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Poslední úprava: PhDr. Lucie Filipová, Ph.D. (03.03.2019)
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Poslední úprava: PhDr. Lucie Filipová, Ph.D. (25.02.2019)
- theoretical aim: improve understanding of methodology and application of Comparative Foreign Policy Analysis (CFPA) - empirical aim: deepen understanding of German policy behavior and its shaping factors |
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Poslední úprava: PhDr. Lucie Filipová, Ph.D. (25.02.2019)
Students who take the course for credit will be expected to - prepare for all sessions by preparing the required readings and participate in the discussions in class readings (20 per cent); - deliver a 20 min presentation (individually or in a small team, usually of two) on one of the case studies (30 per cent) - prepare an academic paper on a case study on German foreign policy (about 15 pages), due on June 30 (50 per cent). |
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Poslední úprava: PhDr. Lucie Filipová, Ph.D. (25.02.2019)
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Poslední úprava: PhDr. Lucie Filipová, Ph.D. (25.02.2019)
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Poslední úprava: Ing. Magda Pektorová (24.04.2019)
PART I: INTRODUCTION
Session One: Germany, the Still “Civilian” Power, and its Troubles (Wednesday, March 27, 12:30 to 14:00, room 2080)
Required Reading: Maull, Hanns W. (1990/91): Germany and Japan: The New Civilian Powers, in: Foreign Affairs Vol.69 (5), pp.91-106 Maull, Hanns W. (2018): Reflective, Hegemonic, Geo-economic, Civilian … ? The Puzzle of German Power. In: German Politics 27 (4), S. 460–478. DOI: 10.1080/09644008.2018.1446520. Supplementary Reading: Kundnani, Hans: The Paradox of German Power, London: Hurst & Co. 2014
Session Two: “Civilian Power” foundations of German foreign and security policies, pre-1990 (Wednesday, March 27, 14:15 - 15:30, Room 1035)
Required Reading: Maull, Hanns W. (2014): From 'civilian power' to 'trading state'? in: Colvin, Sarah (ed): Routledge Handbook of German Politics and Culture, Abingdon: Routledge 2014, pp.409-424 Bagger, Thomas (2019): The World According to Germany. Reassessing 1989. In: The Washington Quarterly 41 (4), S. 53–63. Supplementary Reading: Knut Kirste/Hanns W. Maull (1996), Zivilmacht und Rollentheorie, in: Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen (ZIB) 3:2, pp.283-312 Holsti, K. J. (1970): National Role Conceptions in the Study of Foreign Policy. In: International Studies Quarterly 14 (3), pp. 233-309 DOI: 10.2307/3013584.
PART II: “CIVILIAN POWER” FOUNDATIONS OF GERMAN FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICIES, POST-1990
Session Three: Transatlantic relations and national security (Wednesday, March 27, 15:45 - 17:00, Room 1035)
Required Reading: Rynning, Sten (2017): The divide. France, Germany and political NATO. In: International affairs 93 (2), S. 267–289 Keller, Patrick (2012): Germany in NATO. The Status Quo Ally. In: Survival 54 (3), S. 95–110 Supplementary Reading: Overhaus, Marco (2006): Civilian Power under Stress: Germany, NATO, and the European Security and Defense Policy, in: Maull, Hanns W. (ed): Germany’s Uncertain Power, The Foreign Policy of the Berlin Republic, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 66-78
Session Four: European Integration (Thursday, March 28, 9:30 - 11:00, Room 1034)
Required Reading: Bulmer, Simon/Paterson, William E. (2019): Germany and the European Union, Europe’s Reluctant Hegemon? London: Macmillan International, pp. 21-77 (Chapters 1 and 2) Supplementary Reading: Kundnani, Hans: The Paradox of German Power, London: Hurst & Co. 2014
Session Five: German foreign policies beyond Europe (Thursday, March 28, 11:00 - 12:30, Room 1034)
Required Reading: Molt, Peter (2006): Germany’s Development Policy since 1998, in: : Maull, Hanns W. (ed): Germany’s Uncertain Power, The Foreign Policy of the Berlin Republic, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 233-246 Supplementary Reading: Steinberg, Guido (ed) (Hg.) (2009): German Middle East and North Africa Policy. Interests, Strategies, Options. SWP. Berlin: SWP. Available at https://www.swp-berlin.org/fileadmin/contents/products/research_papers/2009_RP09_sbg_ks.pdf.
