Structure: Classes shall adhere to a thematic approach with regard to the problems specified bellow.

• Power and Integration. The substance of the integration process. Presentations:  Post war arrangement. Unification of Germany and Europe versus integration of the western democracies. Readings: The Schumann Declaration 1950; The Marshall Harvard Speech 1947; Coudenhove first formulated the vision of a politically, economically and militarily united Europe in the article "Pan-Europa - a proposal" on 15 November 1922; Magone, Jose M. - Contemporary European Politics Ch 2. "The Historical Development of European Integration".
• The Motors of Integration. Presentations: The European integration: A mere output of globalization? Fear: The old-new motor of the European integration? (islamism, terrorism, migration). Readings: Franco-German Treaty of Elysée 1963; The Hague Program 2004; Fouchet plan 1962.
• War and Integration. Presentations: Is peace in Europe the cause of the effect of its integration? Has Europe taken any lesson from the Versailles peace treaty? Readings: Covenant of the League of Nations 1920; The Treaty on European Union 2009: Title V. (Foreign and Security Policy); Guay, Terrence & Callum, Robert – “The Transformation and Future Prospects of Europe's Defence Industry”.
• Federalism contra Functionalism in Europe. Presentations: To what extend is stability of arrangement among sovereign states excluded? The European integration: An ordeal or a free choice? Readings: European Solemn Declaration of Stuttgart 1983; European Single Act 1986; Cini, Michelle European Union Politics Ch. 5 "Federalism and Federation" and Ch. 6 "Neo-functionalism".
• The EU vis-à-vis International Organizations. Presentations: Is there any meaning to the Council of Europe and to the OSCE in Europe? Readings: The UN Charter 1945 (Security Council); Statute of the Council of Europe 1949; Helsinki Final Act: Questions relating to Security in Europe 1975; Nugent, Neill - European Union Enlargement Ch 16. "The EU as an International Political Actor".
• Russia, China – Thread and Unity: A new Persia to Europe? Presentations: A common market, political disintegration: China's and Russia's strategic interests in Europe? Readings: Declaration of the European Council on the Eastern Partnership 2009; EU Declaration on China Arms embargo 1989; Trenin, Dmitri – “Russia, the EU and the common neighborhood”; Barysch, Katinka– “The EU and Russia: From principle to pragmatism?”; Fox, John & Godement, François – “A Power Audit of EU-China Relations”.
• The changing Nature of the European Institutions. Presentations: Deficit of direct democracy – deficit of political power? Readings: The Treaty on European Union 2009: Title III.; Merkel-Sarkozy Letter to the President of the European council; Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance; Sweet, Alec S. The Institutionalization of Europe Ch. 1 "The Institutionalization of European Space"; Tsebelis, George and Garrett, Geoffrey – “The Institutional Foundations of Intergovernmentalism and Supranationalism in the European Union”.
• Europe and the USA. Presentations: Beyond shared values: What does Europe really mean to the USA? Readings: Washington Treaty 1949; Obama Prague Speeches On Nuclear Weapons 2009 and 2010; Kupchan Charles, A. - “The Rise of Europe, America's Changing Internationalism, and the End of U.S. Primacy”; Hoffmann, Stanley -”US-European Relations: Past and Future”; “Europe and America, Aligned for the Future”: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/19/opinion/19iht-edobama.html?_r=1&ref=europe.
• The Enlargement Phenomenon. Presentations: Appeasement: The most permanent problem of Europe? Readings: Copenhagen European Council Meeting: Presidency Conclusions 1993; Duff, Andrew - Reforming the European Union Ch 5. "Enlarging the Union".
• From strong Personalities to Political Correctness: The European Leaders. Presentations: Strong bureaucracy, weak leaders: What type of leadership does Europe need? Readings: Speech by Konrad Adenauer on the possibilities of European Unification Brussels, 25 September 1956; Angela Merkel's Speech to the European Parliament 2007; JFK speech: Ich bin ein Berliner, June, 26th, 1963; Ronald Reagan speech June, June, 12th, 1987; Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speech UN, August, 23rd, 2010; Yannis A. - The State of European Integration Ch 4. "Presidency as Leadership?".
• EU and Turkey, EU and Maghreb Region. Presentations: The Privileged Partnership: Is Europe strong enough for Turkey? Does Turkey really want to join the EU? Is EU strong enough for solving the development dealing with the Arab Spring; Readings: Ankara Agreement 1963; European Council Presidency Conclusions 17 December 2004; UNSC on Libya; Yannis A. Stivachtis - The State of European Integration Ch. 7 "Turkey's Accession to the EU: Dilemmas, Opportunities and Constraints"; Elver, Hilal - ”Reluctant Partners: Turkey and the European Union”.
• The European Treaties vis-à-vis the current crisis. Presentations: The institutionalist experience after Lisbon: Has Europe become stronger? Readings: The Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe: The Values of the Union; The Treaty on European Union 2009: Title III.; Tsebelis, George & Garrett, Geoffrey – “The Institutional Foundations of Intergovernmentalism and Supranationalism in the European Union”.
• The Future of the European Integration. Presentations: Will the European integration outlast the year 2050? What shall possibly it die of? What is an European common interest? Radicalisation of the political scene in Europe. Readings: Sedlacek, Lukas - "On Europe and the European Identity"; Hudson, Ray – “One Europe or Many? Reflections on Becoming European”.