European Union in the International Affairs

The aim of the seminar is to familiarize students with:

positions, places and roles performed by Europe in contemporary international relations. For this purpose will be undertaken political, cultural and economic activities relating to European integration groupings in international relations. Particular emphasis will be placed on the institutionalization of cooperation in Europe in the framework of the European Union. Analysis of the place and significance of Europe in the modern world from the perspective of the major trends and theories of European integration and international relations is going to be made.

Lecture will be divided into the following thematic sections:

1. European Union in the contemporary international order after the Treaty of Lisbon.

2. Characteristics of the institution in the field of European external relations.

3. Common Foreign and Security Policy and the European Union external policy - aspects of the definitions and pragmatic.

4. The importance of policies: development aid, commercial space for the EU in international relations.

5. Neighbourhood Policy and the enlargement of the European Union.

6. The EU in its relations with other participants in international relations: the Russian Federation, the United States, the ACP.

7. The European Union: a specific example of international relations and unusual actor in international relations?

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Ciamaga L., Latoszek E., Unia Europejska – podręcznik akademicki, Warszawa 2000.

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Hill Ch., Smith M., International Relations and the European Union, Oxford 2011.

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Milczarek D., Unia Europejska we współczesnym świecie, Warszawa 2005.

Smith K., European Union Foreign Policy in a Changing World, Cambridge 2011.

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Skolimowska A., The concept of the EU as a civilian power, „Contemporary European Studies”, Special Issue 2009, s. 132-138.

A. Skolimowska (ed)., Perceptions of the European Union’s identity in international relations, Routledge, London-New York 2019, ss. 230.

EK1 - student is able to characterize by the presence of the specificity of the European Union in international relations; areas of the EU involvement in the world; correctly describes the sphere of activity of the EU in international relations; knows the institutional and legal basis for integration in the framework of international issues.

EK2- student analyzes the determinants of the presence of the EU in international relations; organizes knowledge on various activities of the EU in international relations.

Exam an the end of semester