淡江大學外交與國際關係學系

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名稱莫少白

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信箱msobol@mail.tku.edu.tw

自我介紹學歷：英國愛丁堡大學國際關係與政治學系博士

經歷：
銘傳大學國際事務與外交學士學程兼任助理教授
元智大學人文社會學院英文學士學位學程兼任助理教授
台灣歐洲聯盟中心研究員

教師

類別專任教師

職稱副教授

Office Hour

授課領域政治經濟學、國際政治經濟學、國際政治專題

研究專長國際關係與安全、國際組織、歐盟機構及外交政策、地中海政治

年度	論文名稱
2019	Mor Sobol, Revisiting Israel-Taiwan Relations, , Israel Affairs 25(6), p.1026-1040, , pp
2018	Mor Sobol, China's Peripheral Diplomacy: Repeating Europe's Errors in Dealing with the Neighbourhood, , Asian Journal of Comparative Politics 4(3), p.258-272, , pp
2015	Mor Sobol, Principal-Agent Analysis and Pathological Delegation: The (Almost) Untold Story, , Governance 29(3), p.335-350, , pp
2015	Mor Sobol, It's the Member States, Stupid! The deadlock which bedevils the European Neighbourhood Policy, , Studia Diplomatica 68(1), p.63-76, , pp
2020	Mor Sobol, Stuck in the middle with you: Israel’s delicate geopolitical dance with Washington and Beijing, , Defense Security Brief 9(2), pp.54-69, , pp
2021	Mor Sobol, 歐盟和中國在連結性戰略的競爭, , 歐亞研究 (20), p. 9-12, , pp
2022	Mor Sobol, The Impact of the US on Israel-China Relations: Past, Present, and Future, , Prospect & Exploration 20 (09): 81-106, , pp
2022	Mor Sobol, From Jerusalem to Taipei: literature review and future research agenda, , Israel Affairs 29:2, 290-306, , pp
2022	Mor Sobol; Yen-Jung Chang, Three’s (Not Necessarily) A Crowd: State-of-the-Art Review of the Strategic Triangle, , Political Studies Review 22(1): 207-222, , pp
2022	Mor Sobol, Three’s (Not Necessarily) A Crowd: State-of-the-Art Review of the Strategic Triangle, , Political Studies Review 22(1),　p.207-222, , pp
2024	Mor Sobol, THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICY: A CASE-STUDY FOR INSTITUTIONALIST ANALYSIS?, , Polish Yearbook of International Law Vol.43 P.71-P.93, , pp
2024	Mor Sobol, Taiwan's backing of Israel after Hamas attack, , Strategic Vision, , pp