Session Six: “Trading state” - Germany in the world economy (Thursday, March 28, 14:00 - 15:30, Room 1035)
Required Reading: Hager, Wolfgang (1980): Germany as an Extraordinary Trader, in: Basevi, Giorgio/Kohl, Wilfrid L. (eds) (1980): West Germany: A European and Global Power, Lexington, Mass: Heath, pp. 3-19 Kundnani, Hans (2011): Germany as a Geo-economic power, in: The Washington Quarterly, 34:3 (Summer 2011), pp. 31-45 Supplementary Reading: Falke, Andreas (2006): German Trade Policy: The Decline of Liberal Leadership, in: Maull, Hanns W. (ed): Germany’s Uncertain Power, The Foreign Policy of the Berlin Republic, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 185-198
PART III: CASE STUDIES
Session Seven: Germany, the United States and NATO (Monday, May 13, 8:30 to 10:00, room 2018)
Required Reading: Szabo, Stephen F. (2006): Parting Ways, The German-American Relationship after Iraq, in: Maull, Hanns W. (ed): Germany’s Uncertain Power, The Foreign Policy of the Berlin Republic, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 122-136 Brockmeier, Sarah (2013): Germany and the Intervention in Libya. In: Survival 55 (6), S. 63–90 Glasser, Susan B.: An Ocean Apart. Trump's beef with Angela Merkel and Europe. In: The New Yorker (Dec. 24 & 31, 2018), S. 46–53. Supplementary Reading: Szabo, Stephen F. (2004): Parting Ways, The Crisis in German-American Relations, Washington, DC: Brookings Miskimmon, Alister (2012): German Foreign Policy and the Libya Crisis. In: German Politics 21 (4), S. 392–410 Szabo, Stephen F. (2007): Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Politische und Sicherheitsbeziehungen, in: Risse, Thomas et al. (ed): Handbuch zur deutschen Außenpolitik, Wiesbaden: VS 2007, pp. 353-366
Session Eight: Germany in the Eurocrisis (Monday, May 13, 10:00 to 11:15, room 2018)
Required Reading: Bulmer, Simon/Paterson, William E. (2019): Germany and the European Union, Europe’s Reluctant Hegemon? London: Macmillan International, pp. 167-97 (Chapter 6) Oppermann, Kai (2012): National Role Conceptions, Domestic Constraints and the New ‘Normalcy’ in German Foreign Policy. The Eurozone Crisis, Libya and Beyond. In: German Politics 21 (4), S. 502–519 Supplementary Reading: Otero-Iglesias, Miguel (2017): Still waiting for Paris. Germany's reluctant hegemony in pursuing political union in the Euro Area. In: 39 (April 2017) 3 39 (3), S. 349–364 Bulmer, Simon; Paterson, William E. (2013): Germany as the EU's reluctant hegemon? Of economic strength and political constraints. In: Journal of European Public Policy 20 (10), S. 1387–1405
Session Nine: Germany, Europe and Migration (Monday, May 13, 11:15 to 12:30, room 2018)
Required Reading: Webber, Douglas (2019): European Disintegration? The Politics of Crisis in the European Union, London: Macmillan International, pp. 135-176 (Chapter 5) Supplementary Reading: Hellmann, Gunther/Baumann, Rainer/Wagner, Wolfgang (2006): Germany’s EU Policy on Asylum and Defence, De-Europeanization by Default? Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan Alexander, Robin (2017): Die Getriebenen, Merkel und die Flüchtlingspolitik: Report aus dem Inneren der Macht, Munich: Siedler
Session Ten: Germany and the Crisis of the European Order post-2014 (Tuesday, May 14, 8:30 to 10:00, room 4018)
Required Reading: Kundnani, Hans: Leaving the West Behind, in: Foreign Affairs (Jan./Feb 2015), pp. 108-116 Pond, Elizabeth: Germany’s real Role in the Ukraine Crisis, Caught Between East and West, in: Foreign Affairs (March/April 2015), pp. 173-177 Webber, Douglas (2019): European Disintegration? The Politics of Crisis in the European Union, London: Macmillan International, pp. 106-134 (Chapter 4) Supplementary Reading: Samuel Charap/Timothy J. Colton (2017): Everyone Loses, The Ukraine Crisis and the Ruinous Contest for Post-Soviet Eurasia,London: IISS/Routledge
Session Eleven: The Franco-German Tandem (Tuesday, May 14, 10:15 to 11:30, room 4018)
Required Reading: Schild, Joachim (2011): Mission impossible? The Potential for Franco-German Leadership in the Enlarged EU. In: Journal of Common Market Studies, 48 (2010) 5, S. 1367-1390 Stark, Hans: The Franco-German relationship, 1998 – 2005, in: Maull, Hanns W. (ed): Germany’s Uncertain Power, The Foreign Policy of the Berlin Republic, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 109-121 Supplementary Reading: Krotz, Ulrich/Schild, Joachim (2015): Shaping Europe. France, Germany, and Embedded Bilateralism from the Elysée Treaty to Twenty-First Century Politics, Oxford: Oxford University Press Krotz, Ulrich (2014): Three eras and possible futures. A long-term view of the Franco-German relationship a century after the First World War 90 (2), S. 337–350.
Session Twelve: Germany and Poland (Tuesday, May 14, 11:30 to 12:15, room 4018)
Required Reading: Hanska, Iwona Anna: Germany and Poland, in: Fich, Mathias et al. (eds): The New Germany: History, Economy, Policies, Baden-Baden: Nomos 2011, pp. 360-372 Supplementary Reading:
Session Thirteen: Germany and Russia (Tuesday, May 14, 12:30 to 14:00, room 4018)
Required Reading: Joetze, Günther: Pan-European Stability: Still a Key Task? In: Maull, Hanns W. (ed): Germany’s Uncertain Power, The Foreign Policy of the Berlin Republic, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 152-167 Szabo, Stephen F. (2018): Different Approaches to Russia. The German–American–Russian Strategic Triangle. In: German Politics 27 (2), S. 230–243. DOI: 10.1080/09644008.2018.1446081. Adomeit, Hannes (2017): German-Russian Alienation: The Kremlin Is To Blame, available at: https://www.raamoprusland.nl/dossiers/europa/667-german-russian-alienation-kremlin-is-to-blame Supplementary Reading: Szabo, Stephen F. (2015): Germany, Russia and the Rise of Geo-Economic, London & New York: Bloomsbury Academic |