Lehrende/r: Dr. habil. Julian Bergmann
Veranstaltungsart: Seminar
Anzeige im Stundenplan: Sem EU
Semesterwochenstunden: 2
Unterrichtssprache: Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: - | 30
Prioritätsschema: Senatsrichtlinie Zulassung gemäß Richtlinie über den Zugang zu teilnahmebeschränkten Lehrveranstaltungen vom 07. März 2007. Nähere Informationen hierzu entnehmen Sie bitte www.info.jogustine.uni-mainz.de/senatsrichtlinie
Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches: Gültig für folgende vom Institut angebotenen Studiengänge: - MA Politische Ökonomie und Internationale Beziehungen (Modul 5 Internationale Politik und Europäische Integration) - MA Politische Ökonomie und Internationale Beziehungen (Modul 6 Inhaltliche Vertiefung mit interdisziplinärer Orientierung) - MA Empirische Demokratieforschung (Modul 5 alt Internationale Politik und spezifische Politikfelder) - MA Empirische Demokratieforschung (Modul 2 Politische Institutionen und Prozesse) - MA Politische Ökonomie und Internationale Beziehungen (Modul 2 Politische Institutionen und Prozesse)
Inhalt: The main purpose of this course is to examine the European Union's (EU) role in international conflict management. More specifically, we will address three questions: (1) How can we conceptually grasp and theorize the EU's role(s), effectiveness and impact concerning the management of international conflict? (2) What instruments and means does the EU have at its disposal to prevent, manage and resolve violent conflicts and how do they work? (3) How effective is the EU as a conflict manager and what conditions influence its effectiveness and impact? Along these questions, the course is structured in three parts. The first part introduces the basic concepts and theoretical approaches to understand and explain the EU's involvement in conflict management. In the second part, we analyse the different conflict management instruments the EU has at its disposal, including sanctions, preventive diplomacy and mediation, CSDP military operations and civilian missions, and fact-finding missions and confidence-building measures. Finally, in the third part of the course we investigate the EU's involvement in several cases such as the armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine, the conflict over Iran’s nuclear programme, and the civil war in South Sudan, and discuss the potential conditions that influence the EU's effectiveness and impact as global conflict manager. In a final simulation game, we will put our knowledge to a practical test and reflect on the constraints of EU conflict management decision-making.
