Master in European Union Studies: Cultures and History, Policies and Global Perspectives (Academic Year 2023/2024)

MODULO 3 - Foreign Policy of European Union and Global Context

CFU: 8

Langue du contenu:Anglais

Description du cours

These video-lectures provide for an overview of the foreign policy of the European Union with a specific

focus on the historical events, institutional aspects and latest developments occurred in the last decades

which have been contributing to crafting a more incisive role of the EU at global level.

In light of the latest developments, these video-lectures offer the tools to analyse the current challenges

the European Union is deemed to address acting as a unique global actor. The analysis of the European

foreign policy considers the historical steps that brought to the introduction of a Common Foreign and

Security Policy (CFSP), the institutional structure of its decision-making process, the legal framework and

peculiarities of its method. A specific section of this course deepens the economic domain and the role of

the EU in the current international panorama characterised by multi-sectoral crises, power imbalances

and new equilibria in light of the most recent international events.

Connaissances requises

No particular prerequisites are needed to attend the course

Objectifs

This course is meant to provide students with a theoretical framework of the European foreign policy.

After engaging with the contents presented in this course, including the associated exercises and

readings, the student should be able to demonstrate an awareness about: the main characteristics of the

European foreign policy; the political and historical reasons of its peculiar nature; the developments of

the European role in a challenging geopolitical framework, considering the economic, social and political

spheres.

Programme

These video-lectures deals with the historical and the political path in bulilding-up a EU coherent identity

in the international relations, in their social, economic and political dimensions.

In particular, the economic spheres is taken into consideration and in light of the latest developments and

initiatives adopted in time of crises.

Finally, the module lectures analyze the most relevant European policies in the international context, the

effects of the pandemic on globalization, and the most recent developments in terms of international

relations.

Textes

Panos Koutrakos: European Foreign Policy: Legal and Political Perspectives (Cap. 1,2,5);

Richard Baldwin and Charles Wyplosz: The Economic of European Integration (Cap.11-12) Mc Graw Hill

4th edition;

Joshua Meltzer: The Internet, Cross- Border Data Flows and International.

Entraînements

At the end of this module, the student is expected to answer to open questions related to the main issues

the video-lectures refer to.

Professeur

Beatrice Gallucci

Liste des leçons

• Leçon n. 1: The European Union and New Global Scenarios- Part I		Romano Prodi
• Leçon n. 2: The European Union and New Global Scenarios- Part II		Romano Prodi
• Leçon n. 3: European Union Foreign Policy: a brief history and its governance		Ferdinando Nelli Feroci
• Leçon n. 4: Challenges for the EU in the present international context		Ferdinando Nelli Feroci
• Leçon n. 5: Path of the economic integration		Paolo Guerrieri Paleotti
• Leçon n. 6: The economic, social and political crises		Paolo Guerrieri Paleotti
• Leçon n. 7: The Next Generation EU And The Relaunching Of Sustainable Growth		Paolo Guerrieri Paleotti
• Leçon n. 8: The EU and Fragmented World Economy		Paolo Guerrieri Paleotti
• Leçon n. 9: Europe as a Global Actor		Paolo Guerrieri Paleotti