- Docente: Sonia Lucarelli
- Crediti formativi: 8
- SSD: SPS/04
- Lingua di insegnamento: Italiano
- Modalità didattica: Convenzionale - Lezioni in presenza
- Campus: Forli
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Corso:
Laurea Magistrale in
Scienze internazionali e diplomatiche (cod. 8783)
Valido anche per Laurea Magistrale in Interdisciplinary research and studies on eastern europe (cod. 8049)
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
The security Concept
Theorizing Security: Realism, Liberalism, Constructivism and Post-Positivism
Theorizing Security: Security Governance and Securitization
European security during the Cold War
The Post-Cold War Transition
First challenges to European security in the post-Cold War Era: the breakup of Yugoslavia
NATO: history, functioning, partnerships, operations and relations with Russia
The EU: structural foreign policy, CSDP, migration policy, Non-CSDP Security-building policies
Other Organizations: The OSCE, The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and CSTO
Issues: Nonproliferation; Energy security; Cybersecurity, Transnational criminality; Counter-terrorism
Testi/Bibliografia
SYLLABUS WITH READING
PART ONE: THE CONCEPTS
Tuesday 28 February: 11.00-13.00
What is security?
Seminar - Reading:
- Paul D. Williams, “Introduction”, in Security Studies : an Introduction, Routledge 2013 (2nd ed - NB also the 2008 edition is fine and is available online: http://hamdoucheriad.yolasite.com/resources/security%20studies.pdf).).
- Andrew Cottey, Chapter I: “Security in the 21st Century Europe”, in Security in the 21st Century Europe, Palgrave, Macmillan, 2013, pp. 6-33.
Wednesday 1 March: 11.00-13.00
What is “European” Security?
Seminar - Reading: same as above
Tuesday 7 March: 11.00-13.00
IR and Security (1): Realism and Liberalism
Seminar with students' presentation*
Reading:
Paul D. Williams “Security Studies : an Introduction”, Routledge 2013 (2nd ed): chapters 2 (Realism) and 3 (Liberalism); (Ruffilli Library 355.033. NB also the 2008 edition is fine and is available online: http://hamdoucheriad.yolasite.com/resources/security%20studies.pdf ).
* students’ presentations on:
(i) A realist approach to European security (e.g. John Mearsheimer’s view of European security);
(ii) A liberal approach to European security (e.g. John Ikenberry’s view of European security)
Wednesday 8 March: 11.00-13.00
IR and Security (3): Constructivism and Post-Positivism
Seminar with students' presentation*
Reading:
Paul D. Williams “Security Studies : chapters: 5 (Constructivism); 7 (Critical Theory) (Ruffilli Library 355.033. NB also the 2008 edition is fine and is available online: http://hamdoucheriad.yolasite.com/resources/security%20studies.pdf ).
* students’ presentations on:
(i) A constructivist approach to European security
(ii) Critical theory and the analysis of European security: a case-study (e.g. Critical Theory and the analysis of counterterrorism in Europe)
Tuesday 14 March: 11.00-13.00
Securitization, identity and culture
Reading:
- Iver Neumann, "National security, culture and Identity” In The Routledge Handbook of Security Studies. Edited by Myriam Dunn Cavelty and Victor Mauer, 94-104. Abingdon, UK, and New York: Routledge, 2010 [course material]
- Jef Huysmans, “Revisiting Copenhagen: Or, On the Creative Development of a Security Studies Agenda in Europe.” European Journal of International Relations 4.4 (1998): 479–505. Available at: https://www.academia.edu/18912085/Revisiting_Copenhagen_Or_On_the_Creative_Development_of_a_Security_Studies_Agenda_in_Europe
Wednesday 15 March: 11.00-13.00
Security Governance
Seminar with Students’ presentation*
Reading:
- Mark Webber , “Security Governance”, in James Sperling (ed) Handbook of Governance and Security, Edward Elgar, Northampton USA, 2014, pp. 17-40. [course material]
- James Sperling. “Regional security Governance”, in James Sperling (ed) Handbook of Governance and Security, Edward Elgar, Northampton USA, 2014, pp. 98-119 [course material].
* 2 Students’ presentation on a case study of regional security governance
Break (Graduation Week): 21, 22 March
PART TWO: HISTORICAL ROOTS
Tuesday 28 March: 11.00-13.00
European security during the Cold War
Students’ presentations:
- What was security during the Cold War?
