Universität Wien

210076 SE BAK11: European Union and Europeanisation (2019S)

Peace- and security policy of the EU after the 'global strategy'

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 21 - Politikwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work

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Details

max. 50 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 05.03. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 19.03. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 26.03. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 02.04. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 09.04. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 30.04. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 07.05. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 14.05. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 21.05. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 28.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock
  • Tuesday 04.06. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 18.06. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Tuesday 25.06. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This seminar will scrutinise the role and function of the recent 'EU Global Strategy', which is designed to tailor and direct the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union. Designed in a complex interplay between the European External Action Services, the European Council and the Member States, the Strategy aims to define key areas of the EU's international engagement, and - resting on 'principled pragmatism' - tries to establish a particular European approach towards international politics.
The seminar will analyse the content of the Global Strategy against the background of its writing, and will then assess the impact the Strategy has made in various foreign and security policy fields. This will happen based on a variety of case studies that reflect the main policy areas defined by the Global Strategy.

Structure:
The first set of modules will introduce the topic, the theories and the case studies for the deeper empirical engagement. In the second and third block, there will be discussions on the approaches and the impact of the Global Strategy, based on group presentations by the students along particular case studies (six presentations in total). The last session will gather the insights gained from the case studies and will reflect upon the role the Global Strategy can play in the further construction of a Common Foreign and Security Policy.

Aims:
* Knowledge of recent approaches in foreign and security policy research;
* Ability to apply theoretical approaches to case studies, explore differences among the approaches in these applications;
* Advanced presentation and writing skills.

Assessment and permitted materials

For the discussions and presentations, key literature will be provided via Moodle. The seminar will have an open format of structured discussions along interventions via group presentations, which will be critically examined by a discussant.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

* written assignment (4.000 words);
* presentation, either as a group presentation or as a discussant;
* active participation in the debates

Examination topics

Reading list

Joseph, Jonathan (2014): “The EU in the Horn of Africa: Building Resilience as a Distant Form of Governance”. In: Journal of Common Market Studies, 52, 2, pp. 285-301.
Juncos, Ana E. (2016): “Resilience as the new EU foreign policy paradigm: a pragmatist turn?”. In: European Security, published online first, doi: 10.1080/09662839.2016.1247809.
Pospisil, Jan. 2018. ‘Obscuring Ambiguity: Resilience in EU External Affairs Policy’, Daniela Irrera and Claudia Morsut (Eds.): Security Beyond the State: The EU and the Others. Barbara Budrich Publishers (forthcoming).
Tocci, Nathalie (2016a): “The making of the EU Global Strategy”. In: Contemporary Security Policy, 37, 3, pp. 461-472.
Tocci, Nathalie (2016b): “Interview with Nathalie Tocci on the Global Strategy for the European Union’s Foreign and Security Policy”. In: The International Spectator, 51, 3, pp. 1-8.
Wagner, Wolfgang/Anholt, Rosanne (2016): “Resilience as the EU Global Strategy’s new leitmotif: pragmatic, problematic or promising?”. In: Contemporary Security Policy, 37, 3, pp. 414-430.

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