Contemporary Issues in European Foreign and Security Policy

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1 USC Brussels Program Summer 2011 Monday-Friday Contemporary Issues in European Foreign and Security Policy Course convener: Dr. Luis Simón Institute for European Studies Office: Pleinlaan 5 Tel: 02/ luis.simón@vub.ac.be Instructors: Prof. Dr. Sven Biscop, Egmont Institute/College of Europe Dr. Tom Casier, University of Kent, Brussels Prof. Dr. Eva Gross, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Dr. Isabelle Ioannides, European Commission Dr. Susan Penksa, Westmont College Dr. Jakob Skovgaard, Lund University Dr. Luis Simón, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Course objectives: This course focuses on contemporary security challenges facing Europe - and on how the EU is adapting to its emerging role as a security provider beyond its borders. The course will examine the institutions of EU foreign and security policy; the future of the transatlantic relationship; regional challenges such as integrating the Balkans and engaging Russia; and tackling new security challenges, including climate change. The aim of the course is to give students a thorough overview of contemporary security issues and the ability of European security institutions to address them. The course is taught by academics and practitioners to provide students with a multi-faceted understanding of the analytical and the empirical issues of European security institutions. Requirements: To secure course credit, students must write one final two-hours exam. The final exam will count for 40% of the grade. Students will also be required to write two short essays of 1500 words each on selected topics in the course. Each essay will count for 10% of the grade. The internship, in addition to an internship end report of approximately 3000 words will count for 30% of the grade. To succeed in these assignments, students must complete the readings ahead of the lectures, and attend lectures on a regular basis. Regular attendance thus counts for 10% of the grade.

2 Course reading: Cameron, Fraser (2007). An Introduction to European Foreign Policy. London, Routledge. Selected readings (course pack to be distributed upon arrival) Course outline: Week I Introduction to European Institutions 6 June Conceptualizing the EU as a foreign policy actor (Dr. Simón) Andreatta, Filippo (2005). Theory and the European Union s International Relations. In Hill and Smith, eds. International Relations and the European Union. Oxford, Oxford University Press pp Hill, Christopher (1998) Closing the Capability-Expectations Gap. In Peterson, J. and H. Sjursen, eds. A Common Foreign Policy for Europe: Competing Visions of the CFSP. London, Routledge, pp Manners, Ian (2002) Normative Power Europe: A Contradiction in Terms? Journal of Common Market Studies 40 (2): June An introduction to the EU and its institutions (Dr. Simón) An Introduction to European Foreign Policy, chapter 1 Thomson, Robert and Hosli, Madeleine (2006). Who has Power in the EU? The Commission, Council and Parliament in Legislative Decision-making. Journal of Common Market Studies 44 (2): June The institutional development of EU foreign policy (Dr. Simón) An Introduction to European Foreign Policy, chapters 2, 5 Howorth, Jolyon (2007). Security and Defence Policy in the European Union. Chapter 2. London, Palgrave, pp June CFSP in action (Dr. Simón) An Introduction to European Foreign Policy, chapters 3, 13 and Appendix 1 Spence, David (2006). The Commission and the Common Foreign and Security Policy. In Spence (ed.), The European Commission. London, John Harper Publishing, pp

3 10 June The development of CFSP and CSDP since 1999 (Dr. Simón) European Security Strategy: A Secure Europe in a Better World. In An Introduction to European Foreign Policy, Appendix 2 Menon, Anand (2009). ESDP at ten. International Affairs 85 (2): Week II EU Foreign Policy: The Strategic Dimension 13 June Public Holiday no class 14 June Visit to the European Commission. Lecture by Dr. Antonio Missiroli on the European External Action Service. Avery, Graham (2009). Europe s Foreign Service: From design to delivery. European Policy Centre Policy Brief. Lindstrom, Gustav (2010). The European External Action Service: Implications and Challenges. GCSP Paper n 8. Missiroli, Antonio (2010). The EU Foreign Service : Under Construction. RSCAS PP (European University Institute) 2010/ June The European Security Strategy and EU Grand Strategy (Dr. Biscop) Biscop, Sven (2004). The European Security Strategy: Implementing a Distinctive Approach to Security. Sécurité & Stratégie, Paper No. 82, Royal Defence College (IRSD-KHID). Biscop, Sven, Howorth, Jolyon and Giegerich, Basian (2009). Europe: A Time for Strategy. Egmont Paper 27. Royal Institute of International Relations. 12-2pm Policy forum: European Defence After Libya (attendance required). Confirmed speakers: Prof. Jolyon Howorth (Yale University), Prof. Dr. Sven Biscop (Ghent University). 16 June Visit to Carnegie Europe. Presentation on the Carnegie Endowment s activities in Brussels. 17 June EU-US relations (Prof. Dr. Gross) An Introduction to European Foreign Policy, ch. 6 German Marshall Fund (2010). Transatlantic Trends: Key Findings 2010.

