History and Politics of European Integration

The course focuses on the perspectives of the European integration process in the 21st century. It looks at different visions for Europe - Is it a union of sovereign nations or a federation of the United States of Europe? Here are some of the major questions asked and discussed in the course:

• Will Europe see true unification or rather a backlash towards nationalism?
• How has the European process progressed over the centuries?
• Is Europe's position as an economic, military, cultural and political global player competing with the United States?