EVS110 European Security and Defense Identity

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2013
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jana Urbanovská, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Markéta Pitrová, Ph.D.
Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Olga Cídlová, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Mon 16. 9. to Sun 1. 12. Mon 18:00–19:30 U33, Tue 3. 12. to Fri 20. 12. Mon 18:00–19:30 U33
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course focuses on the issue of security and defence dimension of the European integration. At the end of the course students should be able to analyze the development of the security and defence dimension of EC/EU, to explain the relationship between the EU and NATO, to evaluate the role of the EU as a global security actor and to describe current trends in the development of defence policy of the EU. Next to it, students will be able to compare the positions of EU member states as well as external actors towards the security and defence policy of the EU, to have an overview about completed as well as ongoing crisis management operations and last but not least, they will be able to discuss the evolving European strategic culture.
Syllabus
  • 1) Introduction
  • 2) European security and defence initiatives during the Cold War
  • 3) Development of ESDP and relations between EU and NATO
  • 4) EU as a global security actor?
  • 5) Current trends in the development of EU defence policy
  • 6) Mid-term test
  • 7) Reading week
  • 8) Positions of selected EU member states towards ESDP/CSDP I.
  • 9) Positions of selected EU member states towards ESDP/CSDP II.
  • 10) Positions of selected external actors towards ESDP/CSDP
  • 11) EU crisis management operations
  • 12) EU strategic culture in the making
  • 13) Conclusion
Literature
  • The foreign policy of the European Union : assessing Europe's role in the world. Edited by Federiga M. Bindi. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2010, xv, 367. ISBN 9780815701408. info
  • KEUKELEIRE, Stephan. The foreign policy of the European Union. Edited by Jennifer MacNaughtan. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008, xvii, 374. ISBN 1403947228. info
  • HOWORTH, Jolyon. Security and defence policy in the European Union. Edited by Neill Nugent - William E. Paterson. 1st ed. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007, xix, 315. ISBN 9780333639122. info
  • Defending Europe : the EU, NATO and the quest for european autonomy. Edited by Jolyon Howorth - John T. S. Keeler. 1st pub. Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2003, xii, 247. ISBN 1403966907. info
  • PITROVÁ, Markéta and Petr FIALA. Evropská unie (Europen union). Brno: CDK, 2003, 737 pp. mimo edice, svazek 1. ISBN 80-7325-015-2. info
Teaching methods
The course is mainly composed of lectures, complemented by seminars and a discussion with an expert. Lectures offer basic information, students are supposed to extend them through required and recommened readings. The elaboration of case studies improves heuristic and analytical skills of students, as well as their team work. Oral presentations of the case studies serve to improve students´ presentation skills and their abilities to emphasize important information and omit the less significant in a given time limit.
Assessment methods
mid-term and final test, elaboration of a case study and its presentation, team work, participation in class discussions based on the reading
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2018.
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