Partners and Rivals: EU - US relations

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This course focuses on the differences and similarities in political culture in the U.S. and Europe, the role of political leadership, the approach to international negotiations, and the global role in the new world order. Included in the course are case studies of global security issues, including the impact of an emerging China, the Middle East and the Iraq War, trade agreements and WTO disputes, the Euro crisis and the U.S fiscal cliff, and environmental policies and climate change.