EU External Economic Relations

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	120-0372/01
Abbreviation	VEV EU
Course title	EU External Economic Relations
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of International Economic Relations
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Michaela Melecká Staníčková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. External economic relations, the European Union as a subject of international relations
2. Development of foreign security cooperation of the European Communities
3. The second and third pillars of the European Union, the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy, the EU's Common Security and Defence Policy
4. Key changes in the CFSP and the external relations of the EU in the 21st century, the current state of the EU CFSP
5. The European Union and the Western Balkans, relations with Turkey
6. European Neighbourhood Policy - Eastern Partnership, Union for the Mediterranean
7. Transatlantic relations of the European Union with the USA and Canada
8. European Union relations with Russia and China
9. Economic cooperation of the European Union with selected countries of South - East Asia
10. External relations of the European Union with African, Caribbean, and Pacific countries
11. Economic cooperation of the European Union with the countries of Latin America
12. The participation of the European Union in solving global problems, the approach of the EU to conflict resolution in external relations, the ethical dimension of the EU's external relations
13. EU membership and cooperation with international organisations and forums, EU and international coordination
14. The European Semester and Alert Mechanism Report

E-learning

via LMS Moodle

Literature

BINDI, Federiga. The Foreign Policy of the European Union: Assessing Europe's Role in the World. Third edition. Washinghton. DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2022. .
KEUKELEIRE, Stephan a DELREUX, Tom. The Foreign Policy of the European Union. Third edition. London: Bloomsbury academic, 2022. .
BAYLIS, John, Steve SMITH a Patricia OWENS. The Globalization of World Politics: an Introduction to International Relations. Eight edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020. ISBN 978-0-19-882554-8.

Advised literature

BALDWIN, Richard a WYPLOSZ, Charles. The Economics of European Integration. Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill Education, 2022. ISBN 9781526849434
POMFRET, Richard. The Economic Integration of Europe. Cambridge, MA and London: Harvard University Press, 2021. ISBN 978-0-674-24413-9.
BISCOP, Sven. European Strategy in the 21st Century. Abingdon: Routledge, 2019. ISBN 978-1-138-38472-9.

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