Koji Fukuda, Professor (Waseda University) et al.
This introductory course will further the basic study of EU integration. In this class, students will learn about theoretical perspectives on integration, and understand the relationship between theories of European integration and other sub-disciplines of contemporary political science. The course will provide an opportunity for evaluating the EU's public policy, and the direction of reform and its meaning. The significance of the Lisbon Treaty and the issues raised by it will be considered from theoretical and practical view points, and the Lisbon Treaty will be compared with the failed Constitutional Treaty. This course provides a foundation for the subsequent study of the EU.
Part 1: A basic understanding of EU integration study
Part 2: EU institutions and policy processes
Part 3: EU sustainable governance and risk management
Part 4: EU public policy and eastern enlargement
Part 5: EU external policy and its challenges
To view some sample slides from the course, please click below.
"The EU-Japan Relationship: From confrontation to negotiation and cooperation"
by Hugh Richardson, Ambassador, Former Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Japan
Chapter 1： What is the EU? / The EU as a global player / Importance of the EU-Japan relationship
Chapter 3： Creating a common framework / Cooperation on the world stage
Chapter 4： The EU and Japan: common challenges
Chapter 1 ：The power balance between the EU and Member states
Chapter 1：The History of EU-Japan Relations
Chapter 2：Economic disputes and political dialogue
Chapter 3：Task Expansion and common challenges: conforntation and cooperation
Chapter 4：Japan-EU political relations since the 1990s
Chapter 5：Common Challenges for 21st Century