120-0372/01 – EU External Economic Relations (VEV EU)
Gurantor department | Department of International Economic Relations | Credits | 5 |
Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Michaela Melecká Staníčková, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Michaela Melecká Staníčková, Ph.D. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
Year | 2 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | |
Intended for the faculties | EKF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The subject deals with the European Union's external links to other clusters within economic, security, development and humanitarian cooperation. It not only illuminates the current external aspects of the European integration project but is also devoted to their transformations over time. The interpretation is continuously supplemented by explanations of new economic policy mechanisms (eg European Semester) related to overcoming external macroeconomic imbalances.
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Summary
The subject deals with the European Union's external links to other clusters within economic, security, development and humanitarian cooperation. It not only illuminates the current external aspects of the European integration project but is also devoted to their transformations over time. The interpretation is continuously supplemented by explanations of new economic policy mechanisms (eg European Semester) related to overcoming external macroeconomic imbalances.
Warp:
1. The European Union as a subject of global international relations.
2. The development of the European Union's foreign security cooperation. External relations of the European Communities during the Cold War.
3. The second pillar and the third pillar of the European Union and its transformation in the 1990s. Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union, European Security Strategy. Common Security and Defense Policy - EU cooperation with the North Atlantic Alliance.
4. Lisbon Treaty - key CFSP and external relations changes in terms of institutional coherence.
5. The European Union and the Western Balkans, relations with Turkey.
6. European Neighborhood Policy - Eastern Partnership.
7. European Neighborhood Policy - Mediterranean Union.
8. The European Union's Transatlantic Relations with the US and Canada. Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with Canada (CETA).
9. Relations of the European Union with Russia and China. Asia - Europe Meeting (ASEM).
10. Economic cooperation of the European Union with ASEAN, Japan, South Korea and India
11. External relations of the European Union - countries of Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific.
12. Economic cooperation of the European Union with the countries of Latin America.
13. White Paper on the future of the European Union - the EU and global challenges.
14. European Semester and Warning Mechanism Report - External Economic Imbalances of EU Countries.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Credit - active participation in seminars, presentation, credit test
Exam - oral exam
E-learning
via LMS Moodle
Other requirements
active preparation for lessons
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. The European Union as a subject of global international relations.
2. The development of the European Union's foreign security cooperation. External relations of the European Communities during the Cold War.
3. The second pillar and the third pillar of the European Union and its transformation in the 1990s. Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union, European Security Strategy. Common Security and Defense Policy - EU cooperation with the North Atlantic Alliance.
4. Lisbon Treaty - key CFSP and external relations changes in terms of institutional coherence.
5. The European Union and the Western Balkans, relations with Turkey.
6. European Neighborhood Policy - Eastern Partnership.
7. European Neighborhood Policy - Mediterranean Union.
8. The European Union's Transatlantic Relations with the US and Canada. Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with Canada (CETA).
9. Relations of the European Union with Russia and China. Asia - Europe Meeting (ASEM).
10. Economic cooperation of the European Union with ASEAN, Japan, South Korea and India
11. External relations of the European Union - countries of Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific.
12. Economic cooperation of the European Union with the countries of Latin America.
13. White Paper on the future of the European Union - the EU and global challenges.
14. European Semester and Warning Mechanism Report - External Economic Imbalances of EU Countries.
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