HIB0132 EU on the Way to the Community of Foreign Policy and Security and Defence Policy (1948-2001)

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Vladimír Goněc, DrSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Malíř, CSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 10:00–11:35 A21 stara
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Interest in a joint European foreign and security policy and the integration of defence. Differences in the perceptions of problems in particular periods. Blocking treaties from the EDC to the Treaty of Nice and specific activities of European states.
Syllabus
  • The Brussels Pact. Implication, opportunities, reality. The Pleven Plan. Discussions behind the Treaty for a European Defence Community. The ratification process, discussions on new appendices and the “crime of August 30th 1954”. The establishment of a West European union, its reserved role. The search for a European dimension to NATO. De Gaulle on French defence and European defence. France and NATO. “European political co-operation”. . The signposting of joint foreign and security policies in the ‘70s and ‘80s. Discussions on joint foreign and security policies as appropriate “pillars” of the European Union. Joint foreign and security policies when faced with the reality of European conflict (Yugoslavia, etc). Swedish, Irish and Austrian neutrality and their positions towards joint foreign and security policies. A move towards joint foreign, security and defence policies, their strengthening through the Treaty of Nice. The first European military structures. Visions, projects, institutions.
Literature
  • Weske, S.: Deutschland und Frankreich - Motor einer Europäischen Sicherheits und Verteidigungspolitik? Baden-Baden 2006
  • White, B.: Understanding European Foreign Policy. Basingstoke-New York, 2001
  • Aybet, G.: The Dynamics of European Security Cooperation (1949-1991). Baden-Baden 1996
Assessment methods
oral presentation or written text; credit
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014.
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