69901 - PAN-EUROPEAN SECURITY

Anno Accademico 2019/2020

  • Docente: Sonia Lucarelli
  • Crediti formativi: 8
  • SSD: SPS/04
  • Lingua di insegnamento: Inglese
  • Modalità didattica: Convenzionale - Lezioni in presenza
  • Campus: Forli
  • Corso: Laurea Magistrale in Interdisciplinary research and studies on eastern europe (cod. 8049)

    Valido anche per Laurea Magistrale in Scienze internazionali e diplomatiche (cod. 9247)

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

Students are expected to learn the evolution of security dynamics in the pan-European space. In particular, they will be expected (i) to develop an understanding of some key turning points in Soviet/Russian-American-European relations (early Cold War, Détente, post-Cold War) and of how they shaped and influenced security in Europe during the Cold War and after; (ii) to learn about the evolution of the main international organizations active in European security both during and after the Cold War; and (iii) to learn about the evolution of the concept of security particularly since the end of the Cold War.

Contenuti

Part One: The Concepts

Introduction - What Is Security?

What Is “European” Security?

IR and Security (1): Realism and Liberalism

IR and Security (3): Constructivism and Post-Positivism

Security Governance and Securitization

Technology and security

 

Part Two: Historical Roots

European Security During The Cold War 

The Post-Cold War Transition 

 

 Part Three: The Actors and the Challenges

The European Union: EU's Peculiar Foreign Policy

The EU: The European Union's Common Security and Defence Policy

EU migration policy

Migration and terrorism

NATO: History and Functioning

NATO: Partnerships, Enlargements and Relations with Russia -

Other Organizations: The OSCE, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and CSTO

Energy security

Arms control

 

 


Testi/Bibliografia

PROGRAMME WITH READING

PART ONE: THE CONCEPTS

19 February

Introduction - What is Security?– Lecture

Reading:
1. Paul D. Williams, “Introduction”, in Security studies: an introduction / edited by Paul D. Williams and Matt McDonald. - 3. Ed London ; New York : Routledge, 2018 [in the Ruffilli library]
2. Andrew Cottey, Chapter I: “Security in the 21st Century Europe”, in Security in the 21st Century Europe, Palgrave, Macmillan, 2013, pp. 6-33.

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10 March

What is “European” Security? – Lecture
Same as above plus

Elena Lazarou, Peace and Security in 2019. Overview of EU action and outlook for the future, European Parliament, Chapter 1, pp. 8-21 [available at: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2019/637894/EPRS_STU(2019)637894_EN.pdf]

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11 March

IR and Security (a): Realism and Liberalism – Lecture 
Reading:
Paul D. Williams and Matt McDonald (eds) Security studies: an introduction - 3. Ed London ; New York : Routledge, 2018; Chapters “Realism” and “Liberalism”.

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17 March

IR and Security (b): Constructivism and Post-Positivism –Lecture

Reading:
Williams and McDonald “Security Studies” (as above): Chapters “Constructivism” and “Critical Theory”

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18 March

Security Governance and securitization - Lecture
Reading:
1. Mark Webber , “Security Governance”, in James Sperling (ed) Handbook of Governance and Security, Edward Elgar, Northampton USA, 2014, pp. 17-40. [course material]
2. Clara Eroukhmanoff, “Securitization Theory: an introduction”, in International Relations Theory – Available at: https://www.e-ir.info/2018/01/14/securitisation-theory-an-introduction/ 

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24 March

Guest lecture by Dr Matteo Dian (University of Bologna) Methods and practical tips for academic papers and dissertations

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 PART TWO: HISTORICAL ROOTS

 

25 March

The Cold War and the Post-Cold War Transition - Lecture with Students’ Presentations*
Reading:
1. John Ikenberry, “The restructuring of the international system after the Cold War”, in M. Leffler & A. Westad (eds.), The Cambridge History of the Cold War, Vol. III: 2010 [course material]
Background reading: Antony Best et al., International History of the Twentieth Century and Beyond , London and New York, Routledge, 2015, 3rd edition, Chapters 9, 11, 20 and 23 [course material].

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PART THREE: THE ACTORS AND THE CHALLENGES


31 March

NATO: History and Functioning - Seminar with Students' Presentation
Reading:
1. David Yost, “NATO's evolving Purpose and the next geo-strategic Concept,” International Affairs 86:2 (March 2010), pp. 489-522 . [course material]
2. Andrew Cottey, “NATO”, in James Sperling (ed) Handbook of Governance and Security, Edward Elgar, Northampton USA, 2014, pp. 638-655. [course material]
* Students’ presentations on:
(i) historical developments (main steps);
(ii) NATO’S Strategic concepts (with particular attention to the core tasks set in the latest SC)
(iv) NATO’s operations

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1 April

NATO: Partnerships, Enlargements and Relations with Russia- Seminar with Students' Presentation
Reading:
same as above plus:
1. Fact Sheets: NATO Enlargement & Partnerships: https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/topics_49212.htm ; https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_84336.htm?

