This course deals with the emergence of the EU as a global strategic actor in its own right. If the EU has long been a global actor in the field of aid and trade, it is increasingly becoming so in the fields of diplomacy and defence, which will be the focus of the course.
The conceptual framework for the course is the holistic or integrated approach to security, as expressed inter alia in the 2003 European Security Strategy, which can be considered the EU’s mission statement.
The course will situate the Union’s strategic outlook in its political and conceptual context and will analyze its orientations. It will then critically examine the implementation of the ambitious objectives which the EU has set for itself. Topics covered, with a focus on the security dimension, will include:
– Institutions and mechanisms of CFSP/ESDP, including the impact of the Reform Treaty – European Neighbourhood Policy – ‘Effective multilateralism’ and relations with the UN – Military and civilian capabilities and operations of ESDP – Relations with NATO and the US – Strategic partnerships, with a focus on China
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Stefan FÜLE
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Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy, European Commission, Brussels | |
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Mathias JOPP
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Director, Institute for European Politics, Berlin; Honorary Professor, University of Tübingen | |
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Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy, European Commission, Brussels
| 1980-1981 | Faculty of Philosophy, Charles University, Prague |
| 1981-1986 | Moscow State Institute of International Relations |
| 1988 | United Nations Disarmament Fellowship Program |
| 1987-1990 | Desk Officer, United Nations Department, Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia |
| 1990-1995 | First Secretary, Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic to the United Nations, New York |
| 1994-1995 | Member of the Delegation/Alternate Representative of the Czech Republic to the UN Security Council, New York |
| 1995-1996 | Director, United Nations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic |
| 1996-1998 | Director, Security Policy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic |
| 1998-2001 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic to the Republic of Lithuania |
| 2001-2002 | First Deputy Minister, Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic |
| 2003-2005 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic at the Court of Saint James' |
| 2005-2009 | Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the North Atlantic Council, NATO, Brussels |
| | Since 2009 Minister for European Affairs of the Czech Republic, Prague |
Director, Institute for European Politics, Berlin; Honorary Professor, University of Tübingen
| | Diploma in Economics and Ph.D. in Political Science |
| 1977-1990 | Research Fellow, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt |
| 1991 | Senior Researcher at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), London |
| 1992-1995 | Head of the Central East and East European Programme at the WEU-Institute for Security Studies (Paris) |
| since 1995 | Director of the Institut für Europäische Politik, Bonn/Berlin |
| since 2007 | Professor (ho.) at the University of Tübingen and Course Director "EU policies and international relations" at CIFE (Le Centre international de Formation européenne), Nice |
