PART I: INTRODUCTION

Session One: Germany, the Still “Civilian” Power, and its Troubles

(Wednesday, March 27, 12:30 to 14:00, room 2080)

Required Reading:

Maull, Hanns W. (1990/91): Germany and Japan: The New Civilian Powers, in: Foreign Affairs Vol.69 (5), pp.91-106

Maull, Hanns W. (2018): Reflective, Hegemonic, Geo-economic, Civilian … ? The Puzzle of German Power. In: German Politics 27 (4), S. 460–478. DOI: 10.1080/09644008.2018.1446520.

Supplementary Reading:

Kundnani, Hans: The Paradox of German Power, London: Hurst & Co. 2014

Session Two: “Civilian Power” foundations of German foreign and security policies, pre-1990

(Wednesday, March 27, 14:15 - 15:30, Room 1035)

Required Reading:

Maull, Hanns W. (2014): From 'civilian power' to 'trading state'? in: Colvin, Sarah (ed): Routledge Handbook of German Politics and Culture, Abingdon: Routledge 2014, pp.409-424

Bagger, Thomas (2019): The World According to Germany. Reassessing 1989. In: The Washington Quarterly 41 (4), S. 53–63.

Supplementary Reading:

Knut Kirste/Hanns W. Maull (1996), Zivilmacht und Rollentheorie, in: Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen (ZIB) 3:2, pp.283-312

Holsti, K. J. (1970): National Role Conceptions in the Study of Foreign Policy. In: International Studies Quarterly 14 (3), pp. 233-309 DOI: 10.2307/3013584.

PART II: “CIVILIAN POWER” FOUNDATIONS OF GERMAN FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICIES, POST-1990

Session Three: Transatlantic relations and national security

(Wednesday, March 27, 15:45 - 17:00, Room 1035)

Required Reading:

Rynning, Sten (2017): The divide. France, Germany and political NATO. In: International affairs 93 (2), S. 267–289

Keller, Patrick (2012): Germany in NATO. The Status Quo Ally. In: Survival 54 (3), S. 95–110

Supplementary Reading:

Overhaus, Marco (2006): Civilian Power under Stress: Germany, NATO, and the European Security and Defense Policy, in: Maull, Hanns W. (ed): Germany’s Uncertain Power, The Foreign Policy of the Berlin Republic, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 66-78

Session Four: European Integration

(Thursday, March 28, 9:30 - 11:00, Room 1034)

Required Reading:

Bulmer, Simon/Paterson, William E. (2019): Germany and the European Union, Europe’s Reluctant Hegemon? London: Macmillan International, pp. 21-77 (Chapters 1 and 2)

Supplementary Reading:

Kundnani, Hans: The Paradox of German Power, London: Hurst & Co. 2014

Session Five: German foreign policies beyond Europe

(Thursday, March 28, 11:00 - 12:30, Room 1034)

Required Reading:

Molt, Peter (2006): Germany’s Development Policy since 1998, in: : Maull, Hanns W. (ed): Germany’s Uncertain Power, The Foreign Policy of the Berlin Republic, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 233-246

Supplementary Reading:

Steinberg, Guido (ed) (Hg.) (2009): German Middle East and North Africa Policy. Interests, Strategies, Options. SWP. Berlin: SWP. Available at https://www.swp-berlin.org/fileadmin/contents/products/research_papers/2009_RP09_sbg_ks.pdf.

Session Six: “Trading state” - Germany in the world economy

(Thursday, March 28, 14:00 - 15:30, Room 1035)

Required Reading:

Hager, Wolfgang (1980): Germany as an Extraordinary Trader, in: Basevi, Giorgio/Kohl, Wilfrid L. (eds) (1980): West Germany: A European and Global Power, Lexington, Mass: Heath, pp. 3-19

Kundnani, Hans (2011): Germany as a Geo-economic power, in: The Washington Quarterly, 34:3 (Summer 2011), pp. 31-45

Supplementary Reading:

Falke, Andreas (2006): German Trade Policy: The Decline of Liberal Leadership, in: Maull, Hanns W. (ed): Germany’s Uncertain Power, The Foreign Policy of the Berlin Republic, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 185-198

