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	7.5

Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature)	NA
Main Course Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	Dr. Avdi Smajljaj asmajljaj@epoka.edu.al , Dr. Niuton Mulleti Wednesday, 11:30-12:30
Second Course Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	NA
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours:	NA
Language:	English
Compulsory/Elective:	Elective
Study program: (the study for which this course is offered)	Master of Science in Political Science and International Relations
Classroom and Meeting Time:	D-204 ; Wednesday 18:00-20:50
Code of Ethics:	Code of Ethics of EPOKA University Regulation of EPOKA University "On Student Discipline"
Attendance Requirement:	Compulsory
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:	This course aims to provide basic knowledge in the field of European Foreign and Security Policy. European Union and its structures, challenges and risks. The future of the common policy.

BASIC CONCEPTS OF THE COURSE

1	Common Foreign and Security Policy.
2	Common Security and Defense Policy.
3	EU as a foreign policy actor.
4	European defence.
5	EU-NATO relations.

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Topics
1	HISTORY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION/ The European Union as a Geo-Political entity representing a large portion of the European continent founded upon numerous treaties which has undergone expansions and secessions. Michelle Cini, Nieves Perez-Solorzano Brrgan "European Union Politics"; Pg; 9-50 ; John McCormick & Jonathan Olsen"The European Union, Politics and Policies", Pg. 15-38
2	COMMON COMMERCIAL POLICY/ The aim of increasing trade amongst themselves and their bargaining power vis-à-vis the rest of the world. Customs Union, Single Market, Monetary Union. Michelle Cini, Nieves Perez-Solorzano Brrgan "European Union Politics", Pg. 255-267' 295-307,, 365-370. John McCormick & Jonathan Olsen"The European Union, Politics and Policies", Pg. 67-71, 80-82.
3	THREE PILLARS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION / Economic, social & environmental policies, the common foreign and security policy, police and judicial co-operation,Michelle Cini, Nieves Perez-Solorzano Brrgan "European Union Politics"; Pg. 167-178, 197-211, 241-250, 269-280, 323-336 ;
4	COMMON SECURITY & DEFENCE POLICY / The European Union’s course of action in the fields of defense and crisis to preserve peace, prevent conflict and strengthen international security in accordance with the principles of the UN Charter. Michaele E. Smith, "Europe's Common Security and Defence Policy", Pg; 1-20; 272-304; John McCormick & Jonathan Olsen"The European Union, Politics and Policies"; Pg. 302-305, 307-312
5	THE TREATY ON EUROPEAN UNION / Various EU institutions, procedures and objectives. The laws and principles under which the European Union is governed. John McCormick & Jonathan Olsen"The European Union, Politics and Policies", Pg; 76-80, Michelle Cini, Nieves Perez-Solorzano Brrgan "European Union Politics", Pg; 97-100,
6	THE WEST EUROPEAN UNION & NATO / The EU command & control structures to coordinate national investment in defense and interoperability between national armed forces. Michaele E. Smith, "Europe's Common Security and Defence Policy", Pg; 51-125, 212-270, Gustav Lindstrom and Thierry Tardy, "THE EU AND NATO"; Pg; 5-12, 21-27, 63-70.
7	EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS / Principal decision-making bodies of the European Union, EU’s system of governance, legislative procedure.Michelle Cini, Nieves Perez-Solorzano Brrgan "European Union Politics",Pg; 65-78, 97-110, John McCormick & Jonathan Olsen"The European Union, Politics and Policies", Pg; 136-155.
8	EUROPEAN UNION & THE UNITED NATIONS / Status of EU to the UN, participation to the international UN agreements. Missions and contributions to the UN. The perspective. John McCormick & Jonathan Olsen"The European Union, Politics and Policies", Pg; 296-310; "2017_UN-EU-REPORT.pdf"
9	MID-TERM WEEK
10	EUROPEAN UNION & BALKANS / Peace, stability and economic development in the Western Balkans. Prospect of the EU integration. Michelle Cini, Nieves Perez-Solorzano Brrgan "European Union Politics"; Pg. 231-236ALBANIA AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION / Economic challenges, political challenges. The reforms. Perspective. "https://eu/enlargement/potential-candidates/albania/relation/index_en.htm" ; "https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/35863/st10555-en18.pdf"
11	EUROPEAN CRISIS AND CHALLENGES / Stability and prosperity, emigration, rise of populist and antiestablishment political parties, euro skepticism, Brexit, terrorism, pandemics. Michelle Cini, Nieves Perez-Solorzano Brrgan "European Union Politics", Pg. 352-363; 375-379
12	EU & USA / Cooperation on trade and shared values. Energy and sustainability. Transatlantic Economic Council John McCormick & Jonathan Olsen"The European Union, Politics and Policies", Pg. 318-333
13	INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN EU / European Police Office (Europol), European Union Judicial Cooperation Unit (Eurojust), FRONTEX, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, European Asylum Support Office. Michelle Cini, Nieves Perez-Solorzano Brrgan "European Union Politics", Pg. 168-174; 274-276; 324-329; John McCormick & Jonathan Olsen"The European Union, Politics and Policies", Pg. 265-273; 277-293, Michaele E. Smith, "Europe's Common Security and Defence Policy", Pg; 128-210
14	THE FUTURE, ENLARGED OR BROKEN ? / The most likely scenario for the future of the European Union, Culture differences, effective leadership. Michelle Cini, Nieves Perez-Solorzano Brrgan "European Union Politics", Pg. 380-388

