FSS:EVS171 EU Crisis Management - Course Information

EVS171 EU Crisis Management

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

Wed 9:45–11:15 U43

Prerequisites

the ability to understand English-written reading

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

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Course objectives

The course is devoted to the topic of civilian and military crisis management of the European Union. At the end of the course, students will be able to understand the meaning of the EU crisis management for the EU itself as well as for the management of crises in selected regions, to have an overview about completed and ongoing EU crisis management operations, to be able to evaluate the development of EU crisis management capabilities and institutions and last but not least to analyze the participation of the Czech Republic in EU crisis management operations.

Syllabus

• 1) Introduction
• 2) EU crisis management and the role of EU crisis management operations
• 3) Capacities development and cooperation with partners
• 4) Institutional structure and decison-making processes
• 5) Czech participation in EU crisis management
• 6) Discussion with an expert
• 7) Reading week
• 8) Case studies of EU crisis management: the Balkans
• 9) Case studies of EU crisis management: Northern Africa
• 10) Case studies of EU crisis management: Subsaharan Africa
• 11) Case studies of EU crisis management: Middle East
• 12) Case studies of EU crisis management: Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and south-eastern Asia
• 13) Conclusion

Literature

• HOWORTH, Jolyon. Security and defence policy in the European Union. 2nd ed. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, xix, 299. ISBN 9780230362352. info
• EU conflict prevention and crisis management : roles, institutions and policies. Edited by Eva Gross - Ana E. Juncos. New York: Routledge, 2011, xi, 178. ISBN 9780415572354. info
• JOHANNSEN, Janina. The EU's comprehensive approach to crisis management : premises, ambitions, limits. 1. Aufl. Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2011, 399 s. ISBN 9783832969530. info
• Multilateral security and ESDP operations. Edited by Fulvio Attinà - Daniela Irrera. Burlington, VT: Ashgate Pub., 2010, xviii, 236. ISBN 9781409407072. info
• A responsibility to assist : EU policy and practice in crisis-management operations under European security and defence policy : a COST report. Edited by Tom Hadden. Portland, Or.: Hart Pub., 2009, xiv, 155. ISBN 9781841139340. info

Teaching methods

lectures, class discussions, reading, case studies based on team work, presentation of case studies, discussion with an expert/practitioner from the field of EU crisis management

Assessment methods

written test, case studies and their presentation, activity in class

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

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