Enlarging Europe: The European Union and Its Applicants

European integration is one of the most important and most successful political experiments in recent history. This course looks to the recent trends in this process, as well as its future prospects for states that are still outside the Union. The emphasis is on the impact that integration and the prospects of integration have on the potential member states and the countries bordering the Union. The course provides a brief overview twentieth century Europe and the salient issues in the past enlargement rounds, furnishing the context for the study of current and future integration efforts. Readings and lectures will focus on case studies of South-Eastern Europe (the Balkans), as well as Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkey.