Common Foreign and Security Policy: Northern and Eastern Dimensions of the European Union

Timetable

Module aim (aims)

I. Analizing theoretical aspects of European external involvement

II. Exploring empirical aspects of European external policies and initiatives

III. Investigating current tendencies in the EU’s activities in northern and eastern parts of the continentI

V. Identifying the most important challenges in the EU’s neighbourchood

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

Background in social sciences, fluent English language

Syllabus

Week 1 Introduction

Week 2 European Integration - Theoretical approach

Week 3 History of European Integration

Week 4 Common Foreign and Security Policy - development and mechanisms

Week 5 Southern Dimension of the EU

Week 6 Collapse of communism, 1995 enlargement of the EU and their consequences

Week 7 Development of the Northern Dimension

Week 8 Evaluation of the Northern Dimension

Week 9 Eastern Enlargement of the EU

Week 10 Eastern Dimension projects

Week 11 Wider Europe Concept and European Neighborhood Policy

Week 12 Eastern Partnership

Week 13 Candidate countries in Eastern Europe

Week 14 Non-candidate countries in Eastern Europe

Week 15 Conclusions

Reading list

Mix, Derek E., The European Union: Foreign and Security Policy, Analyst in European Affairs, April 8, 2013.Smith Michael E., Europe's Foreign and Security Policy. The Institutionalization of Cooperation, Cambridge University Press 2005;The New North Europe . Perspectives on Northern Dimension, ed. by Lassi Heininen and Jyrki Käkönen, Tampere Peace Research Institute Research Report No. 80, Tampere 1998;The Northern EU. National Views on the Emerging Security Dimension, ed. by Gianni Bonvicini, Tapani Vaahtoranta and Wolfgang Wessels, Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Kauhava 2000.