2. Markus Kaim, Reforming NATO’s Parnerships, SWP Research Paper 2017/RP 01, January 2017

Available at: https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/publication/reforming-natos-partnerships/
3. Marten, K. (2018). Reconsidering NATO expansion: A counterfactual analysis of Russia and the West in the 1990s. European Journal of International Security,3 (2), 135-161. doi:10.1017/eis.2017.16


* Students presentation on:
(i) NATO’s enlargements
(ii) NATO's partnerships
(ii) NATO-Russia relations since the end of the Cold War

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6-8 April – NO CLASS (Mirees’s exams)

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9 April 5-7 PM.  NOTE DIFFERENT DAY/TIME!

Guest Lecture by Prof. James Sperling

 'NATO: The Teflon Alliance?'

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15 April 11.00-13.00

Debate: European institutions and the challenge of COVID_19

To get some informations and ideas:

  • https://euvsdisinfo.eu/eeas-special-report-disinformation-on-the-coronavirus-short-assessment-of-the-information-environment/]
  • https://euvsdisinfo.eu/eeas-special-report-disinformation-on-the-coronavirus-short-assessment-of-the-information-environment/
    https://www.socialeurope.eu/the-eu-responds-to-the-coronavirus-deja-vu-all-over-again
  • https://www.socialeurope.eu/the-eu-responds-to-the-coronavirus-deja-vu-all-over-again
  • [https://ec.europa.eu/info/live-work-travel-eu/health/coronavirus-response_en
  • https://ec.europa.eu/info/live-work-travel-eu/health/coronavirus-response_en
  • https://www.affarinternazionali.it/2020/03/coronavirus-la-prima-crisi-di-sicurezza-globale/
  • https://www.affarinternazionali.it/2020/03/coronavirus-la-prima-crisi-di-sicurezza-globale/
  • https://www.euractiv.com/sections/coronavirus/
  • https://www.euractiv.com/sections/coronavirus/
  • https://www.ft.com/content/19d90308-6858-11ea-a3c9-1fe6fedcca75
  • https://www.ft.com/content/19d90308-6858-11ea-a3c9-1fe6fedcca75
  • https://time.com/5805783/coronavirus-european-union/
  • https://time.com/5805783/coronavirus-european-union/
    https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_174271.htm
  • https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_174271.htm
  • https://www.fpri.org/article/2020/03/the-effect-of-covid-19-on-the-nato-alliance/
  • https://www.fpri.org/article/2020/03/the-effect-of-covid-19-on-the-nato-alliance/
  • https://www.iai.it/it/pubblicazioni/covid-19-emergency-europe-needs-vaccine
  • https://www.iai.it/it/pubblicazioni/covid-19-emergency-europe-needs-vaccine
  • https://www.project-syndicate.org/topic/the-covid-19-crisis
  • https://www.ispionline.it/it/tag/coronavirus
  • Www.iai.it

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16 April 17.00-19.00

The Transformation of Russia’s Foreign Policy

Guest Lecture Mr. Nicolò Fasola

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21 April 11.00-13.00
The European Union: EU's Peculiar Foreign and Security Policy - Seminar with Students' Presentation
Reading:
1. Keukeleire, S. & T. Delreux, The Foreign Policy of the European Union, 2nd edition, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, Chapters 1 and 2. [course material]

2. James Sperling “The European Union and the grand security strategy for post-Westphalian governance”, in S. Economides and J. Sperling, EU Security Strategies. Extending the EU system of Security Governance, Routledge, 2018, pp. 1-25. [course material]
[Further, non compulsory, reference book: Elena Lazarou, Peace and Security in 2019. Overview of EU action and outlook for the future, European Parliament, Chapter 1, pp. 8-21, available at: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2019/637894/EPRS_STU(2019)637894_EN.pdf ]

* students' presentations:
- The EU, democracy promotion and security

- The EU development cooperation and security

- EU’s relations with the neighbourhood

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22 April 11.00-13.00
The EU: The European Union's Common Security and Defence Policy 1
– Seminar with Students' Presentations
Reading:
1. Keukeleire, S. & T. Delreux, The Foreign Policy of the European Union, 2nd edition, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, Chapter 7, 8. [course material]

2. Andrew Cottey, The EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy” in S. Economides and J. Sperling, EU Security Strategies. Extending the EU system of Security Governance, Routledge, 2018, pp. 125-142. [course material]


* students' presentation on:
(i) EU missions
(ii) The EU Global Strategy: the document and the debate


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28 April 11.00-13.00

The EU: The European Union's Common Security and Defence Policy 2 – Seminar with Students' presentations
Reading:
1. Elena Lazarou, Peace and Security in 2019. Overview of EU action and outlook for the future, European Parliament, Chapter 1, pp. 63-89, available at: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2019/637894/EPRS_STU(2019)637894_EN.pdf ]
2. Stephan Lehne, “Is there hope for EU foreign policy?” Carnegie Europe paper 5 december 2017, available at: https://carnegieeurope.eu/2017/12/05/is-there-hope-for-eu-foreign-policy-pub-74909

Students' presentation

PESCO

Debate on the future of the CSDP


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29 April 11.00-13.00

Migration and Terrorism

Guest Lecure Silvia D’Amato

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4 May 9.15-11.00

Parallel debates on EU Foreign and security policy:

1. Surname letter A-H (room International Relation)

Question: Has EU foreign and security policy become more capable, visible and coherent in the past 10 years?

