Learning outcomes

To understand EU’s position and role in a globalising world and to understand EU’s external policy in the context of globalisation.

Contents

-Theoretical approaches for understanding the EU as a global actor.
-Historical development of EU’s CFSP.
-Different aspects of EU’s global policy.

Teaching methods

lectures and seminars 30 hours

Teaching language

English

Evaluation

Numeric 1-5.

Recommended year of study

Spring 2009.

Study materials

-Keisala, Katja: The European Union as an International Actor. Strenghts of the European Civilian Power. TAJU 2004.

-Sjursen, Helene: Civilian or Military Power? European Foreign Policy in Perspective. Routledge 2005.

-Laidi (ed.): EU Foreign Policy in a Globalized World: Normative Power and Social Preferences. Routledge 2007.

 

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