- Proliferation and non proliferation during the Cold War
- Arms control during the Cold War
- The Cold War and security institutions in Europe
Background reading for the class: Antony Best et al., International History of the Twentieth Century and Beyond , London and New York, Routledge, 2009, 2nd edition [course material] Chapters: 9, 11, 20.
Wednesday 29 March: 11.00-13.00
The end of the Cold War: the academic debate
Reading:
- Jeremi Suri, Explaining the End of the Cold War: a New Historical Consensus?, “Journal of Cold War Studies”, 4, Fall 2002, pp. 60-92 on line at [course material]
- Michael Cox, "Another Transatlantic Split? American and European Narratives and the End of the Cold War," Cold War History, Vol. 7 No 1, February 2007, p. 121-146. [course material]
- Adam Roberts, An 'Incredibly Swift Transition': reflections on the end of the Cold War, in M. Leffler & A. Westad (eds.), The Cambridge History of the Cold War, Vol.III: 2010 [course material]
Tuesday 4 April 11.00-13.00
The Post-Cold War Transition
Seminar with students’ presentations*
Reading:
- 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]
- Antony Best et al., International History of the Twentieth Century and Beyond , London and New York, Routledge, 2009, 2nd edition, Chapters 20 and 22 [course material].
* Students' presentations on:
(i) The transformation of US's role after the Cold War
(ii) The transformation of Russia’s foreign policy after the Cold War
Wednesday 5 April: 11.00-13.00
First challenges to European security in the post-Cold War Era: the breakup of Yugoslavia
Seminar with students' presentations*
Reading:
S. Lucarelli, Europe and the breakup of Yugoslavia : a political failure in search of a scholarly explanation, 2000, pp. 11-74 [materiale online ]
* students’ presentations:
(i) the Dayton Peace agreement 20 years on;
(ii) The “other” Balkan wars
PART THREE: THE ACTORS
Tuesday 11 April 11.00-13.00
The European Union: EU's peculiar foreign policy
Lecture with students' presentation*
Reading:
- James Sperling, “European Union” in James Sperling (ed) Handbook of Governance and Security, Edward Elgar, Northampton USA, 2014, pp. 588-617 [course material]
- Keukeleire, S. & T. Delreux, The Foreign Policy of the European Union, 2nd edition, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, Chapters 1 and 2. [course material]
* students' presentation:
(i) Historical evolution of EU’s external relations
(ii) The EU as a special type of power (civilian, normative, soft…) and the concept of “structural foreign policy”.
Wednesday 12 April: 11.00-13.00
The EU: The European Union's Common Security and Defence Policy
Seminar with students' presentation*
Reading:
Keukeleire, S. & T. Delreux, The Foreign Policy of the European Union, 2nd edition, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, Chapters 7, 8. [course material]
* students' presentation on:
(i) EU missions;
(ii) non CSDP external relations: the security component.
(iii) The EU Global Strategy: the document and the debate
(iv) The effects of Brexit on the CSDP
NB: ADDITIONAL LECTURE (yet compulsory!):
Wendsday 12 April 2017, 3-5 PM
Guest Lecture by Prof. Ben Tonra, University College Dublin on "New Horizons in EU Security and Defence Policy"
Break (Easter Holidays + Italian Liberation): 13-18 April + 25-26 April
April 19: 11-13
Seminar and Debate
- Seminar: Evaluating EU’s foreign policy
Reading:
Patrick Müller, “EU foreign policy: no major breakthrough despite multiple crises”, [http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/geui20/38/3] Vol. 38 , Iss. 3, 2016 [course material]
- STUDENTS’ DEBATE: A European Army? Should the EU develop its own unitary and independent army?
Tuesday 2 May: 11.00-13.00
11. NATO: history and functioning
Seminar with students' presentation*
Reading:
- David Yost, “NATO's evolving Purpose and the next geo-strategic Concept,” International Affairs 86:2 (March 2010), pp.489-522 . [course material]
- Andrew Cottey, “NATO”, in James Sperling (ed) Handbook of Governance and Security, Edward Elgar, Northampton USA, 2014, pp. 638-655. [course material]
* Students presentation 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
Wednesday 3 May: 11.00-13.00
Guest speaker: Dr Ferruccio Pastore (Fieri, Turin), Beyond the European Migration and Asylum Crisis. Why, what now, what next?