年度	論文名稱
2019	Mor Sobol, Europe-Asia Connectivity Strategy: A Balancing Act vis-à-vis China's Belt and Road Initiative, , The ICI-OBIC Research Initiative Conference on ‘BRI and Indo-Pacific Strategy: Transformation of Geopolitics and Regional Responses’, , 2019-12-05-
2018	Mor Sobol, Negotiating the ultimate deal? Trump's Middle East policy and its effect on China and EU's involvement in the peace process, , IEAS Conference 'Multilateralism at Peril: Competition and Cooperation between US, EU and China, , 2018-11-05-
2017	Mor Sobol, A 'New' European Neighbourhood Policy? A Historical Institutionalist Analysis, , European Union Studies Association Asia Pacific Annual Conference, , 2018-06-28-
2016	Mor Sobol, Israel-Taiwan Relations: The Pursuit of Establishing a Modus Vivendi, , World International Studies Committee 5th Global International Studies Conference, , 2017-04-01-
2016	Mor Sobol, China's Peripheral Diplomacy: Repeating Europe's Errors in Dealing with the Neighbourhood, , World International Studies Committee 5th Global International Studies Conference, , 2017-04-01-
2016	Mor Sobol, Brexit: What Implications for Migrants and Refugees?, , IEAS Conference: ‘Brexit, the European Union, and implications for the Asia-Pacific’, , 2016-11-23-
2015	Mor Sobol, EU Foreign Policy Towards the Neighbourhood: A Tale of Pathological Delegation, , EUTW Jean Monnet Conference: ‘The Global Role of EU and East Asia: Implications for Taiwan-European Relations, , 2016-07-07-
2015	Mor Sobol, The beleaguered – Israel-Taiwan Relations in the 21st Century, , Annual Conference of the Israeli Political Science Association, , 2016-05-26-
2015	Mor Sobol, The New European Neighbourhood Policy: An Adequate Response for a Regional Meltdown, , EU Forum: The Treaty of Rome and The European Integration: Challenges and Opportunities, , 2016-05-09-
2015	Mor Sobol, The new agent in the block-Exploring Multiple Agents -Multiple Principals Relationships in EU Foreign Policy, , Israeli Association for the Study of European Integration Annual Conference, , 2015-10-11-
2013	Mor Sobol; Inês Sofia de Oliveira, Principal in the Making or just an Oversight Mechanism? The European Parliament's Role in Foreign Policy following Lisbon, , UACES 43rd Annual Conference, , 2013-09-02-
2011	Mor Sobol, Principal-Agent: a new framework for analysis of EU foreign policy, , 4th ECPR Graduate Student Conference, , 2012-07-04-
2011	Mor Sobol, EU Foreign Policy towards its Neighbours: A Historic Opportunity to Deal with a Historic Mistake?, , UACES Student Forum 13th Annual Conference, , 2012-06-18-
2020	Mor Sobol, EU-Asia Connectivity Strategy: A European Response to China’s Belt and Road Initiative?, , EUSA Asia Pacific Annual Conference, , 2021-06-28-
2021	Mor Sobol, Europe’s response to China’s BRI: Connectivity Power Europe?, , An International conference celebrating 60 years of teaching and researching International Relations in Slovenia, , 2021-10-08-
2021	Mor Sobol, From Jerusalem to Taipei: A state-of-the-art literature review and future research agenda, , 2021年台灣政治學會年會「後疫情下的國際秩序與民主挑戰」國際學術研討會, , 2021-12-04-
2021	Mor Sobol, The impact of the triangular relationship between Taiwan, China and the US on Taiwan’s foreign policy towards third countries: Israel as a Case Study’, , International Studies Association Annual Convention, , 2022-03-28-
2021	Mor Sobol, Connectivity Power Europe: Implications for Taiwan, , The 19th Annual Conference of the European Association of Taiwan Studies, , 2022-04-06-
2021	Mor Sobol, EU-China competition in connectivity policies, , More resilient, more united? The EU's China Policy: Current Trends and Perspectives”, , 2022-05-14-
2021	Mor Sobol, Taiwan-Israel relations through a strategic triangle lens, , 第二十六届“世界新格局与两岸关系”学术研讨会, , 2022-06-14-
2021	Mor Sobol, EU’s Global Gateway: Playing catch-up with China’s BRI, , EUSA Asia Pacific Annual Conference, , 2022-07-08-
2022	Mor Sobol, Taiwan-Israel Relations and the US-China-Taiwan Strategic Triangle, , 中華民國國際關係學會2022年會暨「爭論中的世界：戰爭、疫情與權力重分配」, , 2022-11-18-
2023	Mor Sobol, A new peacemaker in town? China’s role in mediating the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, , NDU International Symposium in the New Geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific Region after the CCP’s 20th National Congress, , 2023-10-26-
2023	Mor Sobol, Israel to the rescue? Taiwan-China-US strategic triangle and its impact on Taiwan's foreign policy toward Israel, , 2023 Annual Conference of the Taiwanese Association of Political Science (TPSA), , 2023-11-10-
2023	Mor Sobol, Assessing the Applicability of Israel's Security Approach to Taiwan: Past, Present, and Future Considerations, , 中華民國國際關係學會2023年會暨「新地緣政治風貌下的安全、經濟、科技與環境挑戰」(Security, Economy, Technology and Environmental Challenges under the New Geopolitical Landscape) 國際學術研討會, , 2023-11-24-
2024	Mor Sobol, Taiwan–China–US Strategic Triangle: Shaping the Evolution of Taiwan's Foreign Policy and Security Cooperation with Israel, , The 2024 Annual Meeting of the Chinese Association of Political Science, , 2024-10-27-
2024	Mor Sobol, Strengthening the Like-Minded Alliance: Israel and Taiwan Amid the Israel-Hamas War, , 2024 Annual Conference of the Association of International Relations ROC, , 2024-11-08-
2024	Mor Sobol, Can Israel's Experience Inform Taiwan’s Defense? Evaluating Strategic Fit, , 2024 Annual Conference of the Taiwanese Association of Political Science (TPSA), , 2024-11-23-

