This unit analyses the politics of the new Europe that was created by the European Union when it expanded eastward after the end of the Cold War. The unit examines, in depth, the implications for European and international security of the EU's eastern enlargement, considering contrasting processes of integration and disintegration. Issues considered include the meaning of new Europe and the core role of France and Germany; the legacies of the Cold War; the dilemmas of West European integration; the difficulties of constitutional reform; the wars in Bosnia, Kosovo and Georgia; the limits of further enlargement; relations with the EU's eastern neighbourhood and with its main energy... -- Course Website
Instructor: Associate Professor Roderic Pitty
Prerequisites: any Level 2 Political Science and International Relations unit