EVS418 Relations US-Europe and EU Enlargement

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Břetislav Dančák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Piotr Wysocki (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Markéta Pitrová, Ph.D.
Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Olga Cídlová, DiS.
Timetable
Tue 14:00–15:40 U43
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! MVZ412 The USA and New Europe
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main goal of the course is a description of mutual relations between European Union countries and the USA in the context of EU enlargement. With the particular accent on the new European Union countries, it observes formulation of American priorities in the relation with Europe and EU priorities towards the America. Particular attention will be paid to the differences in the foreign policy interest enforcement, with the realisation that the USA follows interest of one national state, whereas in the case of EU, we need an explanation of specific nuances between the interest of EU as a whole and interests of significant member states – Great Britain, France, Germany. Political approaches of the Eastern European countries towards various concepts of EU further development and its connection with the USA will be viewed in the context of Euro-American relations. Euro-American relations are developed to a wide spectrum of dimensions, whereas some dominant fields, to which the course will pay special attention, can be recognized: a) security – North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, security-political interests in the transatlantic area and beyond it, divergences in approach towards international conflict resolution; b) economy – mutual trade in the context of global economic environment; c) civilization aspect in mutual relations – modern technology and mass culture.
Syllabus
  • I. Introduction. Course and evaluation description. II. Traditions of American unilateralism – early stage. III. Current American unilateralism – implications for transatlantic realtions. IV. Multilateralism – the term and political practice. V. Transatlantic relations in the inter-war period. VI. The emergence of the solid transatlantic linkage after World War II. VII. Reading week VIII. The end of the Cold War: USA, the only superpower and Europe in the process of integration. Mid-semester test. IX. NATO enlargement and EU: USA-EU interests X. EU as a superpower and a global actor XI. Economic interests of the USA and EU: partnership or rivalry? XII. European mass culture and the competitive American life-style. XIII. Perspectives of the transatlantic relations at the beginning of 21st century.
Literature
  • FIALA, Petr. Evropský mezičas. Nové otázky evropské integrace. (European mean time. New questions of European Integration.). První vydání. Brno: Brno: Společnost pro odbornou literaturu, Barrister a Principal, 2007, 174 pp. Barrister a Principal. ISBN 80-87029-04-6. info
  • Old Europe, new Europe and the transatlantic security agenda. Edited by Kerry Longhurst - Marcin Zaborowski. London: Routledge, 2005, vii, 213. ISBN 041534820X. info
  • KAGAN, Robert. Of paradise and power :America and Europe in the new world order. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003, 103 s. ISBN 1-4000-4093-0. info
  • MCDOUGALL, Walter A. Promised land, crusader state :the american encounter with the world since 1776. Boston: Mariner book, 1997, xiii, 286. ISBN 0-395-90132-4. info
Assessment methods
The course is finished by an exam. It requires fulfilling of semester tasks. The final grade will be calculated as a composite evaluation consisting of seminar presence and activity, mid-semester test and final test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Nezapisují studenti, kteří již absolvovali kurz MVZ412.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010.
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