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MAEIS - The Modules
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Since the breakdown of the bipolar world,
uncertainty dominates the international
order. New actors, new issues, new
challenges have disturbed the traditional
rules of the game, a new logic of
international relations, however, has not
yet emerged clearly. Interpretations
advanced by authors like Huntington,
Fukuyama, Rufin, Brzezinski, Kissinger as
well as by politicians are partly been
confirmed by current events, but also partly
disproved.
New structures appear insecure and
transitory.
The seminar’s aim is to analyse the
evolution of international relations since
the end of the Second World War. Theories of
international relations, as they have
developed over these decades, will be
discussed as well as the emergence of new
actors in the process of globalization. In
order to better understand contemporary
international events, the seminar will also
focus on the transformation of public
violence, as they have been demonstrated by
recent, « new generation » conflicts.
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 At
the beginning of the new millennium, the
European Union can look back at considerable
achievements such as the completion of the
monetary union. On the other hand, the EU
remains confronted with huge challenges: New
member states in Central and Eastern Europe
need to be fully integrated, the EU
institutions must be reformed, a common
identity for foreign and security politics
must be reinforced, the acceptance of the EU
amongst its Member States’ populations needs
to be strengthened.
This seminar aims at familiarising the
students, who could well become the next
generation of European and international
decision-makers, with an expert knowledge of
the structures, institutions, and problems
of the European Union. We focus firstly on
the historical development of European
unification and then go on to analyse the
Union’s institutions and study the basics of
EU law. The last part of the program is
devoted to the different policies of the EU
and especially emphasises the challenges of
enlargement.
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 International economics analyses the exchanges of goods, services and capitals between countries. It also analyses the conditions under which these exchanges take place. If the rule of free trade appears to have priority, in actuality, many countries resort to protectionism, in spite of WTO rules. The key fact of the last twenty-five years has been the manifold increase of exchanges across the world, in the context of a transition of socialist countries to a market economy and of the rise of new powers. Globalisation is at the heart of all the concerns (or fears) of the various players, such as political leaders, unions, businesses, households, civil society, etc. Are we witnessing the shifting of the world’s centre in favour of South and East Asia? Will it still be possible for the world economy to be dominated by a single power? In order to answer several questions of international economics, we put forward the following topics: methodological tools, typology of countries, key institutions, the measure of exchanges, trade policy, the international monetary system, regional trade agreements.
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This seminar attempts to provide an original
perspective of contemporary political
societies, especially concerning problems
such as sovereignty, minority questions,
democratic representation, and economic
coordination.
This perspective is inspired
by methods and different currents of
federalist thought.
Firstly, the seminar
will familiarise students with the
analytical tools that are used for the
comparative analysis of federal systems as
well as processes such as decentralisation
and federalisation.
Secondly, we will look
at federalism from different theoretical
perspectives.
We will also analyse the links
between federalism and European integration.
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