年度	書名
2013	Mor Sobol, Principals, Agents and Neighbours: The European Neighbourhood Policy Through a Principal-Agent Lens, The thesis tests the efficacy of Principal-Agent (PA) theory in explaining the creation and development of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). As such, the thesis is subject as well as theory-driven. Empirically, the focal point is how the interaction between the EU member states and the European Commission affected the development of the ENP. It is a theme which is largely overlooked in the ENP literature. In terms of theory, the ENP represents a fascinating case study for PA analysis not only because it has rarely been applied to the field of EU foreign policy but also because PA has seldom been used for studying the evolution of a policy (both pre and post-delegation). Conceptualising EU member states as principals and the European Commission as agent, the thesis examines PA dynamics through the following three ENP policy stages: formulation (2002-2004), finalisation (2004-2006), and implementation (2007-2009). Three hypotheses are tested for each stage of the ENP. Two hypotheses are rooted in PA scholarship, and address the influence of the agent as an informal agenda-setter, while the third distinguishes the agent's influence between different stages of the policy development. Methodologically, the research design is based on within-case process-tracing while the empirical data is drawn from a triangulation of official documents, secondary sources and elite interviews. The thesis findings show that during the initial stages of the policy, the Commission took advantage of its favourable position (e.g. informational asymmetries and uncertainty among the member states) to establish itself as the key actor in the ENP. As the ENP evolved, the Commission’s influence has diminished while the member states, collectively and individually, became more engaged in determining the course of the policy. However, contrary to PA assumptions, member states' increased oversight over the Commission did not come as a response to disobedient behaviour. Based on the empirical data, the Commission, as an agent, was in fact trying to implement the ENP following the guidelines which were previously agreed by its principals. Thus, in the case of the ENP, my PA analysis shifts from the traditional inquiry of how principals control opportunistic agents, to examining how principals could hinder the work of the agent. This phenomenon, broadly defined by Thompson (2007) as the ‘principal problem’, is an anomaly in existing PA literature dominated by an agency-biased standpoint and has previously not been analysed in the context of the European Union. Finally, the wider implication of this thesis is that there is still room for broadening the scope of PA analysis while highlighting the necessity to keep a watchful eye on both the principals and the agent., The University of Edinburgh
2021	M. Sobol, Europe-Asia Connectivity Strategy: A Balancing Act vis-à-vis China’s Belt and Road Initiative?, , Emerald Publishing Ltd
2022	Mor Sobol, The Middle East Peace Process – Changing US Policies and EU and Chinese Involvement, , Routledge
2023	Mor Sobol, Israel-Taiwan Relations in a Changing Geopolitical Environment, This book examines Israel's growing interaction with Asia's sub-regions and countries since the 1990s. It shows how these interactions have increased in recent years, both at government level and for companies, entrepreneurs, academic institutions, religious groups, tourists, and NGOs. Likewise, it discusses the evolving shared interests between Israel and Asian states and demonstrates how Asian countries adopted sophisticated policies that allowed them to get closer to Israel without compromising their traditional support of the pro-Palestinian position. It also explores how Israel differentiates between different regions, circles of importance, and countries in Asia rather than sees Asia as a monolithic whole. This groundbreaking book concludes by assessing the overall state of relations at present and likely future developments., Routledge
2021	莫少白, Middle-Power Responses to China’s BRI and America’s Indo-Pacific Strategy, Middle-Power Responses to China’s BRI and America’s Indo-Pacific Strategy brings together an international, multidisciplinary group of leading experts to contribute a well-rounded, multifaceted view of the transformation that is currently taking place in the geopolitics of the Asia-Pacific., Dean Karalekas, Fu-kuo Liu, Csaba Moldicz
2023	Mor Sobol, A New Peacemaker in Town? China's Role in Mediating the Israeli Palestinian Conflict, , National Defence University

年度	獎項名稱	頒獎單位
105	MOST award for first publication by postdoctoral fellow	Ministry of Science and Technology
100	Innovation Initiative Grant	University of Edinburgh
110	110學年度新聘國際人才	人力資源處
113	研究績優助理教授	人力資源處
111	110學年度優良導師	學生事務處
113	國科會補助特殊優秀人才	研究發展處