4 Kagan, Robert (2003). Power and Weakness: Why the United States and Europe see the world differently. Policy brief, Hoover Institution. Daniel Hamilton and Nikolas Foster, The Obama administration and Europe, in Vasconcelos, Alvaro and Zaborowski, Marcin The Obama Moment. Paris, EU Institute for Security Studies, pp Recommended: Shapiro, Jeremy and Witney, Nick (2009). Towards a Post-American Europe: A Power Audit of EU-US Relations. London: European Council on Foreign Relations. Link: Essay # 1 due Week III EU Foreign Policy: Regional and Global issues. 20 June Reconstructing the Western Balkans: Between stabilization and integration (Dr. Ioannides) An Introduction to European Foreign Policy, ch. 8 Belloni, Roberto (2009). European integration and the Western Balkans: lessons, prospects, and obstacles. Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp Fakiolas, Efstathios and Tzifakis, Nikolaos (2008). Transformation or Accession? Reflecting on the EU's Strategy towards the Western Balkans. European Foreign Affairs Review, Vol. 13, pp Renner, Stephan and Trauner, Florian (2009). Creeping EU Membership in South-east Europe: The Dynamics of EU Rule Transfer to the Western Balkans. Journal of European Integration, Vol. 31, No. 4, pp June Visit to the European Parliament 22 June The International Climate Change Negotiations until and beyond Copenhagen (Dr. Skoovgard) Bulkeley, Harriet and Newell (2010). Governing Climate Change. Introduction, chapter 1. New York: Routledge.

5 Keohane, Robert O., and David Victor (2011). The Regime Complex for Climate Change. Perpectives on Politics 9, no. 1, pp June The EU in the Global Climate Change negotiations (Dr. Skoovgard). Costa, Oriol (2008). Is Climate Change Changing the EU? The Second Image Reversed in Climate Politics. Cambridge Review of International Affairs 21, no. 4, pp Oberthür, Sebatian, and Roche Kelly, Claire (2008). EU Leadership in International Climate Policy: Achievements and Challenges. The International Spectator 43, no. 3, pp Schreurs, Miranda A., and Tiberghien, Yves (2007). Multi-Level Reinforcement: Explaining European Union Leadership in Climate Change Mitigation. Global Environmental Politics 7, no. 4, pp June The impact of CSDP operations on host states and societies (Dr. Penksa). Council of the European Union 15782/3/08. Implementation of UNSCR 1325 as reinforced by UNSCR 1820 in the context of ESDP. Brussels. Daase and Cornelius Friesendorf (eds.), Rethinking Security Governance, The Problem of Unintended Consequences. Routledge: New York. Recommended: Drent, Margriet and Zandee, Dick (2010). Breaking Pillars: Towards a civil-military security approach for the European Union. Clingendael, Netherlands Institute of International Relations. Link: ummary Essay #2 due Week IV EU Foreign and Security Policy: Operational Aspects 27 June Towards EU Peacebuilding: Merging security and development (Dr. Ioannides) An Introduction to European Foreign Policy, ch. 10

6 Duffield, Mark. The Merging of Development and Security, in Duffield, Mark. Global Governance and the New Wars, pp Duke, Simón and Courtier, Aurélie (2009). EU Peacebuilding: Concepts, Players and Instruments. Working Paper No. 33. Leuven: Centre for the Law of EU External Relations (CLEER). Youngs, Richards (2007). Fusing Security and Development: Just another Euro-platitude? Fundacion par las Relaciones Internacionales y el Dialogo Exterior (FRIDE). 28 June EU-Russia relations (Dr. Casier) Goldthau, Andreas (2008), Resurgent Russia. Rethinking Russia Inc. Policy Review 147, pp Sakwa, Richard (2008). New Cold War or twenty years crisis? Russia and international politics. International Affairs 84 (2), pp Lyne, Roderic (2006). Russia in the EU? We should never say never. Europe s World, Spring, pp Internship Report due 29 June Climate Change and security (Dr. Skoovgard) Froggatt, Antony, and Levi, Michael A. (2009). Climate and Energy Security Policies and Measures: Synergies and Conflicts. International Affairs 85, no. 6 (2009), pp The CNA Corporation (2009) National Security and the Threat of Climate Change. Scheffran, Jürgen, and Battaglini, Antonella (2011). Climate and Conflicts: The Security Risks of Global Warming. Regional Environmental Change 11, no. 1, pp June Review session (Dr. Simón) 1 July In-class exam

7 Essay Questions 1. What is the nature of the capabilities-expectations gap in European foreign policy? Is it closing? 2. Are Americans from Mars and Europeans from Venus? 3. How successful has been the EU in stabilizing the Western Balkans? 4. Is the EU a paper tiger in security and defence?