The European Union as a global actor

Core Course

This course is about Europe’s role, influence and voice in global affairs. It investigates different foreign and security policy traditions in Europe, tracks how the behaviour of European powers has changed

over time and introduces students to key concepts and theories in the study of international relations. Particular attention will be paid to the so-called ‘Europeanisation’ of foreign and security policy, as well as Europe’s key relationships with the US, Russia, China, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. The course will work with cutting-edge scholarship and topical issues facing Europe. Students will learn to make sense of the challenges, opportunities and limitations of European foreign

and security policy, and they will develop methodologies to identify broader shifts within the

international system."