EU Foreign Policy

Timetable

Module aim (aims)

- analysis of historical as well as current political processes in the framework of European integration
- exploring theoretical aspects of the foreign policy of the European Union
- exploring practical aspects of the foreign policy of the European Union

Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)

- English – level B2 or higher
- basic knowledge related to European integration

Syllabus

1. Course Overview
2. The Nature of EU Foreign Policy
3. Historical Overview
4. The EU Foreign Policy Machinery: Actors
5. The EU’s Foreign Policy System: Policy-making
6. EU Foreign Policy and National Foreign Policy
7. Key Issues in EU Foreign Policy
8. The Common Foreign and Security Policy - CFSP
9. The Common Security and Defence Policy – CSDP
10. The EU’s Attitude Towards the Arab Spring
11. The Neighborhood: the Balkans and Turkey, ENP, EaP
12. Transatlantic Relations
13. Competition with Russia, China, Emerging Powers, and Islamism
14. The EU and Multilateral Organizations
15. What's the future of European integration?
16. The final test

Reading list

• Karen E. Smith (2014), European Union Foreign Policy In a Changing World, Malden: Polity.
• Christopher Hill, Michael Smith, Sophie Vanhoonacker-Kormoss (2023), International Relations and the European Union, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Stephan Keukeleire, Tom Delreux (2022), The Foreign Policy of the European Union, New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Foreign Policy: Aims, instruments and achievements (2020), Factsheets of the EU.
• Common Security and Defense Policy (2020), Factsheets of the EU.