Foreign, Security and Defence Policy of the EU 2104-GPIR-D2FSDP
Konwersatorium (KON) Semestr letni 2019/20

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

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

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 CSDP

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

(K-W01; K-W02; K-W03; K-W04; K-U01; K-U04; K-K01; K-K02)

- written exam (multiple choice and open questions)

- presentation (optional)

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

- Institutionalisation of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) in Maastricht Treaty

- Goals of CFSP

- Instruments of the CFSP

- Decision making and implementing institutions

- Changes in the CFSP introduced by the Treaty of Amsterdam and the Treaty of Nice

2. CFSP after Lisbon Treaty

- Goals of CFSP

- Instruments of the CFSP

- Decision making and implementing institutions

Main directions of the CFSP

3. CFSP and the Russian Federation

- Objectives of political dialogue with Russia

- Partnership and Cooperation Agreement

- Common Strategy on Russia

- Other initiatives regarding Russia

4. European Neighbourhood Policy

- Main objectives

- PCA’s with neighbouring countries

- ENP Plus

- Eastern Partnership

5. CFSP and Ukraine

- Objectives of political dialogue with Ukraine

- Partnership and Cooperation Agreement

- Common Strategy on Russia

- Eastern Partnership and Ukraine

6. CFSP and Transatlantic Relations

- Transatlantic Declaration

- The Madrid Charter and the New Transatlantic Agenda

- New trends in Transatlantic Economic Partnership

7. European Union relations with non-European states

- Cooperation with Middle Eastern and North African states (Barcelona Process/EUROMED framework)

- EU cooperation with East Asian States; activities of ASEM

- EU cooperation with Africa, Caribbean states and Latin America (ACP countries and Cotonou agreement)

- The role of development and humanitarian aid in EU foreign policy. Activities of EDF and ECHO

Common(formerly European) security and Defense Policy

8. Genesis and antecedences of European cooperation on defense and security matters

- Earliest efforts – failure of European Defense Cooperation

- Western European Union in the Cold War Period

- The Role of Western European Union in European integration on security and defense issues in the 90’s

- The road to establishment of European Security and Defense Policy (1999)

9. ESDP/CSDP Institutional framework

- Organizational structure and mechanisms of decision making process during ESDP period (1999-2010) – main elements and evolution

- Reforms of ESDP introduced by Lisbon Treaty. Role of VP/HR and EEAS in CSDP

- Role of states in shaping CSDP

- European Security Strategy (2003) and its adaptations

10. Capabilities development

- Initial efforts: European Headline Goal (1999) and Civilian Headline Goal (2003)

- Berlin Plus agreement and cooperation with NATO

- Second Phase of development: European Headline Goal 2010 and Civilian Headline Goal 2008; concept of battle groups

- Initiatives after 2010: Ghent (pooling and sharing) initiative; decisions of European Defense Council of December 2013

11. ESDP/CSDP operations

- Basic categories and organizational patterns of EU operations under ESDP/CSDP framework (types of mission, force-generation, mission command & control, financing of ESDP/CSDP missions – Athena mechanisms)

- ESDP/CSDP operations in Europe

- ESDP/CSDP engagement in Africa

- ESDP/CSDP engagements in other regions (Iraq, Afghanistan, Aceh)

- Main evolutionary trends and problems in ESDP/CSDP operations

12. European defense industry and market

- General overview of defense industry and market in Europe (size and value of the market, main players and stakeholders)

- Legal and institutional framework of European defense market. Role of the European Commission

- The role European Defense Agency and scientific-technological cooperation on defense in the EU

13. Summing up - assessment of current shape and condition of CSDP and prospects for its future development

Lecture supported with multimedia presentations, discussion; brainstorming; group and individual projects (optional)