PART III: CASE STUDIES

Session Seven: Germany, the United States and NATO

(Monday, May 13, 8:30 to 10:00, room 2018)

Required Reading:

Szabo, Stephen F. (2006): Parting Ways, The German-American Relationship after Iraq, in: Maull, Hanns W. (ed): Germany’s Uncertain Power, The Foreign Policy of the Berlin Republic, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 122-136

Brockmeier, Sarah (2013): Germany and the Intervention in Libya. In: Survival 55 (6), S. 63–90

Glasser, Susan B.: An Ocean Apart. Trump's beef with Angela Merkel and Europe. In: The New Yorker (Dec. 24 & 31, 2018), S. 46–53.

Supplementary Reading:

Szabo, Stephen F. (2004): Parting Ways, The Crisis in German-American Relations, Washington, DC: Brookings

Miskimmon, Alister (2012): German Foreign Policy and the Libya Crisis. In: German Politics 21 (4), S. 392–410

Szabo, Stephen F. (2007): Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Politische und Sicherheitsbeziehungen, in: Risse, Thomas et al. (ed): Handbuch zur deutschen Außenpolitik, Wiesbaden: VS 2007, pp. 353-366

Session Eight: Germany in the Eurocrisis

(Monday, May 13, 10:00 to 11:15, room 2018)

Required Reading:

Bulmer, Simon/Paterson, William E. (2019): Germany and the European Union, Europe’s Reluctant Hegemon? London: Macmillan International, pp. 167-97 (Chapter 6)

Oppermann, Kai (2012): National Role Conceptions, Domestic Constraints and the New ‘Normalcy’ in German Foreign Policy. The Eurozone Crisis, Libya and Beyond. In: German Politics 21 (4), S. 502–519

Supplementary Reading:

Otero-Iglesias, Miguel (2017): Still waiting for Paris. Germany's reluctant hegemony in pursuing political union in the Euro Area. In: 39 (April 2017) 3 39 (3), S. 349–364

Bulmer, Simon; Paterson, William E. (2013): Germany as the EU's reluctant hegemon? Of economic strength and political constraints. In: Journal of European Public Policy 20 (10), S. 1387–1405

Session Nine: Germany, Europe and Migration

(Monday, May 13, 11:15 to 12:30, room 2018)

Required Reading:

Webber, Douglas (2019): European Disintegration? The Politics of Crisis in the European Union, London: Macmillan International, pp. 135-176 (Chapter 5)

Supplementary Reading:

Hellmann, Gunther/Baumann, Rainer/Wagner, Wolfgang (2006): Germany’s EU Policy on Asylum and Defence, De-Europeanization by Default? Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

Alexander, Robin (2017): Die Getriebenen, Merkel und die Flüchtlingspolitik: Report aus dem Inneren der Macht, Munich: Siedler

Session Ten: Germany and the Crisis of the European Order post-2014

(Tuesday, May 14, 8:30 to 10:00, room 4018)

Required Reading:

Kundnani, Hans: Leaving the West Behind, in: Foreign Affairs (Jan./Feb 2015), pp. 108-116

Pond, Elizabeth: Germany’s real Role in the Ukraine Crisis, Caught Between East and West, in: Foreign Affairs (March/April 2015), pp. 173-177

Webber, Douglas (2019): European Disintegration? The Politics of Crisis in the European Union, London: Macmillan International, pp. 106-134 (Chapter 4)

Supplementary Reading:

Samuel Charap/Timothy J. Colton (2017): Everyone Loses, The Ukraine Crisis and the Ruinous Contest for Post-Soviet Eurasia,London: IISS/Routledge

Session Eleven: The Franco-German Tandem

(Tuesday, May 14, 10:15 to 11:30, room 4018)

Required Reading:

Schild, Joachim (2011): Mission impossible? The Potential for Franco-German Leadership in the Enlarged EU. In: Journal of Common Market Studies, 48 (2010) 5, S. 1367-1390

Stark, Hans: The Franco-German relationship, 1998 – 2005, in: Maull, Hanns W. (ed): Germany’s Uncertain Power, The Foreign Policy of the Berlin Republic, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 109-121

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