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Presentation
Presentation
This curricular unit will enable students to obtain adequate and in-depth knowledge of the concepts and issues related to the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). It will focus on the main orientations of the CFSP - fundamentals, threats, and opportunities in a globalized and polarized world ¿ but also of the internal-external security nexus of the EU (e.g. multilateralism, soft power, and transatlantic relations) and of the European External Action Service (EEAS).
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Class from course
Class from course
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Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Bachelor | Semestral | 5
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Year | Nature | Language
Year | Nature | Language
3 | Mandatory | Português
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Code
Code
ULHT450-14678
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable
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Professional Internship
Professional Internship
Não
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Syllabus
Syllabus
- Defining concepts - dilemmas and theorizing.
- The Evolution of Security and Defense Policies of the European Union (EU): - From 1945 to the Maastricht Treaty.
- From Maastricht to the European Constitution.- Values and interests in post-Lisbon EU foreign policy.
- The Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP).
- The European External Action Service (EEAS).
- The military interventions of the EU.
- Rethinking the future of the EU: new strategic partnerships and new geostrategic challenges.
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Objectives
Objectives
This curricular unit will allow students to train and deepen their analytical and critical strengths grasping and discussing, in a gradual and methodological way, the most relevant issues related to the external and security dimensions of the EU, as well as its defence and security policies, and underlying rationale. The student will develop analytical skills that will allow him/her to approach, in a structured and scientific way, the most relevant subjects related to the external and security dimensions of the EU.
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Teaching methodologies and assessment
Teaching methodologies and assessment
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References
References
Cini, Michelle; Borragán, N. Pérez-Solórzano (2019). European Union Politics. 6th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Johansson-Nogués, Elisabeth; Vlaskamp, Martijn C.; Barbé, Esther (eds.) (2020). European Union Contested Foreign Policy in a New Global Context. Cham: Springer.
Voskopoulos, George (ed.) (2021). European Union Security and Defence: Policies, Operations and Transatlantic Challenges. Cham: Springer.
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Office Hours
Office Hours
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Mobility
Mobility
No
