Transatlantic Relations

The class will focus on transatlantic relations in the post-World War II period with a particular emphasis on the post-Cold War period.

The class will focus on transatlantic relations in the post-World War II period with a particular emphasis on the post-Cold War period.

The first section will concentrate on broad issues pertaining to the evolution of US-European relations. Discussion topics will cover issues involving competition and cooperation in transatlantic relations. The second part will be dominated by security issues (the NATO problem, European security and defense initiatives, intervention in Iraq, and the Iran nuclear deal). The third section will concentrate on the economic issue. Cooperation and rivalry in transatlantic economic relations, as well as the transatlantic trade agreement, trade war, and other economic issues, will be discussed. The fourth section will look at social and cultural issues, with a focus on global issues and the social aspects of transatlantic relations.

Selected literature, based on monographs, scientific articles, think tank reports, to be supplemented and updated on an ongoing basis

REQUIRED BOOKS (examples):

• Transatlantic Relations: Converging or Diverging?, CHATHAM HOUSE, 2018, HTTPS://WWW.CHATHAMHOUSE.ORG/PUBLICATION/TRANSATLANTIC-RELATIONS-CONVERGING-OR-DIVERGING (TO JEST STRONA GŁÓWNA, NA KTÓREJ JEST MOŻLIWOŚĆ „ZAŁADOWANIA” RAPORTU)

• D. E. Mix, The United States and Europe: Current Issues, 2015, https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RS22163.pdf

• A. Jarczewska, „Wspólnota Transatlantycka w systemie międzynarodowym”, Stosunki Międzynarodowe, nr 2, 2015, s. 281-304.

SUPPLEMENTED READINGS (examples):

* Paulina Wandas, Zachód w Stosunkach Międzynarodowych, http://www.inveling.amu.edu.pl/pdf/Paulina_Wandas_inve16.pdf

* J. N. Nye, „The Danger of a Weak Europe”, 2016, https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/danger-of-a-week-europe-by-joseph-s--nye-2016-01?barrier=true

* Z. Brzeziński, Wielka Szachownica. Główne cele polityki amerykańskiej, Bertelsmann Media, Warszawa 1998, 64-100.

* S. Parzymies, Stosunki międzynarodowe w Europie 1945-1999, Warszawa 1999, s. 67-103; 104-107; 128-162.

* W. Roszkowski, Półwiecze – historia polityczna świata po 1945 roku, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, s. 60-73, 124-138, 154-185, 219-255, 299-328, 366-391.

* N. Davies, Europa, Wydawnictwo Znak, Kraków 1998, s. 1125-1160.

* H. Kissinger, Dyplomacja, Philip Wilson, Warszawa 2002 (wydanie trzecie), s.17-29; 884-920.

• R. Kuźniar (red.), Kryzys 2008 a pozycja międzynarodowa Zachodu, Scholar 2011 (szczególnie polecany rozdział wprowadzający).

• Richard N. Haass, Goodbye to Europe as a High-Ranking Power, http://www.cfr.org/europerussia/goodbye-europe-high-ranking-power/p22109, Council on Foreign Relations, May 13, 2010, Financial Times

• P. Matera, R. Matera, Stany Zjednoczone i Europa, Książka i Wiedza, 2007

1. attendance, knowledge of literature, and activity

2. group project - conducting research on a selected topic, writing a report, and presentation of the findings in class

3. test/debate

Evaluation criteria for the group project:

(A) research using documented sources; (B) presenting the research findings in class while considering creativity and interaction; and (C) presenting a written report (footnoted and supplemented with a bibliography of the sources used

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