69901 - PAN-EUROPEAN SECURITY

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

Students are expected to learn the evolution of security dynamics in the pan-European space, particularly since the end of the Cold War. To achieve this aim the students will learn some of the main theoretical and conceptual tools necessary to study the security governance of the area; they will explore the characteristics and evolution of the main security organizations in the macro.-region (EU, NATO, OSCE, CSTO, SCO); and they will discuss the relationship among the main powers in the area (particularly, the EU, Russia and China) in a set of relevant dossier and crises.

Contenuti

The course is organized in lectures (first parte of the course) and seminars (second part), as detailed in the following program. Lectures aim to introduce students to the core tenets of the discipline. Seminars aim to provide occasions for in-depth discussions of class materials and exercises. For the seminar section of the course, students will be divided in two groups. Students are required to carefully read the assigned material before the session and actively participate through presentations and debates.

 

TOPICS AND READING

 

(A) PLENARY CLASSES

(Wendsdays 1-3PM; Tuesdays 3-5PM, if not otherwise specified. Guest lectures maked with **)

 

March 1 - What is security?

Guiding questions:

• What does “security” mean?
• How has the concept evolved?
• How have security studies evolved?

  Reading:

  Paul D. Williams, “Introduction”, in Security studies: an introduction / edited by Paul D. Williams and Matt McDonald. - 3. Ed London ; New York : Routledge, 2018 [course material]

  Munich Security Report 2023 –Executive Summary: https://securityconference.org/en/publications/munich-security-report-2023/executive-summary/ (full report – not compulsory – here: https://d3mbhodo1l6ikf.cloudfront.net/2023/Munich%20Security%20Report%202023/MunichSecurityReport2023_Re_vision.pdf)

 

 

March 2 - Security in the Pan-European Space

 Guiding questions:

• How has European security evolved?
• What are the main European security actors?

  Reading:

  David J. Galbreath, Jocelyn Mawdsley, Laura Chappell (eds) Contemporary European Security, Routledge 2019, Chapters 1 and 2.

  Andrew Cottey, “Security in the 21st Century Europe”, in Security in the 21st Century Europe, Palgrave, Macmillan, 2013, Chapter I:. pp. 6-33. [course material

 

March 8 - IR Grand Theories and Security Studies 1

Guiding questions:

• What are the main features of a realist approach to security?
• What are the main differences between different realist approaches to security?
• What are the main features of a liberal approach to security?
• What are the main differences between different liberal approaches to security?

Reading:

Paul D. Williams and Matt McDonald (eds) Security studies: an introduction - 3. Ed London ; New York : Routledge, 2018; Chapters “Realism” and “Liberalism” [course material]

 

March 9 - IR Grand Theories and Security Studies 2

Guiding questions:

• What are the main features of a constructivist approach to security?
• What are the main differences between different constructivist approaches to security?
• What are the main features of a critical approach to security?
• What are the main differences between different critical approaches to security?

 

Reading:

Paul D. Williams and Matt McDonald (eds) Security studies: an introduction - 3. Ed London ; New York : Routledge, 2018; Chapters “Constructivism”, “Critical Theory” [course material]

David J. Galbreath, Jocelyn Mawdsley, Laura Chappell (eds) Contemporary European Security, Routledge 2019, Chapter 3.

March 15 - The Governance of Securit(ization)

Guiding questions:

• What does security governance mean?
• How does securitization work?
• What are the main differences between different constructivist approaches to security?
• What are the main features of a critical approach to security?
• What are the main differences between different critical approaches to security?

 

Reading:

Mark Webber , “Security Governance”, in James Sperling (ed) Handbook of Governance and Security, Edward Elgar, Northampton USA, 2014, pp. 17-40. [course material]

Stępka M. (2022) The Copenhagen School and Beyond. A Closer Look at Securitisation Theory. In: Identifying Security Logics in the EU Policy Discourse. IMISCOE Research Series. Springer, Cham. Available online: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93035-6_2

 

March 16 - The EU and European security 1

Guiding questions:

• How has the EU integration process shaped European security?
• How has the historical legacy influenced the EU’s security profile?
• How has the EU’s foreign and security policy evolved?

Reading:

Keukeleire, S. & T. Delreux, The Foreign Policy of the European Union, 3rd edition, Bloomsbury, 2022, Chapter 1. [Course material]

Andreatta, F. and Zambernardi, L. “The European Union as a Power”, in C. Hill, M. Smith and S. Vanhoonacker, International Relations and the European Union, Oxford UP, 2017, 3rd edition.