年度	活動名稱	主題/發表題目	活動單位	活動期間
108	Countries want your ‘Like’: How do countries ‘manage’ their international profile	Countries want your ‘Like’: How do countries ‘manage’ their international profile	National Sun Yat-sen University	2019-10-19 ~ 2019-10-19
107	The ‘problem’ of anti-Semitism in Taiwan – much ado about nothing	The ‘problem’ of anti-Semitism in Taiwan – much ado about nothing		2019-07-29 ~ 2019-07-29
107	Israel-Taiwan Relations – An Overview	Israel-Taiwan Relations – An Overview	Taiwan NextGen Foundation	2018-08-14 ~ 2018-08-14
108	面對COVID-19之即時線上教學方案說明會暨工作坊(第4場)-理學院、國際學院	面對COVID-19之即時線上教學方案說明會暨工作坊(第4場)-理學院、國際學院（2020-02-21 10:30:00 ~ 12:00:00）	教學支援組	2020-02-21 ~ 2020-02-21
107	ASEM in the Context of the Trump’s Trade War: European Perspective	ASEM in the Context of the Trump’s Trade War: European Perspective	National Chengchi University	2018-11-13 ~ 2018-11-13
106	One Belt One Road and Its Implications on the Future of European Integration	One Belt One Road and Its Implications on the Future of European Integration	National Chengchi University	2018-06-27 ~ 2018-06-27
105	Interviews as a Data Collection Method	Interviews as a Data Collection Method	Yuan Ze University	2017-04-24 ~ 2017-04-24
104	The EU, the European Neighbourhood Policy and the Crisis in Europe	The EU, the European Neighbourhood Policy and the Crisis in Europe	National Taiwan University	2016-04-07 ~ 2016-04-07
104	Exploring Principal-Agent Relationships in EU Foreign Policy	Exploring Principal-Agent Relationships in EU Foreign Policy	Institute of European & American Studies	2016-02-02 ~ 2016-02-02
104	Globalization and the European Union	Globalization and the European Union	Central Policy University	2015-12-07 ~ 2015-12-07
104	Elite Interviews: A Practical Manual	Elite Interviews: A Practical Manual	Fu Jen Catholic University	2015-11-16 ~ 2015-11-16
102	Managing Fieldwork	Managing Fieldwork	University of Edinburgh	2014-01-20 ~ 2014-01-20
101	How to Design and Carry out Fieldwork	How to Design and Carry out Fieldwork	University of Edinburgh	2012-11-05 ~ 2012-11-05
100	Getting ready for the PhD	Getting ready for the PhD	University of Applied Sciences	2012-01-11 ~ 2012-01-11
108	Countries want your ‘Like’: How do countries ‘manage’ their international profile?	Countries want your ‘Like’: How do countries ‘manage’ their international profile?	Countries want your ‘Like’: How do countries ‘manage’ their international profile?	2019-10-18 ~ 2019-10-18
107	The ‘problem’ of anti-Semitism in Taiwan – much ado about nothing?	The ‘problem’ of anti-Semitism in Taiwan – much ado about nothing?	The ‘problem’ of anti-Semitism in Taiwan – much ado about nothing?	2019-07-29 ~ 2019-07-29
107	ASEM in the Context of the Trump’s Trade War: European Perspective	ASEM in the Context of the Trump’s Trade War: European Perspective	ASEM in the Context of the Trump’s Trade War: European Perspective	2018-11-13 ~ 2018-11-13
106	One Belt One Road and Its Implications on the Future of European Integration	One Belt One Road and Its Implications on the Future of European Integration	One Belt One Road and Its Implications on the Future of European Integration	2018-06-27 ~ 2018-06-27
