

BONNAUD, Laurent (dir.), France-Angleterre: un siècle d'entente cordiale, 1994-2004. Deux nations,un seul but?, Paris: L'Harmattan, 2004, 308 p.
BRENDER, Anton, La France face à la mondialisation, Paris: Découverte, 2004, 123 p.
CROWSON, N.J., Britain and Europe: a political history since 1918, London; New York: Routledge, 2011, 214 p.
GARTON ASH, Timothy, In Europe’s name: Germany and the Divided Continent, London: Vintage, 1994, 680 p.
GIDDENS, Anthony; BLAIR, TONY, La troisième voie : le renouveau de la social-démocratie, Translated by Laurent Bouvet, Emilie Colombani ve Frédéric Michel, Paris: Editions du Seuil, 2002, 266 p.
GUERARD, Stéphane, Crise et mutation de la démocratie locale. En Angleterre, en France et en Allemagne, Paris: L'Harmattan, 2004, 372 p.
HERMET, Guy (ed.), Le système politique britannique: De Winston Churchill à Tony Blair, Translated by Jacques Lerez, Paris: Armand Colin, 2e édition, 2001, 331 p.
KESSLER, Marie-Christine, La politique étrangère de la France: acteurs et processus, Paris: Presses de Sciences Po, 1999, 498 p.
KIRATLI, Osman Sabri, “Avrupa Dış İlişkiler ve Güvenlik Politikası ve Üç Büyükler. Almanya, Fransa ve İngiltere”, Akademik İncelemeler Dergisi (Journal of Academic Inquiries), Cilt/Volume: 11, Sayı/Issue: 1, 2016, pp. 207-224.
MORIN, Jean-Frédéric, La politique étrangère - Théories, méthodes et références, Paris: Armand Colin, 2013, 320 p.
RAYNAUD, Philippe, Trois révolutions de la liberté: Angleterre, Amérique, France, Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 2009, 386 p.
SOUTOU, Georges- Henri, L'alliance incertaine : les rapports politico-stratégiques franco-allemands 1954-1996,Paris: Fayard, 1996, 496 p.

Weekly Contents

Assessment System

ECTS