Foreign and Security Policy of the EU WSE-PO-E-FSPEU
The aim of the course is to familiarise students with the main directions of the European Union’s foreign and security policy and its role in international relations. The course will examine the EU’s relations with selected regions and countries, including Ukraine, Russia, China, and the Indo-Pacific countries, as well as its policies towards the Eastern Neighbourhood, the Western Balkans, and the Middle East. It will also address cybersecurity, humanitarian aid, and climate diplomacy.
List of topics covered:
1. The Development of EU Foreign and Security Policy
2. The Institutional Structure of EU Foreign and Security Policy
3. The EU and Ukraine
4. The Impact of Brexit on EU Foreign and Security Policy
5. The Eastern Neighbourhood
6. Relations with the Western Balkans
7. EU-China Relations
8. EU-Russia Relations
9. Relations between the EU and Latin America
10. EU Arctic Policies
11. EU and the Middle East
12. The Role of the EU in Global Climate Diplomacy
13. EU and the Indo-Pacific Strategy
14. EU and the Black Sea Initiative
15. EU humanitarian aid and civil protection
16. EU food security
17. EU Cybersecurity policies
(in Polish) Dyscyplina naukowa, do której odnoszą się efekty uczenia się
(in Polish) E-Learning
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych
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(in Polish) Punkty ECTS
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Preliminary Requirements
Assessment criteria
20% – Attendance and participation in class
30% – Presentation
50% – Final test
Total: 100 points
Grading scale:
5.0: 100–91 points
4.5: 90–81 points
4.0: 80–71 points
3.5: 70–61 points
3.0: 60–51 points
Bibliography
Compulsory readings:
Beatrix Futák-Campbell: Practising EU foreign policy : Russia and the eastern neighbours. Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2018.
Magnus Ekengren: Explaining the European Union's Foreign Policy A Practice Theory of Translocal Action, Cambridge University Press 2018
Mario Telò and Frederik Ponjaert (eds.): The EU's foreign policy what kind of power and diplomatic action? Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, 2013.
Supplementary readings:
Oriol Costa; Eduard Soler i Lecha; Martijn C. Vlaskamp (eds.): EU Foreign Policy in a Fragmenting International Order. 1st ed. 2025.; Cham: Springer Nature 2025.
Roberto Dominguez: EU Foreign Policy towards Latin America. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Nicu Popescu: EU foreign policy and post-Soviet conflicts: stealth intervention.
1st ed.; London ; New York : Routledge, 2011.
Additional information
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