Comparative analysis of regional integration processes across outside Europe
[EUSL2304]
[30h] 5 credits
This course is taught in the 1st semester.
Teacher(s):
Language: French
Level: Second
Aims
Mastering the comparison between these regional integration processes and the European experience.
Putting the regional integration process in the historical and global context in order to attempt some prospective analysis.
Assessing to what extent the European experience constitutes a useful benchmark for other regional integration process.
Main themes
The course provides analytical tools to assess the extent of the relevance of the European experience for the other regions of the world in developing their regional governance institutions.
Content and teaching methods
Japan and the East Asian Regional integration
China and the East Asian integration
ASEAN
India & the East Asian integration
East Asian integration & the Korean peninsula
East Asian integration after the 1997 crisis
The prospect of East Asian integration.
2. Regional integration processes in the Americas:
2.1. Latin America
The disintegration of Latin America and the emergence of the Latin American nations
Regionalism in Latin America until the 1990s
Mercosur & CAN.
2.2. North & Central America
NAFTA & CAFTA.
2.3. The conflicts between the various regional integration processes in the Americas and the regional hegemony of the US
FTAA, SAFTA, ALBA.
3 Other regional integration processes: South Asia, the Middle-East & Africa.
4. Comparative analysis of the regional integration process and the relevance of the European experience.
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)
Periodicity: yearly.
Language: French.
Prerequisite: European integration, Political Economy, International relations.
Evaluation: written or oral examination.
Support: reading list.
References: to be determined by the professor in charge.