COURSE INFORMATION Course Title: EUROPEAN FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY

Code	Course Type	Regular Semester	Theory	Practice	Lab	Credits	ECTS
PIR 543	B	3	3	0	0	3	6

Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature)	NA
Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	Islam Jusufi , Wednesday 13:30-16:30
Second Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	Jubjana Vila
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours:	NA
Language:	English
Compulsory/Elective:	Elective
Classroom and Meeting Time:	E 312
Course Description:	European Foreign and Security Policy is a master level course. Besides the economic and monetary policy, the issues on the Foreign and Security Policy are essential for further development of the EU. The course is focused on the study of international political and security aspects of the European Union. This course aims to offer a critical analysis of the development, policy making framework, and operation of EU’s foreign and security policy. It places EU foreign and Security Policy in the overall context of European security interests and reflects the historical development of Europe’s security architecture. At the end of the course students should be in a position to discuss fluently the debates surrounding EU’s capacity in security and defense policy, and to analyze the trajectory of future policy development.
Course Objectives:	Assessment of EU’s relations with other international organizations like the UN, NATO and OSCE. European Security and Defense Policy, its elements, objectives, past and future, Maastricht Treaty, European Political and Defense Communities, European Army, Eufor-Concordia, European Rapid Reaction Force and European Conflicts and solution institutions.

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Topics
1	Introduction, teaching policies, General Framework of ESD course
2	The European Security and Defense Institutions
3	European opportunities and risks in a changed environment; Security Strategy, Milestones and Foundations of ESDP
4	European Security and Defense Resources: Military and Civilian Resources, EDA.
5	CFSP, EUBG, Maastricht and Amsterdam Treaty, Treaty of Lisbon and the impact on ESDP
6	ESDP Partnerships: NATO, OSCE, UN, AU etc.
7	European Security and Defense Operations (Ops): Civil and Military Ops.
8	Midterm exam
9	EU (ESDP) and NATO Relations
10	US and the evolvement of ESDP
11	The EU Crises Management
12	The future of security and defense policy – ESD: Future Challenges
13	Defense & Security Institutions in Europe: NATO; ECHR and EUC
14	ESDP and Albania

Prerequisite(s):	N/A
Textbook:	1. Gabriel Almond, European Politics Today, (2005) Longman. 2. Karen, Smith (2003). European Union Foreign Policy in a Changing World. Polity Press 3. Simon, Duke (2006). The Elusive Quest for European Security: from EDC to CFSP. McMillan. 4. Alvaro de Vasconelos (2009) “What ambitions for European Defense in 2020?” 2nd ed, The EU Institution for Security Studies, Paris. 5. Edited by Giovanni Grevi; Damien Helly and Daniel Keohane (2009), “ESDP The First 10-years (1999-2009)”, The EU Institution for Security Studies, Paris.
Other References:	1. Patrick Brogan, (2006) World Conflicts, Bloomsbury Publication. 2. LeRoy Benneth, (2005) International Organizations Principles and Issues, Prentice Hall.
Laboratory Work:	N/A
Computer Usage:	N/A
Others:	No

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	To provide an ability to analyze basic concepts concerning European Security and Defense
2	To provide understanding for the relationship among power, morality and strategy
3	To provide an ability to develop strategy simulations concerning balance of power, domestic political incentives and geopolitics
4	To provide knowledge about contemporary grand international strategies

COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES (Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution)

No	Program Competencies	Cont.
Master of Science in Political Science and International Relations Program
1	Having and using advanced knowledge and comprehension supported by textbooks including actual knowledge in political sciences and international relations literature, materials and the other scientific resources.	5
2	Analyzing data, ideas and concepts of current political issues and international relations, determining complex events and topics, making discussions and developing new suggestions in accordance with researches.	4
3	Having knowledge and thought about actual topics and problems together with their historical, social and cultural aspects.	4
4	Introducing those who are interested in politics and international events with the topics of Political Science and IR and teaching clearly the problems and the types of solutions.	4
5	Improving skills of working together with the main social science disciplines and other disciplines which are related to Political Science and International Relations.	5
6	Improving critical thinking and skills in making research independently.	4
7	Developing solutions about the problems and conflicts which are common in national and international arena.	4
8	Improving skills for leadership and research and analyze capacity of those who is responsible with national and international ones.	4
9	Knowing any foreign language enough to communicate with colleagues and understand actual researches and articles.	4
10	Gaining IT skills to use computer and technology) in order to reach actual knowledge.	4
11	Gaining skills to follow societal, scientific and ethic values during collecting, interpreting, conducting of data related to social and political developments.	1
12	Having consciousness about human rights and environment.	3
13	Gaining the skills to follow actual developments and pursue long-life learning.	5

COURSE EVALUATION METHOD

Method	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm Exam(s)	1	40
Project	1	40
Attendance		10
Other	1	10
	Total Percent:	100%

ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)

Activities	Quantity	Duration(Hours)	Total Workload(Hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)	16	3	48
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	16	2	32
Mid-terms	1	15	15
Assignments	1	15	15
Final examination	1	40	40
Other			0
Total Work Load:			150
Total Work Load/25(h):			6
ECTS Credit of the Course:			6