University of Warsaw - Central Authentication System
Strona główna

Common Foreign and Security Policy of the EU

General data

Course ID: 2102-ANG-L-D4CFSP
Erasmus code / ISCED: 14.1 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0312) Political sciences and civics The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title: Common Foreign and Security Policy of the EU
Name in Polish: Common Foreign and Security Policy of the EU
Organizational unit: Faculty of Political Science and International Studies
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): (not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.

view allocation of credits
Language: English
Type of course:

obligatory courses

Prerequisites (description):

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 continent


IV. Identifying the most important challenges in the EU’s neighbourhood

Short description:

The establishemnt and evolution of the legal and institutional framework of the CFSP:

1. Institutional concept of the second pillar of the European Union

2. CFSP after Lisbon Treaty

Main directions of the CFSP

3. CFSP and the Russian Federation

4. European Neighbourhood Policy

5. CFSP and Ukraine

6. CFSP and Turkey

7. CFSP and Transatlantic Relations

8. CFSP and China

9. CFSP and Latin America

Full description:

The establishemnt and evolution of the legal and institutional framework of the CFSP:

1. Institutional concept of the second pillar of the European Union

2. CFSP after Lisbon Treaty

Main directions of the CFSP

3. CFSP and the Russian Federation

4. European Neighbourhood Policy

5. CFSP and Ukraine

6. CFSP and Turkey

7. CFSP and Transatlantic Relations

8. CFSP and China

9. CFSP and Latin America

Bibliography:

1. Stephen Keukeleire, Tom Delreux, “The Foreign Policy of the European Union”, Palgrave Macmillan 2014.

2. Keukeleire, S. & T. Delreux, The Foreign Policy of the European Union, 2nd edition, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

3. Jones, E. & van Genugten, S. (eds.), The Future of European Foreign Policy, Abingdon, Routledge, 2013.

4. Telò, M. & F. Ponjaert (eds.), The EU's Foreign Policy: What Kind of Power and Diplomatic Action?, Aldershot, Ashgate, 2013.

5. Bindi, F. (ed.), The Foreign Policy of the European Union: Assessing Europe's Role in the World, 2nd edition, Washington, Brookings

Institution Press, 2012.

6. Witold M. Góralski, Szymon Kardaś (ed.), “The European Union. Origins - Structure – Acquis”, Warsaw 2008.

7. Exploring EU Foreign Policy: http://www.eufp.eu/

8. Sven Biscop, Richard Whitman, Routledge Handbook on European Security, Routledge 2013

9. Giovanni Grevi, Damien Helly, Daniel Keohane (eds.), European Security and Defense Policy. The first ten years (1999-2009), EU

Institute for Security Studies (ISS) 2010

10. Nicole Gnesotto (ed.), EU Security and Defense Policy. The first five years (1999-2004), EU ISS 2004

11. Strategy Matters. EU Key documents, EU ISS 2014

12. Ewa Gross, Anand Menon, CSDP between internal constraints and external challenges, EU ISS 2013

13. Official website of CDSP: http://eeas.europa.eu/csdp/index_en.htm and EDA http://www.eda.europa.eu/

Learning outcomes:

Know instruments and institutions responsible for EU’s external involvement, including in the realm of security

Know the main aspects of the EU’s activities in the northern and eastern neighbourhood, as well as outside Europe

Be able to critically evaluate existing and proposed EU’s external policies, incluing functioning of СFSP

Be able to find key documents framing EU’s external policies

Be able to work individually and in a group on given tasks, especially in multicultural environment

Be aware of academic and cultural differences reflected in various approaches and methods used by other seminar participants

Assessment methods and assessment criteria:

- written exam

- oral presentation (optional)

This course is not currently offered.
Course descriptions are protected by copyright.
Copyright by University of Warsaw.
Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28
00-927 Warszawa
tel: +48 22 55 20 000 https://uw.edu.pl/
contact accessibility statement USOSweb 7.0.3.0 (2024-03-22)