The role of the UN and other third parties will also be analyzed. This course focuses on contemporary European security problems and the European perspective on new security issues. It deals with topics such as NATO enlargement, European security institutions and societal security in Europe, as well as with broader issues such as intervention and democracy promotion, state formation, foreign aid and development issues, and human rights of refugees and others. Beginning with the history of the European Union, the course moves on to an analysis of the problems raised by the European integration process past, present, and future. Special emphasis is placed upon political, theoretical and economic issues, both for the member states and for the EU at large.
Course work is supplemented by site trips to Eastern Europe.
Upon special application, students gain access to the main collections of the United Nations Library, containing nearly two million volumes. In recent years, the UN Library has been used by Colgate students as their primary research site. The Study Group will probably take one extended field trip to Berlin, Prague and Vienna. This trip will last about twelve days and is meant to supplement course work dealing with democratization, globalization, refugee problems, and post-Cold War international relations. Students will attend lectures on this trip, but there will also be free time in each city for cultural and other activities.