The EU as a Global Actor

This major gives students the possibility to analyse the degree to which the European Union is capable of being an actor at the international level in the light of its particular institutional structure which does not always ensure single external representation.

Compulsory courses (25 h, 4 ECTS)

  • D. MAHNCKE: The EU as a Foreign Policy Actor
  • A. INOTAI: The EU and the World Economy

Optional courses (25 h, 4 ECTS)

  • I. GOVAERE: External Relations of the EU - Legal Aspects
  • T. BECHET: Politique européenne de coopération au développement et d’aide humanitaire
  • S. LAVENEX: Immigration, Asylum and Border Management in the EU (with case studies by Frontex)
  • C. GARCIA MOLYNEUX: Current international and EU environmental issues - challenges, policies, and legal instruments
  • D. LUFF: EU External Trade Policy and WTO Law
  • H. ADOMEIT: The EU and Russia
  • C. EGENHOFER: Towards a European Energy Policy
  • V. BERGER: Protection européenne des droits de l'homme et des minorités nationales

Compact Seminars (6 - 10h)

  • K.-F. FALKENBERG: La politique commerciale de l’Union européenne
  • M. MARTINIELLO: Migration, Citizenship and Identity in the EU
  • D. MOÏSI: L’Union européenne - puissance globale?
  • Y. SANDOZ: Introduction to International Humanitarian Law (within the framework of a seminar organised with the International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva, open to external participants)
  • R. DE WECK: Le rôle de l'information dans les relations internationales
  • J. GARSON: International negotiations
  • K. GREWLICH: Stabilizing Central Asia and Afghanistan
  • J. MEN: The EU and China
  • A. ROTFELD: Arms Control and International Conflicts - Selected Issues and Cases
  • E. LANNON, A. RIBÓ LABASTIDA, J.-F. COUSTILLIÈRE: Crisis Management in the EU Neighbourhood (Simulation Game)

N.B. The compact seminar series is voluntary. No ECTS are attributed to these seminars.

Workshops (3 - 6h)

  • J. MONAR: Research Methodology
  • G. MINK et E. WNUK-LIPINSKI: Propédeutique de recherche en sciences sociales
  • I. THOMSON: European Documentation, Library and Electronic Resources

N.B. The workshops are voluntary. No ECTS are attributed to these workshops.