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Course description of POLI-O-504 [version française]

Title

CFSP and External Relations of the European Union



Lecturer

Mme Barbara DELCOURT



Prerequisites

A basic knowledge of the EU institutions and decision-making processes is required



Objective

This course aims at underveiling the power game that are at the core of the EU Foreign policy. While giving a broad picture of the institutional architecture as well as the main outcomes of this policy, the course invites the students to read official documents with a more critical point of view



Contents

Empirical and theoretical issues like EU actorness, Security and Defence Policy, Transatlantic relations, etc. Special topics can also be proposed by the students or are suggested depending of the current and important events or problems tackled by European institutions



Bibliography

Barbara Delcourt, Marta Martinelli et Emmanuel Klimis (eds.), l'Union européenne et la gestion de crises, Editions de l'Université de Bruxelles, 2007



Campus and term(s)

Campus du Solbosch, 2nd term



Teaching methods

Combination of ex-cathedra lectures and seminars with experts, course taught in French



ECTS

total: 5 ECTS (théorie: 2, travaux personnels: 3)

The ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) credit is a measure of the student workload for each activity associated with a course. Conventionally, one ECTS credit represents 24h of work.


Course thaught in

Académie universitaire Wallonie-Bruxelles:


POLI-O-504

EURC6: master complémentaire en analyse interdisciplinaire de la construction européenne - année unique (optional)





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