European
Security (DIP 600)
Spring 2008
Monday
4pm-6:30pm
Dr. Robert M. Farley
Office: Patterson 467
Office Hours: Tuesday, 1-3pm
Office Telephone: 859-257-4668
E-mail: farls0@gmail.com
Introduction
The goal of this course is to provide students
with a foundation in the major debates on national security policy. The
first third of the course concentrates on many of the classic works of national
security, as well as commentaries on those works. The second third of the
course focuses on contemporary policy debates in the
Format
Student discussion will take up the bulk of class
time. I expect everyone to attend, have
studied the readings, and have a familiarity with current events. Any major reputable newspaper will suffice
for the latter, although I prefer the New York Times.
Grading
Grading will be based on class participation (20%),
two 7-9 page analytical papers (30% each), and one final examination (20%).
Each of the two 7-9 page analytical papers must be
typed and double-spaced. Please do not
exceed the page limit. Although
specific topic is up to you, one paper should have a regional focus, while the
other should concentrate on a particular nation-state. The papers need
not hold to any particular format (policy oriented memo, for example), but
should be internally consistent in focus. Additional research is welcome,
and may be necessary for the adequate presentation of some topics. The
first paper is due on the week of your presentation (see below), and the second
on the final day of the course.
You will be required to make an oral presentation and
defense of one memo during class. You
must indicate to me a preference for which week to present by the second week
of the course, such that I can stagger presentations. The presentation should last about fifteen
minutes, and will be followed by a fifteen minute question and answer
period. The presentation will make up 50% of your participation grade, or
10% of the total grade.
The papers will be evaluated on both content and
presentation. Information must be
accurate, arguments must be well thought out, and style must be
compelling.
Class Materials
Purchase of the following books is strongly
recommended.
Desmond
Dinan, Ever Closer Union. Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2005.
Seth
Jones, The Rise of European Security Cooperation. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 2007
Ian Buruma, Murder in Amsterdam: Liberal Europe, Islam, and the
Limits of Tolerence. London: Penguin, 2007.
David
Dunn, Poland - a New Power in Transatlantic Security. New
York: Routledge, 2003.
The rest of the class readings are either available
online or can be found in Patterson 469.
Week 1 (1/14): Introduction
Week 2 (1/28): History
Dinan, 9-102
Jones, 1-56
Week 3
(2/4): Institutions-NATO
Dinan 103-158
Ryan C. Hendrickson,
“The Miscalculation of NATO’s Death,” Parameters: Spring 2007.
Steven E. Meyer, "Carcass of Dead Policies: The Irrelevance of
NATO," Parameters: Winter 2003-4.
Robert Wilkie, "Fortress Europa: European Defense and the Future of the North Atlantic
Alliance," Parameters: Winter 2002-3.
Week 4 (2/11): Institutions-European Union
Dinan 159-204,
483-530
Brenner
M., “The CFSP Factor,” Cooperation and Conflict, vol
38, 3 (Sep 2003), pp. 187-210.
Crowe B.,
“A Common European Foreign Policy?” International Affairs 79,
3 (2003), pp.533-546.
Winn N.,
“CFSP, ESDP, and the Future of European Security: Whither NATO?” Brown
Journal of World
Affairs, vol. 9, 3 (Winter/Spring 2003), pp. 149-161.
Week 5 (2/18): More on Institutions
Jones 57-135
Emanuel Adler, “Seeds of Peaceful Change: The
OSCE’s Security Community Building Model,” in Adler ed. Security Communities, 119-160. (available in
computer room)
Hanna Ojanen, The EU and
NATO: Two Competing models for a Common Defense Policy. JCMS: 2006, 44-1
(57-76). (available in the computer room)
Emil J. Kirchner, The
Challenge of European Security Governance. JCMS: 2006, 44-5 (947-968). (available in the computer room)
Week 6 (2/25): The Military Question
Jones
136-219
Mary Kaldor
and Andrew Salmon, Military Force and European Strategy. Survival: Spring 2006.
Week 7 (3/3): The Islamic Question
Buruma, 1-262
Fidel Sendagorta, Jihad in Europe: The Wider Context. Survival: Autumn 2005.
Ömer Taspina,
The Old Turks' Revolt: When Radical Secularism Endangers Democracy. Foreign
Affairs, November/December 2007
Week 8 (3/17): The Eastern Question
F.
Stephen Larrabee, Danger
and Opportunity in
Ronald D. Asmus,
F. Stephen Larrabee, Ukraine and the
West. Survival:
Spring 2006.
Oksana Antonenko, Russia and the Deadlock over Kosovo. Survival, Autumn 2007.
Week 9 (3/24): Germany
Franz-Josef Meiers, Germany’s Defence
Choices. Survival: Spring 2005.
Franz-Josef Meiers, The German Predicament:
The Red Lines of the Security and Defence Policy of
the
Week 10 (3/31):
Dunn, 1-150
Week 11 (4/7): Spain
British Broadcasting
Company, Madrid Train Attacks Coverage
Ahmed Rashid, Spain and
Afghanistan, RIE 5/2006.
Renwick McLean, Catalonia’s
Go-it-Alone Posture Rattles Spain. IHT 1/19/06
Week 12 (4/14): France
David S. Yost, France’s Evolving Nuclear
Strategy. Survival: Autumn 2005.
Reform of French National Defense,
Embassy of France.
Week 13 (4/21): Europe and America
Jones
220-243
Dinan 531-553
Alan W. Dowd,"A Different Course? America and Europe in the
21st Century," Parameters: Autumn
2004.
James Dobbins, New Directions for
Transatlantic Security Cooperation, Survival, Winter
2005-6.
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