EUROPEAN UNION AND THE MIDDLE EAST

PSIR522

Course Code: PSIR522
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 10

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Master's Degree Without Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Professor Hasan Ünal

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Learn the philosophy and processes of EU's foreign policy making.
Discuss the reasons and outcomes of EU's Middle East policy.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

No recommended optional programme componenets

Course Description

In the aftermath of the Cold War, The European Union's policy toward the Middle East intensifies depending on its enthusiasm to be a global actor. Furthermore, the EU perceives threat from instability in the Mediterranean and the Middle East region. Thus, the Middle East region occupies an important place in the foreign policy agenda of the EU. This course aims to provide literature knowledge and theoretical framework for those who plans to conduct academic surveys within the context of the EU's Mediterranean and Middle East policy.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction: What is Foreign Policy?
2^nd Week	Foreign Policy Framework of the EU I
3^rd Week	Foreign Policy Framework of the EU II
4^th Week	Why Middle East Matters?
5^th Week	A Historical Perspective: The EU's Southern Mediterranean and the Middle East policy
6^th Week	A Theoretical Perspective: The EU's Southern Mediterranean and the Middle East policy
7^th Week	A Policy Perspective: The EU's Southern Mediterranean and the Middle East policy
8^th Week	Mid-term Exam
9^th Week	Conflict and the EU: Theoretical Framework
10^th Week	The EU's Israel and Paletsine Policy I
11^th Week	The EU's Israel and Paletsine Policy II
12^th Week	The EU's Iraq policy
13^th Week	The EU's Iran policy
14^th Week	The EU's Turkey policy

Recommended or Required Reading

Altunışık, Meliha Benli. 2008. "EU Foreign Policy and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: How Much of an Actor?" European Security. 17(1).
Altunışık, Meliha Benli. 2008. "Security Challengesin the SouthEastern Mediterranean Region: Implications for the EU" 6th Seminar on Security and Defence in the Mediterranean
Aybet, Gülnur, Meltem Müftüler Bac. (2000) Transformations in Security and Identity After the Cold War: Turkey's Problematic Relationship with Europe International Journal, 55, 4.,
Bac, Meltem Müftüler. (1998) The Never Ending Story: Turkey and the European Union, Middle Eastern Studies, 34, 4.
Bilgin, Pınar. 2001. Turkey and the EU: Yesterday's Answers to Tomorrow's Security Problems' in Graeme P. Herd and Jouku Huru (eds.) (2001) EU Civillian Crisis Management, (Surrey: Conflict Studies Research Centre, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst).
Bilgin, Pınar. 2004. A Return to "Civilisational Geopolitics" in the Mediterranean? Changing Geopolitical Images of the European Union and Turkey in the Post-Cold War Era. Geopolitics. 9(2).
Bindi, Federiga (ed.). 2010. The Foreign Policy of the European Union. Washington: Brookings Institution Press.
Coppieters, Bruno, Michael Emerson, Michel Huysseune, Tamara Kovziridze, Gergana Noutcheva, Nathalie Tocci and Marius Vahl. 2004. "Europeanization and Conflict Resolution: Case Studies from the European Periphery" Journal of Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe. 2004(1)
Crowe, Briean. 2003. "A Common European Policy After Iraq?" International Affairs. 79(3).
Dersan, Duygu. 2010. Dynamics and Evolution of European Union's Middle East Policy. Lap Lambert Academic Publishing.
Dosenrode, Soren and Anders Stubkjaer.2002. The European Union and the Middle East. London: Sheffield Academic Press.
Drezner, Daniel W. 2007 "The New World Order" Foreign Affairs. March/April 2007.
Dupont, Pierre Emmanuel. 2009. "The EU Iran Dialogue In the Context of the Nuclear Crisis" Review of International Affairs. 60.
Eralp, Atila. .2009. "The Role of Temporality and Interaction in the Turkey-EU Relations".New Perspectives on Turkey, 40, Spring
Fawcett, Louise (ed). 2005. International Relations of the Middle East. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Gomes, Ricardo. 2003. Negotiating the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. Burlington: Ashgate.
Halliday, Fred. 2005. The Middle East in International Relations: Power, Politics and Ideology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Hinnesbusch, Raymond. 2003. International Politics of the Middle East. Oxford: Manchester University Press.
Laidi, Zaki (ed). 2008. EU Foreign Policy in a Globalized World. New York: Routledge.
Neack, Laura. 2003. The New Foreign Policy. New York: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Tocci, Nathalie. 2007. The EU and Conflict Resolution. New York: Routledge.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	45
Total(%)		45
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		45
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		55
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	2	2
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	14	7	98
Preparation for Final exam	1	78	78
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	78	78
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	3	3
Homework
Total Work Load			301
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			10.03
ECTS Credit of the Course			10

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2
K1
K2	X	X
K3
K4	X	X
K5
K6	X	X
K7
K8	X	X