Universität Wien

210111 SE M5: European Union and Europeanisation (2020W)

EU Foreign Policy and Conflict Resolution: Institutions, Instruments, and Case Studies

9.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 21 - Politikwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work

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Details

max. 40 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Wednesday 07.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
Wednesday 14.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
Wednesday 21.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
Wednesday 28.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
Wednesday 04.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
Wednesday 11.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
Wednesday 18.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
Wednesday 25.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
Wednesday 02.12. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
Wednesday 09.12. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
Wednesday 16.12. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
Wednesday 13.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
Wednesday 20.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock
Wednesday 27.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Digital
Hörsaal 3 (H3), NIG 2. Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Growing instability and conflict in the European Union’s (EU) neighborhood have increased the importance of the EU as an actor in conflict resolution and peacebuilding. Insecurity, failed states and conflict are also considered as important drivers of migration related challenges by the EU. This seminar will explore the EU’s role in conflict resolution in terms of institutions, instruments and approaches, which have evolved considerably over time. The course will introduce students to theoretical literatures on conflict resolution, peacebuilding and EU foreign policy to explore the EU’s role in conflict resolution. It also deals with critical perspectives on EU conflict resolution, including the so-called local turn. Building on these theoretical works, the course will explore the EU’s conflict resolution activities with respect to different country case studies, focusing on conflicts in the EU’s Southern and Eastern neighborhood as well as in Sub-Saharan Africa. The selected case studies will illustrate different EU-conflict resolution activities with respect to key instruments, approaches and thematical aspects. Among other things, it will deal with the EU’s normative approach to liberal peacebuilding, the power of European integration and its contractual relations, conflict mediation, civil and military crisis-management, engaging with actors from civil society, and gender and peacebuilding.

The course will take place in a digital format. The main course contents and materials will be provided through the moodle-platform, including video recordings, online lectures, small group meetings and individual exercises. This will ensure a an interactive format that relies on student participation.

• Phase one presents key theoretical and empirical works on the EU’s role in conflict resolution. In this phase, students will choose the topic for their papers (these sessions are video-recorded).
• The second phase consists of plenary sessions to hold and discuss student presentations on their seminar papers. Students will be divided into groups in line with their selected topics and guided in developing the research design of their seminar paper. The sessions will allow for in-depth debt debate of individual topics, and student-only meetings in each group. Methods include individual work, peer feedback, presentations, and debate (the online presence of students is required for their individual presentations/meetings).

Assessment and permitted materials

Course requirements include regular attendance and active participation. In phase one students will provide short discussion papers on central arguments of selected course texts. Students may also participate in a short student-debate that takes place at the beginnign of each session. Alternatively to participating in a debate, students can present their seminar paper during phase two. Furthermore, students may be asked to attend relevant public events. Students will write a seminar paper of 12-15 pages.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Regular and active participation in the seminar is indispensable. Written assignments 25%, active participation (including in debate or oral presentation of the seminar paper) 25% , seminar paper 50%. Delivery of all partial assignments is mandatory for a positive grade.

Examination topics

Reading list

• Kriesberg, L. (2007). The conflict resolution field: Origins, growth and differentiation. In I. W. Zartman (Ed.), Peacemaking in international conflict: Methods & techniques (pp. 25-60). Washington, DC: U.S. Institute of Peace Press.
• Ramsbotham, O., Woodhouse T., & Miall, H. (2005). Contemporary conflict resolution. Malden, MA: Polity Press (Ch. 2: Conflict resolution: Origins, foundations and development of the field, pp. 35-62).
• Mueller, Patrick. "Europe's foreign policy and the Middle East peace process: The construction of EU actorness in conflict resolution." Perspectives on European Politics and Society 14, no. 1 (2013): 20-35.
• Diez, T., Stetter, S., & Albert, M. (2006). The European Union and border conflicts: the transformative power of integration. International organization, 563-593.
• Hayward, K. (2006). Reiterating national identities: The European Union conception of conflict resolution in Northern Ireland. Cooperation and Conflict, 41(3), 261-284.
• Tocci, N. (2008). The EU and conflict resolution in Turkey and Georgia: Hindering EU potential through the political management of contractual relations. J. Common Mkt. Stud., 46, 875.

• Diez, T., & Pace, M. (2011). Normative power Europe and conflict transformation. In Normative Power Europe (pp. 210-225). Palgrave Macmillan, London.
• Chandler, David. "EU statebuilding: securing the liberal peace through EU enlargement." Global Society 21, no. 4 (2007): 593-607.
• Richmond, O., Björkdahl, A., & Kappler, S. (2011). The emerging EU peacebuilding framework: confirming or transcending liberal peacebuilding?. Cambridge review of international affairs, 24(3), 449-469.
Bossong, Raphael. "EU civilian crisis management and organizational learning." European security 22, no. 1 (2013): 94-112.
• Juncos, A. E. (2018). Civilian CSDP missions:‘the good, the bad and the ugly’. In Research Handbook on the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy. Edward Elgar Publishing.
• Bercovitch, J. (2007). Mediation in international conflicts: Theory, practice and development. In I. W. Zartman (Ed.), Peacemaking in international conflict: Methods & techniques (pp. 163-194). Washington, DC: U.S. Institute of Peace Press.
• Bergmann, Julian, and Arne Niemann. "Mediating international conflicts: the European Union as an effective peacemaker?." JCMS: journal of common market studies 53, no. 5 (2015): 957-975
• Müller, P., & Bergmann, J. (2020). Orchestrating peace in South Sudan: exploring the effectiveness of the European Union’s mediation support. European Security, 29(2), 149-169.
• Mac Ginty, R., & Richmond, O. P. (2013). The local turn in peace building: A critical agenda for peace. Third world quarterly, 34(5), 763-783.
• Ejdus, Filip, and Ana E. Juncos. "Reclaiming the local in EU peacebuilding: Effectiveness, ownership, and resistance." Contemporary Security Policy 39, no. 1 (2018): 4-27.
• Müller, P., & Zahda, Y. (2018). Local perceptions of the EU’s role in peacebuilding: The case of security sector reform in Palestine. Contemporary security policy, 39(1), 119-141.
• Tocci, Nathalie, ed. The European Union, civil society and conflict. Vol. 19. Taylor & Francis, 2011 (pp. 1-28).
• Hanafi, S., & Tabar, L. (2003). The Intifada and the aid industry: The impact of the new liberal agenda on the Palestinian NGOs. Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, 23(1), 205-214.
• Biton, Y., & Salomon, G. (2006). Peace in the eyes of Israeli and Palestinian youths: Effects of collective narratives and peace education program. Journal of Peace Research, 43(2), 167-180.
• Shepherd, Laura J., and Caitlin Hamilton. "Gender and peacebuilding." In Handbook on Gender and War. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016.
• Deiana, M. A., & McDonagh, K. (2018). Translating the Women, Peace and Security Agenda into EU Common Security and Defence Policy: Reflections from EU Peacebuilding. Global Society, 32(4), 415-435.
• O'Reilly, M. (2012). Muscular interventionism: gender, power and liberal p

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