This course aims to assess the evolving relations between the EU and the emerging powers in the Global South in the changing international order. In recent years there has been some opportunities and challenges in the EU’s relations to emerging powers. The EU lacks a comprehensive and consistent strategy against the Global South. This course aims to identify the strengths and challenges of the EU in engaging with the emerging powers in various policy areas such as diplomacy, economics-trade-development, military and culture. It also seeks to identify the EU’s capacity to respond to the changes occurring in the changing international order and explore the credentials of the EU as an actor in the global governance.

This course examines role of European states in postwar period of rapid economic growth and current crisis. It includes the assessment of different state traditions ("etatist," liberal, authoritarian); government's role in decline of some economies and rise of others; why and where Keynesianism, indicative planning, and state enterprises were introduced; alternative conceptions of contemporary economic problems

This course aims to assess the evolving relations between the EU and the emerging powers in the changing international order. The EU’s relations with emerging powers have been marked by both opportunities and challenges. On the other hand, the EU lacks a comprehensive and consistent strategy against the rising powers in search for un upgraded status in world politics. This course aims to identify the strengths and challenges of the EU in engaging with the emerging powers in various policy areas such as diplomacy, economics-trade-development, military and culture. It also seeks to identify the EU’s strengths and failures in responding to the changes occurring in the changing international order. In the final analysis, this course aims to explore the credentials of the EU as an ordering actor in the global governance.

The European Union is a key participant in international organisations with its involvement taking different forms, ranging from full membership to mere observer. Moreover, there is also not only one status of observer, but different ones depending on the constituent charters of the organisations. This course provides a comprehensive overview of the EU’s relations with numerous international organizations at both regional and global levels. The course aims to assess the evolving relations of the EU with both international organizations like the UN, NATO, World Bank, IMF, WTO, African Union, ASEAN, Shanghai Cooperation, G20, BRICS, MIKTA and non-governmental international organizations. In sum, it seeks to provide a theoretical and practical look to the EU’s role, policies and positions in different international organisations.

This course investigates the phenomenon of regionalism and regionalization. It explores the origins, evolution, challenges and effects of regional economic, political and security integration and cooperation in Europe, and tries to compare that experience with other regionalization and regionalism in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas. It will also investigate transregional and inter regional relations of EU with other other countries, regional arrangements and certain international institutions such as the United Nations. The course will include the study of competing regionalisms between the European Union and Russia in the EU's Eastern Neighbourhood and EU cooperation with regional institutions in its Southern Neighbourhood and the Mediterranean.

This course is designed to overview the causes and consequences of international trade and investment by giving a special attention to EU. We first address general trade theory and concepts to investigate systematically the questions such as why nations trade, what they trade, and who gains (or not) from this trade. Topics covered will include the effects of trade on economic growth and wage inequality, multinationals and foreign direct investment, international trade agreements and current trade policy disputes as well as the discussion on and around "globalization" We will also place special attention to EU and its trade relations with the rest of the world, in particular Developed and Developing countries. EU Atlantic ties, EU ASEAN trade relations are important topic here.

The rise of (re)emerging powers, mostly conducting and considering south-south cooperation as an alternative form to the traditional donor-recipient model of development cooperation development practices, has attracted international attention. This course provides an overview of the concept of development aid and a critical analysis of the contemporary debates in the field of development aid with a special focus on the critical role of the EU and emerging donors in Africa. To this end, the course explores the theoretical and conceptual framework of development aid , the current debates on aid effectiveness and the similarities and differences between the EU’s and rising donors’ development aid policies and practices. In this course, emphasis is given to the current issues of south-south cooperation, triangular cooperation, and Sustainable Development goals in the analytical framework.

This seminar is planned as a graduate-level (or senior-level undergraduate students) “research methods” training course that illustrates different ways of designing social inquiry. The students will learn how to design a quantitative, qualitative and mixed-method research proposal for their future research. The seminar includes introductory debates on International Relations (IR) research methodology to help students reach and be able to understand articles written in various research designs.

This seminar is designed as two interrelated flash-courses to train & introduce data collection for students that conduct EU related research at graduate level. The first part will introduce research design in social sciences in general and then give general information on how philosophical and meta-theoretical positions of researchers affect how they conduct their research.

This simulation seeks to facilitate student learning on the diplomatic practices and strategies of the EU. Accordingly, several foreign policy scenarios will be introduced to the participants who would be expected to address certain foreign policy issues by playing in groups the executive members of the European commission, the EEAS and major EU member states as well as major international actors such as the US, Russia, China, Britain and Turkey. At the end of the simulation, participants will learn on the field the diplomatic correspondence, negotiation and mediation at the EU level, and gain a first-hand experience on how the EU acts a diplomatic actor to mediate and resolve conflicts.