EUP418 The European Union and crisis management - structures, policies and tools

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Radek Khol (lecturer), PhDr. Petr Suchý, Ph.D. (deputy)
Mgr. et Mgr. Jiří Navrátil, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Petr Suchý, Ph.D.
Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Olga Cídlová, DiS.
Timetable
Mon 24. 11. 12:00–13:30 U33, 18:00–19:30 P22, Tue 25. 11. 8:00–9:40 U43, 18:00–19:30 P22, Wed 26. 11. 8:00–9:40 U43, Mon 8. 12. 12:00–13:30 U33, 18:00–19:30 P22, Tue 9. 12. 8:00–9:40 U43, 18:00–19:30 P22, Wed 10. 12. 8:00–9:40 U43
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is intended to provide students with an insight into the complexity of the crisis management activities of the EU. At the end of the course the students shall become familiar with the division of roles and competencies between the EU, the Community and the Member States, functioning of main structures and tools at the disposal of the European Security and Defence Policy as well as broader defined external relations of the EU. Furthemore they shall be able to analytically grasp the interaction between civilian and military dimensions of crisis management as carried out by the EU (with particular focus on different rules and methods applied in the two respective areas), ESDP crisis management missions, their different types, evolution over time and the overall impact onto the shape of the Union’s external relations and global security writ large. The course provides the students with in-depth analysis of the current situation in this area and aims that the students obtain up-to-date knowledge of the subject.
Syllabus
  • Structure of the course:
  • 1) EU crisis management - institutional structures
  • 2) European Security Strategy - strategic framework
  • 3) Institutional Mechanics of CFSP/ESDP, main structures and policies
  • 4) ESDP Capabilities - civilian and military
  • 5) ESDP Military Operations
  • 6) ESDP Civilian Missions - Western Balkans, Eastern Europe and Caucasus
  • 7) ESDP Civilian Missions (cont.) - Middle East, Africa and Asia
  • 8) 1st Pillar instruments for conflict prevention and crisis management
  • 9) Case study - EU crisis management in practice
  • 10) Cooperation with Partners - UN, AU, OSCE, Third States
  • 11) Transatlantic Relations - the United States and NATO
  • 12) Towards a European Strategic Culture and joint civil-military ESDP activities ?
Literature
  • Civilian crisis management: the EU way, Agnieszka Nowak (ed.), Chaillot Paper no.90, EU ISS: Paris, 2006
  • Bastian Giegerich, William Wallace, 'Not Such a Soft Power: The External Deployment of European Forces', Survival, Vol.46, No.2 (Summer 2004), pp.163-182
  • EU Security and Defence Policy. The first five years (1999-2004), Nicole Gnesotto (ed.), EU ISS: Paris, 2004
  • Simon Duke, Sophie Vanhoonacker, 'Administrative Governance in the CFSP: Development and Practice', European Foreign Affairs Review, Vol.11, No.2 (Summer 2006), pp.163-182
  • International Crisis Group, EU Crisis Response Capability Revisited (Europe Report 160), ICG: Brussels, 2005
  • Ana Juncos, Charles Reynolds, 'The Political and Security Committee: Governing in the Shadows', European Foreign Affairs Review, Vol.12, No.2 (Summer 2007), pp.127-147
Assessment methods
The course is composed of lectures, seminars and intensive group work dealing with specific issues of crisis management of the European Union. Participation in the course requires from students high commitment as they are asked to actively participate in seminars and to prepare presentations on the topics which are discussed during the classes.
Final grade consists of evaluation of final written exam, presentation during seminars, submission of position paper, simulation during the seminars and active participation of studnets during the course.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
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