OVERVIEW

The course is taught in English and will deal with the international developments of the European integration process, focussing on the aspects of cooperation,foreign,security and defence policy.The 1 part will look at the stages from the EDC to the common foreign and security policy launched by the Lisbon Treaty.The 2 part deals with the evolutions, the features and the aims of the cooperation and neighborhood policy will be examined.The 3 part will be devoted to the discussion of case studies.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Beginning of the European Integration Process. The Foreign Politics of the European Communities: A Historical Overview from the Kennedy Rounds to the birth of the European Union. • The Foreign Politics of the EU: from 1992 to nowadays. The CSDP. • The Enlargement of the EU as a Foreign Policy Instrument. • The European Neighbourhood Policy. The Frozen Conflicts. Crimea crisis and EU. • EU and North America. EU and Latin America. • EU and Africa. • EU and the Mediterranean Area: From the Seventies to Barcelona. The Union for the Mediterranean. The Great Middle East and EU.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

- Knowledge and understanding of historical, political, economic and international processes that characterise the international history of the EU;

- distinction between facts and opinions about the international role of the EU;

- critical reflection on the international role of the EU.

TEACHING METHODS

Combination of traditional lectures (28 hours) and classroom discussion of the case studies by each student or by groups of students (8 hours). A virtual platform containing materials, information, and forum will be available on Aulaweb (Moodle Platform).

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

• Beginning of the European Integration Process. The Foreign Politics of the European Communities: A Historical Overview from the Kennedy Rounds to the birth of the European Union.
• The Foreign Politics of the EU: from 1992 to nowadays. The CSDP.
• The Enlargement of the EU as a Foreign Policy Instrument.
• The European Neighbourhood Policy. The Frozen Conflicts. Crimea crisis and EU.
• EU and North America. EU and Latin America.
• EU and Africa.
• EU and the Mediterranean Area: From the Seventies to Barcelona. The Union for the Mediterranean. The Great Middle East and EU.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

See Aulaweb.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

LARA PICCARDO (President)

MARIA ELEONORA GUASCONI

MARA MORINI

GIORGIO MUSSO

FRANCESCO PIERINI

LESSONS

LESSONS START

19 september 2017, Albergo dei Poveri, Sala B - DISPO.

Tuesday: 10.00-12.00

Wednesday: 10.00-12.00

Thursday: 10.00-12.00

Class schedule

INTERNATIONAL HISTORY OF THE EU: THE EXTERNAL RELATIONS

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Oral.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The oral exam aims to evaluate:

- the knowledge and understanding of historical, political, economic and international processes that characterise the international history of the EU;

- the distinction between facts and opinions about the international role of the EU;

- the critical reflection on the international role of the EU.

Exam schedule