The EU - Latin America relations

geography
spatial development

general courses

During the course, relations between the European Union and Latin America and the Caribbean will be discussed. The main emphasis will be on political and economic relations. Other aspects of cooperation will also be analyzed: diplomatic, cultural, educational, scientific, technological, climate, legal, policy transfer and development cooperation.

Classroom

The following blocks of issues will be discussed:

Historical and geographical conditions. External policy of the European Union - aspects of political, economic, cultural, scientific and technological cooperation. European Union development aid for Latin American and Caribbean countries. ACP countries (Africa, Caribbean, Pacific) in interregional relations. Integration processes in both regions: relations with the Pacific Alliance, Mercosur, the Andean Community and other integration groups. Negotiation of association agreements. Poland and Latin America and the Caribbean. Prospects for further cooperation.

The classes will also include meetings with experts and diplomats dealing with EU-Latin America relations.

Students will prepare their own projects; the classes are largely in the form of workshops.

1. History of interregional cooperation. Conditions for past and present cooperation.

2. Latin America and the Caribbean and the European Union as actors in international relations.

3. Latin America and the Caribbean and the European Union in the global economy.

4. Main issues in cooperation between regions: interregional and multilateral dialogue.

5. Bilateral relations between the countries of both regions.

6. Integration initiatives in LAC. MERCOSUR-EU agreement.

7. Poland's relations with Latin America and the Caribbean.

8. Prospects for cooperation.

Basic literature:

Revisiting bi-regional relations: The EU-Latin American dialogue and diversification of interregional cooperation. Coord. by Wolfgang Haider and Isabel Clemente Batalla. EULAC Foundation, 2020. https://eulacfoundation.org/system/files/web-version-revisiting-relations-eu-lac-dialogue_end.pdf

Articles indicated on an ongoing basis by the person conducting the classes.

Supplementary literature:

EU-Latin America Relations. Charting a course for the future, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Brussels 2015. http://www.friendsofeurope.org/media/uploads/2015/06/FoE-REPORT-LATINAMERICA-2015-WEB.pdf

Łapaj-Kucharska J. (2020). Polityka zagraniczna Polski wobec Ameryki Łacińskiej w okresie pozimnowojennym. US Katowice.

Parzymies S. (red.), Unia Europejska jako uczestnik stosunków międzynarodowych, Waeszawa 2011.

Gawrycki M.F., Unia Europejska–Ameryka Łacińska i Karaiby: trudne partnerstwo dwóch regionów, Warszawa 2003.

Solarz M. (red.)., Północ wobec Południa, Południe wobec Północy, Warszawa 2005.

Kołodziejczyk K., Stosunki Unii Europejskiej z grupą państw Afryki, Karaibów & Pacyfiku. Rola & znaczenie Umów w zakresie handlu & pomocy rozwojowej, Warszawa 2013.

Musiałkowska I., Wykorzystanie doświadczeń Unii Europejskiej w zakresie polityki spójności przez MERCOSUR, Wyd. Difin, Warszawa 2016.

Simoni S., Understanding Transatlantic Relations Whither the West?, Abingdon, Routledge, 2013.

Zięba R., Unia Europejska jako aktor stosunków międzynarodowych, Warszawa 2003.

https://issuu.com/msz.gov.pl/docs/wyzwania_dla_polityki_zagranicznej_

http://wise-europa.eu/2014/11/24/raport-pt-ekonomia-polityczna-stosunkow-ue-ameryka-aciska-i-karaiby-po-kryzysie-2008-roku-globalny-kryzys-2008-roku-mia-istotny-wpyw-na-dynamik-stosunkow-gospodarczych-i-politycznych-midzy-uni-europej/

http://www.wfr.org.pl/aktualnosci/nowa-strategia-unii-europejskiej-dotyczaca-ameryki-lacinskiej-i-karaibow-z-perspektywy

KNOWLEDGE

has knowledge of internal and external conditions of international relations in the region of Latin America and the Caribbean.

has knowledge of the specifics of the European Union's relations with the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean

SKILLS

can identify and analyze the main areas of cooperation between EU countries and Latin America and the Caribbean

has the ability to independently formulate views, to support them with extensive argumentation using a wide range of approaches and theoretical perspectives, to formulate coherent conclusions and to summarize them synthetically,

SOCIAL COMPETENCE

is prepared to perform professional tasks requiring knowledge of the EU's relations with Latin American and Caribbean countries

is able to cooperate in a group, taking different roles in it

is able to present his point of view and support his position with prepared arguments

Basic elements of the course credit:

- final test

- active participation

- class attendance is obligatory (one absence is allowed).

Methods:

Elements of the seminar and lecture, elements of the analysis of source texts, monographic studies and statistical data. To an extent, the classes take the form of workshops and are based on group work of students.

Required students' own work (in groups and individual).

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