The New Europe

POLS 367/INST 393

Dr. Brunell

Gonzaga University

Lecture Notes

Introduction to Europe as a Collective Entity

A United Europe: Historical Fact or Political Fiction

The Invention of Peace

Europe Old and New

Intro, East-West Differences

Political Identities in the New Europe

European Identity in the 21st Century

Political Elites and the Social Construction of European Identity

TR Reid on Generation E

Immigration, Migration and Diversity in the New Europe

Citizenship, Immigration and Migration

Assimilation and Backlash

Xenophobia and the Politics of Fear

Islam and Islamaphobia

Xenophobia and Islamophobia

Europe and Security

Intro to Security

Europe and the US

New Europe, New NATO

The Europeanization of European Security

Russia: Friend or Foe?

The New Interventionism

The “New Terrorism” and the “War on Terror”

A New Cold War?

The New Cold War

Russian Military: Power for Power’s Sake or a Business Opportunity?

Pipeline Dreams: Energy in the New Cold War

Putin at Valdai: An articulation of the Russian Worldview in the 21st Century

The European Union

The Evolution of the European Union

The EU: Superstate or Neo-Medieval Empire

The Constitutional Treaty and the Treaty of Lisbon

Governing Europe: The EU’s Institutions

Council of Ministers

European Parliament

Europe in the Global Economy

EU External Relations

Business Euro Style

Beating the US at its Own Game

Policymaking in the New Europe

The Common Agricultural Policy

Justice and Home Affairs

Regional Policy

Transnational Policy Networks: The Case of Domestic Violence Reform