General information
| Course type | AMUPIE |
| Module title | Common Foreign And Security Policy: Northern And Eastern Dimensions Of The European Union |
| Language | English |
| Module lecturer | prof. UAM dr hab. Jarosław Jańczak |
| Lecturer's email | jjanczak@amu.edu.pl |
| Lecturer position | Professor |
| Faculty | Faculty of Political Science and Journalism |
| Semester | 2023/2024 (winter) |
| Duration | 30 |
| ECTS | 6 |
| USOS code | 14-XCOPO |
Timetable
Day: Monday 9.45-13.00 – the seminar is offered every second week in the form of 4h blocks. The meeting dates are: 23.10.2023, 06.11.2023, 20.11.2023, 04.12.2023, 18.12.2023, 15.01.2024, 29.01.2024.
Collegium Politicum, Morasko Campus
Classroom: 237
Frist meeting: 23.10.2023
Interested students please register by sending an e-mail to jaroslaw.janczak@amu.edu.pl
Module aim (aims)
I. Analizing theoretical aspects of European external involvementII. Exploring empirical aspects of European external policies and initiativesIII. Investigating current tendencies in the EU’s activities in northern and eastern parts of the continentIV. 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.