[non compulsory background reading on, respectively, institutions and policies of the EU: Keukeleire, S. & T. Delreux, Chapters 2, 3 and 4]

 

Students’ presentation: EU-Russia relations

 

March 22 - The EU and European security 2

Guiding questions:

• Is there an EU’s Grand Strategy?
• How has the EU’s strategy evolved in the internal and external domains?

Reading:

David J. Galbreath, Jocelyn Mawdsley, Laura Chappell (eds) Contemporary European Security, Routledge 2019, chapters 6 and 7.

Andrew Cottey, The EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy. Institutions without strategy” in S. Economides and J. Sperling, EU Security Strategies. Extending the EU system of Security Governance, Routledge, 2018, pp. 125-142. [course material]

[non compulsory reading: Fiott, Cullmann EUISS Yearbook of European Security 2002 - https://www.iss.europa.eu/sites/default/files/EUISSFiles/YES_2022_0.pdf]

 

 

March 23 - The EU and European security 3

Guiding questions:

• What is EU’s Strategic Sovereignty
• How can it be accomplished? With which problems?

Reading:

EU’S Strategic Compass: https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2022/03/21/a-strategic-compass-for-a-stronger-eu-security-and-defence-in-the-next-decade/

Daniel Fiott, Strategic autonomy: towards ‘European sovereignty’ in defence? EUISS Brief Issue 2018 - https://www.iss.europa.eu/sites/default/files/EUISSFiles/Brief%2012__Strategic%20Autonomy.pdf

European Parliament, Briefing EU Strategic Autonomy - https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2022/733589/EPRS_BRI(2022)733589_EN.pdf

 

March 29 - NATO and its post-Cold War transformation 1

Guiding Questions

• How has NATO’s evolved?
• What have been NATO’s role during the Cold War and afterwards?
• Reading:

The North Atlantic Treaty, Official Text, Washington D.C., April 4, 1949, http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/official_texts_17120.htm

James Sperling, “NATO and the transatlantic community, 1949-2019, in David J. Galbreath, Jocelyn Mawdsley, Laura Chappell (eds) Contemporary European Security, Routledge 2019, chapter 4.

Andrew Cottey, “NATO”, in James Sperling (ed) Handbook of Governance and Security, Edward Elgar, Northampton USA, 2014, pp. 638-655.

 

March 30 - NATO and its post-Cold War transformation 2

Guiding Questions

• What are NATO’s core tasks?
• What are NATO’s Partnership and what are they for?

Reading

Marten, K. NATO enlargement: evaluating its consequences in Russia. Int Polit 57, 401–426 (2020).

Ozawa, M. (2021). "Adapting NATO-Russia Dialogue." NDC Policy Brief, no. 12/2021. Rome: NATO Defense College (NDC), https://www.ndc.nato.int/download/downloads.php?icode=702 .

Hope, I. (ed.) (2018). "Projecting Stability: Elixir or Snake Oil?" NDC Research Paper, no. 1. Rome: NATO Defense College (NDC), NDC - News- New NDC Research Paper Series <i>Projecting Stability: Elixir or Snake Oil?</i> (nato.int) [https://www.ndc.nato.int/news/news.php?icode=1242] .

 

** April 5 - Nato - Russia Relations – Guest lecture by Dr Nicolò Fasola (University of Bologna)

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SEMINARS

Legenda:

(A): Group A, Wednesdays

(B): Group B, Thursdays

(G): Guest Lecture on a different day/time, for all the class.

 

April 12 (A) and April 13 (B) - The OSCE

Guiding questions

• What are the main characteristics of the OSCE?
• What type of strengths and weaknesses it has?

Reading

D.J. Galbreath (2019), “The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe”, in David J. Galbreath, Jocelyn Mawdsley, Laura Chappell (eds) Contemporary European Security, Routledge 2019, Chapter 5.

