This course gives a wide-ranging introduction into European Defence, its
development as a policy area on the level of the European Union, its
actors, paradigms and instruments. Areas to be explored also include
international and multilateral partners of European Defence as well as
current problems and challenges. Defence policy is a sensitive and
highly political field, one that is embedded in a context of
geopolitical great-power competition and complex international
relations.
By touching upon a series of topics, and by being
exposed to a variety of academic genres and styles, students will
familiarize themselves with European Defence issues – while
understanding the differences between those formats written for a
variety of audiences and using distinct language. Students will train
valuable academic skills by producing and reviewing a series of short
academic texts.
The course ends by asking the question where
European Defence should be heading so that an ambitious but
underperforming international actor such as the EU can hope to wield
influence effectively in the New World Disorder.
- Kursleiter:in: Johannes Fischbach
- Kursleiter:in: Christian Rieck