UCL - External action

[EUSL2712]

[22.5h] 4 credits

Teacher(s): Raoul Delcorde, Raoul Delcorde

Language: French

Level: Second

Aims
Main themes
Content and teaching methods
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Aims

The course gives a general view on the international action of the European Union, which is a multidimensional one, and analyses more specifically the structures and stakes of the Common Foreign and Security Policy.

Main themes

Presentation of the multidimensional dimension of the external action of the European Union and of the decisional procedures which are related to it. Evaluation of the power of the international actor which the European Union has become now.

Content and teaching methods

The international activity of the European Union is multidimensional. The course takes a broader approach than the one which consists in segmenting the EU policy in various parts. The course, after a description of the different instruments of the external action, tries to examine the global relationship with some important regions of the world, in fields like trade, development cooperation, external security and defense policy. The course presents the positions of the European Union regarding some important multilateral questions and analyses the problems related to the decision making process in external policy.

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Period: during 2008-2009 this course takes place in 1st semester.
Periodicity: yearly.
Language: French.
Prerequisite:
Evaluation: written or oral examination.
Support: to be determined by the professor in charge.
References: to be determined by the professor in charge.