OSCE Factsheet: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2021/696190/EPRS_BRI(2021)696190_EN.pdf

Presentation: The OSCE and the War in Ukraine

Debate: The end of a Pan-European security organization? The faith of the OSCE

 

April 20, 11-13 AM (G), The rise and fall of peacebuilding in the Balkans, Guest Lecture Prof Belloni (University of Trento)

 

April 19 (A) and April 20 (B) - The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the Collective Security Treaty Organization

Guiding questions

• What are the main characteristics of the two organizations?
• What type of strengths and weaknesses they have?
• What do they tell us about Russia’s security policy

Reading

Yulia Nikitina, “Russia's Regionalism Projects in Eurasia” in Mai'a Cross, ‎Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski, European-Russian Power Relations in Turbulent Times, Ann Arbour University of Michigan Press, 2021. available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3998/mpub.10202357.11?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents

SCO Factsheet: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2015/564368/EPRS_BRI(2015)564368_EN.pdf

CSTO Factsheet: https://evnreport.com/understanding-the-region/fact-sheet-what-is-the-collective-security-treaty-organization/

Presentations:

• The SCO, the CSTO organizations and the Ukraine war
• China-Russia relations
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April 26 (A) and April 27 (B) - Ontological Security in the West-Russia relations

Guiding questions

• What do we mean by ontological security?
• How is it related to the Ukraine war?
• Does the concept help us understanding the current West-Russia relations?

Reading

Dina Moulioukova & Roger E. Kanet (2021) Ontological security: a framework for the analysis of Russia’s view of the world, Global Affairs, 7:5, 831-853, DOI: 10.1080/23340460.2021.2000173 [https://doi.org/10.1080/23340460.2021.2000173]

Nicolò Fasola and Sonia Lucarelli (2020) “NATO-Russia relations through the prism of strategic culture”, in Bianchini, S. and Fiori, A. (eds) Rethinking the Strong State in Russia and China. Dynamics of Foreign Policy Projections. Leiden: Brill, Series: International Comparative Social Studies, Volume 45. pp. 223-248

Vincent Della Sala (2023) Ontological security, crisis and political myth: the Ukraine war and the European Union, Journal of European Integration - pre-print [Course’s material]

Presentazioni student: Case studies on ontological security at work on conflict and cooperation:

• The Balkans
• The Southern Caucasus
• Central Asia
  

 

**April 26, 5-7 PM - (G) - The impact of the Ukrainian War on European Security, Guest Lecture Dr Alessandro Marrone (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

 

** April 27, 9-11 AM – (G) - The past and future of NATO for Italy and other allies, Guest Lecture Dr Alessandro Marrone (Istituto Affari Internazionali)

 

May 3 (A), May 4 (B) – Bordering Practices and collective securitization

Guiding Questions

• How can we conceptualize bordering practices?
• What is the relationship between bordering and security?

Reading

Michela Ceccorulli, “Back to Schengen: the collective securitisation of the EU free-border area”, West European Politics, 42(2), 2019 – available at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01402382.2018.1510196

Giorgio Grappi & Sonia Lucarelli (2022) Bordering power Europe? The mobility-bordering nexus in and by the European Union, Journal of Contemporary European Studies, 30:2, 207-219 [course’s material]

Presentations:

• EU’s collective securitization of China
• The EU, anti-terrorism and the internal-external security nexus

 

May 10 (A), May 11 (B) – European Strategic Autonomy

Guiding questions:

• What is EU’s Strategic Sovereignty
• How can it be accomplished? With which problems?

Reading:

EU’S Strategic Compass: https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2022/03/21/a-strategic-compass-for-a-stronger-eu-security-and-defence-in-the-next-decade/

Daniel Fiott, Strategic autonomy: towards ‘European sovereignty’ in defence? EUISS Brief Issue 2018 - https://www.iss.europa.eu/sites/default/files/EUISSFiles/Brief%2012__Strategic%20Autonomy.pdf

European Parliament, Briefing EU Strategic Autonomy - https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2022/733589/EPRS_BRI(2022)733589_EN.pdf

Presentation: The State of the Art of PESCO

Debate: Shall we have a European Army?

 

**May 17, 1-3 PM, (G): The implications of Russia's war with Ukraine for Russia's global role, Guest Lecture by Prof. Derek Averre (University of Birmingham)

 

**May 18, 3-5PM, (G): Roundtable: Russian Foreign Policy in Historical Perspective — Towards Continuity or Discontinuity? Prof. Derek Averre(University of Birmingham) and Prof. Igor Gretskyi (International Centre for Defense and Security, Tallin).

 

May 24 (A) and 25 (B) Students' Roundtable The future of European security in a (post-) crises scenario

 

Testi/Bibliografia

Compulsory reading ad listed above in the calendar of the course.

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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 and Matt McDonald (eds) Security studies: an introduction - 3. Ed London ; New York : Routledge, 2018;

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

Metodi didattici

Lectures and seminars

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

- length: max 3.000 words included bibliography

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

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.

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.

Orario di ricevimento

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