107	Israel-Taiwan Relations – An Overview	Israel-Taiwan Relations – An Overview	Israel-Taiwan Relations – An Overview	2018-08-14 ~ 2018-08-14
105	Interviews as a Data Collection Method	Interviews as a Data Collection Method	Interviews as a Data Collection Method	2017-04-24 ~ 2017-04-24
104	The EU, the European Neighbourhood Policy and the Crisis in Europe	The EU, the European Neighbourhood Policy and the Crisis in Europe	The EU, the European Neighbourhood Policy and the Crisis in Europe	2016-04-07 ~ 2016-04-07
104	Exploring Principal-Agent Relationships in EU Foreign Policy	Exploring Principal-Agent Relationships in EU Foreign Policy	Exploring Principal-Agent Relationships in EU Foreign Policy	2016-02-02 ~ 2016-02-02
104	Globalization and the European Union	Globalization and the European Union	Globalization and the European Union	2015-12-07 ~ 2015-12-07
104	Elite Interviews: A Practical Manual	Elite Interviews: A Practical Manual	Elite Interviews: A Practical Manual	2015-11-16 ~ 2015-11-16
102	Managing Fieldwork	Managing Fieldwork	Managing Fieldwork	2014-01-20 ~ 2014-01-20
101	How to Design and Carry out Fieldwork	How to Design and Carry out Fieldwork	How to Design and Carry out Fieldwork	2012-11-05 ~ 2012-11-05
100	Getting ready for the PhD	Getting ready for the PhD	Getting ready for the PhD	2012-01-11 ~ 2012-01-11
108	除了放電影，教師還能做什麼？環境未來課程的啟發	除了放電影，教師還能做什麼？環境未來課程的啟發（2020-03-26 12:00:00 ~ 13:00:00）	教師教學發展組	2020-03-26 ~ 2020-03-26
108	iClass學習平台及Moodle遠距教學平台研習工作坊-「停課不停學」安心就學措施	iClass學習平台及Moodle遠距教學平台研習工作坊-「停課不停學」安心就學措施（2020-03-25 15:10:00 ~ 2020-03-31 20:00:00）	教學支援組	2020-03-25 ~ 2020-03-31
108	108學年第2學期個人資料保護與管理制度研習課程(線上課程)	108學年第2學期個人資料保護與管理制度研習課程(線上課程)（2020-06-01 08:00:00 ~ 2020-06-30 23:59:00）	教學支援組	2020-06-01 ~ 2020-06-30
109	109學年度新聘教師教學工作坊	109學年度新聘教師教學工作坊（2020-09-08 09:00:00 ~ 17:00:00）	教師教學發展中心	2020-09-08 ~ 2020-09-08
109	iClass 學習平台課堂模式工作坊(第一梯次)	iClass 學習平台課堂模式工作坊(第一梯次)（2020-09-22 12:10:00 ~ 14:00:00）	教學支援組	2020-09-22 ~ 2020-09-22
109	教學實踐研究的現況與省思	教學實踐研究的現況與省思（2020-10-19 12:00:00 ~ 13:30:00）	教師教學發展中心	2020-10-19 ~ 2020-10-19
109	An online lecture by Mor Sobol: Negotiating the ultimate deal? Trump’s Middle East policy and its effect on China and EU’s involvement in the peace process	Negotiating the ultimate deal? Trump’s Middle East policy and its effect on China and EU’s involvement in the peace process	University of Ljubljana	2020-10-28 ~ 2020-10-28
109	109學年度淡江國際論壇~「美國總統大選開票結果即時評析」	109學年度淡江國際論壇~「美國總統大選開票結果即時評析」（2020-11-04 09:00:00 ~ 12:30:00）	國際事務學院	2020-11-04 ~ 2020-11-04
109	淡江大學教學實踐研究計畫108年計畫成果發表與交流會	淡江大學教學實踐研究計畫108年計畫成果發表與交流會（2020-11-16 10:30:00 ~ 15:00:00）	教師教學發展中心	2020-11-16 ~ 2020-11-16
109	US and Isreal relation-speech by the Isreal representive to Taipei	US and Isreal relation-speech by the Isreal representive to Taipei	歐美研究所	2020-11-17 ~ 2020-11-17
109	國際關係的挑戰與趨勢：面對一個去全球化的亞洲與世界？	國際關係的挑戰與趨勢：面對一個去全球化的亞洲與世界？	國際關係的挑戰與趨勢：面對一個去全球化的亞洲與世界？	2020-11-28 ~ 2020-12-28
109	淡江大學通識教育【人文領域】108新課綱座談會	淡江大學通識教育【人文領域】108新課綱座談會（2020-12-10 12:00:00 ~ 13:00:00）	通識與核心課程中心	2020-12-10 ~ 2020-12-10