Class European Union Foreign and Security Policy

This curricular unit will enable students to obtain adequate and in-depth knowledge of the concepts and issues related to the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). It will focus on the main orientations of the CFSP - fundamentals, threats, and opportunities in a globalized and polarized world, but also of the internal-external security nexus of the EU (e.g. multilateralism, soft power, and transatlantic relations) and of the European External Action Service (EEAS).

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- Defining concepts - dilemmas and theorizing. - The Evolution of Security and Defense Policies of the European Union (EU): - From 1945 to the Maastricht Treaty. - From Maastricht to the European Constitution. - Values and interests in post-Lisbon EU foreign policy. - The Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). - The European External Action Service (EEAS). - The military interventions of the EU. - Rethinking the future of the EU: new strategic partnerships and new geostrategic challenges.

In addition to the sessions dedicated to providing students with the key concepts and theoretical framework specific to this curricular unit European Union Foreign and Security Policy, this course adopts a mixed pedagogical approach - TBL (team based learning) and PBL (project based learning). Through the formation of working groups, students are encouraged to develop group projects and/or activities, in which they are guided by the lecturer to (1) define objectives, strategies and deadlines, (2) practise negotiation, debate and reflect on the problems proposed, (3) critically evaluate and present the results clearly. With a focus on group presentations, critical discussion of texts and written work, students are placed at the centre of the learning process.

Cini, Michelle; Borragán, N. Pérez-Solórzano (2019). European Union Politics. 6th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Johansson-Nogués, Elisabeth; Vlaskamp, Martijn C.; Barbé, Esther (eds.) (2020). European Union Contested Foreign Policy in a New Global Context. Cham: Springer. Voskopoulos, George (ed.) (2021). European Union Security and Defence: Policies, Operations and Transatlantic Challenges.  Cham: Springer.