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SoSe 22: Außenpolitik der Europäischen Union: Probleme von Erfolg & Mißerfolg

Ingo Peters

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Dieser Kurs wird vorrangig für die Studenten/innen des Euromasters/Transatlantic Masters-Studiengangs in Abstimmung mit den Partnern von der HU angeboten; das Seminar ist offen für ca. 20 weitere Studierende! The external relations of the EU comprise numerous and very different policies: Common Foreign and Security Policy/ European Security and Defence Policy, relations to other countries or regions like the EU's policy towards the US, Russia, China as well as relations towards Africa, Latin-America, South or East Asia (ASEAN), European Neighbourhood Policy, trade, international environmental or energy policy etc. With the decisions taken at the Council meetings of Cologne and Helsinki in 1999 and the Nice Treaty (2000) as well as the Lisbon Treaty (2009) integration in external relations gained momentum and ambitious claims for a unified foreign and security policy, a refined `actorness' and `presence' of the Union in its external relations have be part and parcel of statements and documents of many member states' politician's as well as of representatives of the Council or the Commission. More recently the decisions compounded in the Autumn 2017 package were meant to push EU foreign policy integration further. However, what are the actual accomplishments and shortcomings on the policy-making level? How far are ambitions and practices apart? Guiding questions for this seminar are 1) What is the state of institutionalized external relations cooperation in the EU? And based on this: What are the main features of EU foreign policies across issue areas? 2) How successful is the EU regarding its foreign policy practice, and successful (or effective) in which sense? 3) What factors influence the performance of the EU and may account for more or less success or failure across policy fields? close