Background reading: F. Pastore (ed) Beyond the European Migration and Asylum Crisis. Options and Lessons for Europe, Aspenia online special 2017, PART I (pp. 10- 58). Available at: http://www.fieri.it/2017/02/08/e-book-beyond-the-migration-and-asylum-crisis-options-and-lessons-for-europe-a-cura-di-ferruccio-pastore/
Tuesday 9 May: 11.00-13.00
NATO: Partnerships, enlargements and relations with Russia
Seminar with students' presentation*
Reading:
same as above plus:
- Gülnur Aybet, “The Four Stages of NATO's Partnership Frameworks: Rethinking Regional Partnerships with the Middle East and North Africa”, Paper presented at the conference DYNAMIC CHANGE. Rethinking NATO's Capabilities, Operations and Partnerships , University of Bologna, October 26-27, 2012 [available at: http://www.act.nato.int/images/stories/events/2012/acor/dynamic_change.pdf].
- Hall Gardner, “The Russia annexation of Crimea: regional and global ramifications”, [http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rpep21/17/4] Vol. 17 , Iss. 4, 2016
Optional: Ch. 5 in: M. Webber, J. Sperling and M. Smith, NATO’s Trajectory into the 21st Century: Decline or Regeneration? (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2012).[course material]
* Students presentation on:
(i) Students’ Presentation: Nato’s enlargements
(ii) NATO-Russia relations: a chronology of events
Wednesday 10 May: NO CLASS
Wednesday 16 May: 11.00-13.00
Students’ presentation and Debate
- Students’ presentation on the Warsaw Summit 2016
- STUDENTS’ DEBATE: Is NATO’s enlargement to Monetenegro legitimate and appropriate?
Positions: Nato’s view; Russia’s view.
Tuesday 17 May: 11.00-13.00
Other Organizations: The OSCE, The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and CSTO
Seminar with students' presentations*
Reading:
- 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]
- 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' presentation on:
(i) OSCE
(ii) SCO
(iii) CSTO
PART FOUR: SECURITY GOVERNANCE AT WORK
Tuesday 23 May: 11.00-13.00
Guest Lecture: Lt. Dr. Matteo Tondini (Legal Advisor, EUNAVFOR MED OHQ), EUNAVFOR MED Operation Sophia: Aims, Practices and Issues at Stake
Wednesday 24 May: 11.00-13.00
Energy security and Counter-terrorism
- Gawdat Bahgat, “Energy”, in James Sperling (ed) Handbook of Governance and Security, Edward Elgar, Northampton USA, 2014, pp. 360-374. [course material]
- Wyn Rees, “Counter-terrorism”, in James Sperling (ed) Handbook of Governance and Security, Edward Elgar, Northampton USA, 2014, pp. 452-474. [course material]
* students' presentations of each of the areas:
(i) energy security,
(ii) Counter-terrorism, bringing examples of contemporary issues at stake (e.g. energy security in the Ukranian crisis; etc…)
(iii) cyber-terrorism (bringing examples of contemporary issues at stake e.g. NATO's cyber-security tasks; or…)
(iv) transnational criminality
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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, 2009, 2nd edition [course material].
EU:
- Christopher Hill and Michael Smith (eds) International relations and the European Union Oxford university press, 2011 (2nd ed.). RUFFILLI: 327.094 Relazioni internazionali; 327.4 Europa.
- 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 2012 (2nd ed) [1st ed available at:http://hamdoucheriad.yolasite.com/resources/security%20studies.pdf ]
- Myriam Dunn Cavelty and Victor Mauer (eds), Routledge Handbook of Security Studies - London : Routledge, 2010 (2nd ed 2017). [1st ed inthe 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
- mid-term paper
- final oral exam
The mid-term paper
- Topic to be distributed two weeks before
- length: max 3.000 words plus bibliography
- the text should be scanned through Turnitin
- deadline: May 2, both printed and by email.
Rules for presentations:
- 10 minutes each
- power point circulated to the class, inclusive of bibliography
Rules for the debates:
2 groups of 2
- presentation of group A with arguments in favour (5 minutes)
- Q&A with other group (5 minutes)
- presentation by group B with arguments against (5 minutes)
- Q&A with other group (5 minutes)
- Q&A of each with the class (5 + 5 minutes)
- class evaluation of the debate
Strumenti a supporto della didattica
power point
Orario di ricevimento
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