Prerequisite(s):	N/A
Textbook(s):	Cini, Michelle; Borragán, Nieves Pérez-Solórzano (2019). “European Union Politics”. Smith, Michael E. (2017).” Europe’s Common Security and Defense Policy”. McCormick, John (2014). “The European Union ; Politics and Policies” Gustav Lindstrom and Thierry Tardy, "THE EU AND NATO"
Additional Literature:
Laboratory Work:	N/A
Computer Usage:	N/A
Others:	No

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	This course aims to provide basic knowledge in the field of European Foreign and Security Policy, European Union and its structures.
2	Students should know and discuss the basic concepts in the field of european foreign policy and be able to define and interpret the concepts "common policy", "security", "security challenges", "security structures", from the different perspectives
3	Based on the acquired knowledge, students should be able to make descriptions and analysis of issues related to European foreign policy and security.
4	Another important objective of this course is to get knowledge with the institutions of the European Union and how they work.
5	This course will enable students to understand, describe and analyze the developments of the european foreign policy system and mechanisms of security in response to traditional and new challenges,
6	The debate focused particularly on the practical implications of more flexibility in European integration and the future of the EU after Brexit.
7	To understand the Common Foreign and Security Policy, as a means to prevent conflict or respond to rises.
8	To understand why close ties with USA are important for Europe to be able to handle economic coercion: solidarity with the USA and many other like-minded partners also acts as a deterrent to third-country coercion.
9	To identify challenges and opportunities to cooperation in the Balkans.
10	To understand the content of EU common positions

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.
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.
3	Having knowledge and thought about actual topics and problems together with their historical, social and cultural aspects.
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.
5	Improving skills of working together with the main social science disciplines and other disciplines which are related to Political Science and International Relations.
6	Improving critical thinking and skills in making research independently.
7	Developing solutions about the problems and conflicts which are common in national and international arena.
8	Improving skills for leadership and research and analyze capacity of those who is responsible with national and international ones.
9	Knowing any foreign language enough to communicate with colleagues and understand actual researches and articles.
10	Gaining IT skills to use computer and technology) in order to reach actual knowledge.
11	Gaining skills to follow societal, scientific and ethic values during collecting, interpreting, conducting of data related to social and political developments.
12	Having consciousness about human rights and environment.
13	Gaining the skills to follow actual developments and pursue long-life learning.

COURSE EVALUATION METHOD

Method	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm Exam(s)	1	30
Presentation	1	30
Final Exam	1	30
Attendance		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	3	48
Mid-terms	1	16	16
Assignments	1	74	74
Final examination			0
Other	1	1.5	1.5
Total Work Load:			187.5
Total Work Load/25(h):			7.5
ECTS Credit of the Course:			7.5

CONCLUDING REMARKS BY THE COURSE LECTURER

N/A