 

2. Surname letter I-O (Room PES)

Question: What are the 5 main challenges to the development of a capable, visible and coherent foreign and security policy?

 

3. Surname letter P-Z (Room Workshop on Public Speaking)

Question: What scenarios can we envisage for the EU foreign and security policy in 10 years time?

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5 May 11.00-13.00

Guest Lecture: Geopolitical Atlas of the 21st Century’,

Prof. Manlio Graziano (Università Paris IV - Sorbonne)

NB Access: Course ‘Politics of the World Economy’ Prof Eugenia Baroncelli

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6 May 11.00-13.00

EU, Migration and the Collective Securitization of Schengen
Reading:
James Sperling and Mark Webber, “The European Union: security governance and collective securitization”, West European Politics, Special issue on The European Union, Security Governance and Collective Securitisation (Guest editors S. Lucarelli. J. Sperling and M. Webber), 42(2), 2019.
Michela Ceccorulli, “Back to Schengen: the collective securitisation of the EU free-border area”, West European Politics, Special issue on The European Union, Security Governance and Collective Securitisation (Guest editors S. Lucarelli. J. Sperling and M. Webber), 42(2), 2019.

Students' presentation: The collective securitization of Health
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12 May 11.00-13.00

Brexit and European Security

Guest Lecture – Prof. Ben Tonra

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13 May 11.00-13.00

 Other Organizations: The OSCE, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and CSTO - Seminar with Students' Presentations
Reading:
1. Andrew Cottey, “The other Europe. Regional security governance in Europe's East”, in S. Breslin and S. Croft eds) Comparative Regional Security Governance, Routledge 2012. [course material]
2. David Galbreath and Aynur Seidyusif, “Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe”, in James Sperling (ed) Handbook of Governance and Security, Edward Elgar, Northampton USA, 2014, pp. 656-670. [course material]
* students' presentations on:
(i) OSCE
(ii) SCO
(iii) CSTO

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19 May 11.00-13.00

The Crisis of Arms Control: Factors and Implications

Guest lecture Dr Ettore Greco

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20 May 11.00-13.00

Challenges to European Security

Liberature to be distributed

 

Students' presentation:

The collective securitization of Health

The Challenge of foreign Fighters in Europe

Cyber security: how is Europe dealing with it



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26 May 11.00-13.00

Students’ debate on European security and the crisis of the liberal order

4 students introduce the debate

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REFERENCE TEXTS

NB: this is not compulsory reading but material for those who feel they need to gain background information on topics addressed in the course

HISTORY:

Antony Best et al., International History of the Twentieth Century and Beyond , London and New York, Routledge, 2013

EU:

Christopher Hill and Michael Smith (eds) International relations and the European Union Oxford university press, 2017 (3rd ed.).

Keukeleire, S. & T. Delreux, The Foreign Policy of the European Union, 2nd edition, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014

Security :

Paul D. Williams “Security Studies : an Introduction”, Routledge 201

Myriam Dunn Cavelty and Victor Mauer (eds), Routledge Handbook of Security Studies - London : Routledge,

Metodi didattici

lectures, seminars, students' presentations

Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento

NB: Class attendance in compulsory

Students will be evaluated on the basis of:
- class participation
- a final paper
- a final oral exam

The paper

- Topic to be chosen (in agreement with the Professor) by April 15 at the latest.

- length: max 3.000 words plus bibliography

- the text should be scanned through the anti-plagiarism system of the university

- deadline: May 28, by email, then bring the printed copy at the first lesson afterwards

Rules for presentations:

- 10 minutes each

- power point circulated to the class, inclusive of bibliography

Oral exam:

A final colloquium with the teacher on the entire programme, aimed at assessing the student’s preparation on the topics addressed and studied on the reading material.

 

Metodi didattici

lectures, seminars, students' presentations

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

NB: Class attendance in compulsory

Students will be evaluated on the basis of:
- class participation
- a final paper
- a final oral exam

The paper

- Topic to be chosen (in agreement with the Professor) by April 15 at the latest.

- length: max 3.000 words plus bibliography

- the text should be scanned through the anti-plagiarism system of the university

- deadline: May 28, by email, then bring the printed copy at the first lesson afterwards

Rules for presentations:

- 10 minutes each

- power point circulated to the class, inclusive of bibliography

Oral exam:

A final colloquium with the teacher on the entire programme, aimed at assessing the student’s preparation on the topics addressed and studied on the reading material.

 

 

 

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