General information
Course type | AMUPIE |
Module title | EU Foreign Policy |
Language | English |
Module lecturer | Assoc. Prof. Przemysław Osiewicz |
Lecturer's email | osiewicz@amu.edu.pl |
Lecturer position | Assoc. Prof. |
Faculty | Faculty of Political Science and Journalism |
Semester | 2024/2025 (winter) |
Duration | 30 |
ECTS | 5 |
USOS code | 14-XEUFP |
Timetable
Place: Faculty of Political Science and Journalism (Campus Morasko, Uniwersytetu Poznanskiego street 5).
Classroom no.: 127
The first meeting: Wednesday, 9 October 2024 at 8 a.m.
Meetings: Wednesdays at 8 a.m.
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
- Course Overview
- The Nature of EU Foreign Policy
- Historical Overview
- The EU Foreign Policy Machinery: Actors
- The EU’s Foreign Policy System: Policy-making
- EU Foreign Policy and National Foreign Policy
- Key Issues in EU Foreign Policy
- The Common Foreign and Security Policy - CFSP
- The Common Security and Defence Policy – CSDP
- The EU’s Attitude Towards the Arab Spring
- The Neighborhood: the Balkans and Turkey, ENP, EaP
- Transatlantic Relations
- Competition with Russia, China, Emerging Powers, and Islamism
- The EU and Multilateral Organizations
- What's the future of European integration?
- 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.