This course is designed for undergraduate students, who are interested in acquiring general knowledge of what is going on in the EU crisis and want to advance their analytical skill. The course familiarises students with the impacts of EU crisis in international affairs. It will lead students to explore the following puzzles: why the Euro debt crisis happened in South Europe but not in East Europe? why European elites want Greek to leave the Euro but cannot afford it? why is Euroscepticism rising in many EU member states and changing their domestic politics? and how do we understand the tragedy of Charlie Hebdo shooting?

This course is designed for undergraduate students, who are interested in acquiring general knowledge of what is going on in the EU crisis and want to advance their analytical skill. The course familiarises students with the impacts of EU crisis in international affairs. It will lead students to explore the following puzzles: why the Euro debt crisis happened in South Europe but not in East Europe? why European elites want Greek to leave the Euro but cannot afford it? Why is Euroscepticism rising in many EU member states and changing their domestic politics? and how do we understand the tragedy of Charlie Hebdo shooting?

Michael Pettis, The Great Rebalancing: Trade, Conflict, and the Perilous Road Ahead for the World Economy,(Princeton University Press: 2013).

Michael Pettis, The Great Rebalancing: Trade, Conflict, and the Perilous Road Ahead for the World Economy,(Princeton University Press: 2013).