69901 - Pan-European Security

Learning outcomes

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.

Course contents

OPICS AND READING

PLENARY CLASSES

1. What is security?
• Paul D. Williams, “Introduction”, in Security studies: an introduction / edited by Paul D. Williams and Matt McDonald. - 3. Ed London ; New York : Routledge, 2018

• for the discussion:

1. Munich Security Conference Report 2022 - https://securityconference.org/en/publications/munich-security-report-2022/
2. https://time.com/6132165/top-global-risks-2022

 

2. Security in the Pan-European Space

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

For the discussion:

• https://www.eurasiagroup.net/issues/top-risks-2022
• https://www.csis.org/analysis/what-awaits-europe-2022

  ((several short articles here: https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/issue/1211))

 

3. IR Grand Theories and Security Studies 1

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

 

4. IR Grand Theories and Security Studies 2

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

5. The Governance of Securit(ization)
• Mark Webber , “Security Governance”, in James Sperling (ed) Handbook of Governance and Security, Edward Elgar, Northampton USA, 2014, pp. 17-40.

• 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

 

6. The EU and European security: the nature of the beast

• Keukeleire, S. & T. Delreux, The Foreign Policy of the European Union, 3rd edition, Bloomsbury, 2022, Chapter 1, pp. 11-42.

• 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.

[non compulsory background reading on, respectively, the foreign policy historical developments and institutions of the EU: Keukeleire, S. & T. Delreux, Chapter 2, 3 and 4]

 

7. The EU and European security: CFSP & CSDP 1

• Keukeleire, S. & T. Delreux, The Foreign Policy of the European Union, 3rd edition, Bloomsbury, 2022, Chapter 6 and 7 (pp. 167-214).

For the discussion:

- 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.

8. The EU and European security: CFSP & CSDP 2

as above

 

9. NATO and its post-Cold War transformation

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

• Sperling, J., & Webber, M. (2020, January 30). North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the European Union. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics.

• Rühle M. (2014), NATO enlargement and Russia: myths and realities, in “NATO Review” (https://www.nato.int/docu/review/articles/2014/07/01/nato-enlargement-and-russia-myths-and-realities/index.html).

 

10. NATO-Russia Relations and partnerships

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 .

Fasola, N. & Wood, A.J. (2021). "Reforming Ukraine's Security Sector." Survival, vol. 63, no. 2, pp. 41-54.

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] .

 

11. NATO’s and EU’s new Strategic postures

• EU’S Strategic Compass.

• Marrone, K. Muti, NATO's Future: Euro-Atlantic Alliance in a Peacetime War, IAI Doc 2020/28, available at: https://www.iai.it/sites/default/files/iaip2028.pdf

 

12. The other institutions: OSCE, The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the Collective Security Treaty Organization

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

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/

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

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SEMINARS:

13. Collective securitization at work

Sperling, J., & Webber, M. (2017). NATO and the Ukraine crisis: Collective securitisation. European Journal of International Security,2(1), 19-46. Available at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311443477_NATO_and_the_Ukraine_crisis_Collective_securitisation

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

14. Ontological Security in the West-Russia relations

Mälksoo, M., 2018. Countering hybrid warfare as ontological security management: the emerging practices of the EU and NATO. European security, 27 (3), 374–392.

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

(Optional: Viktoria Akchurina & Vincent Della Sala (2018) Russia, Europe and the Ontological Security Dilemma: Narrating the Emerging Eurasian Space, Europe-Asia Studies, 70:10, 1638-1655, DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2018.1546829 [https://doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2018.1546829] )

 

15. Insecurity from within: extremism and hate

Joe Mulhall and Safya Khan-Ruf (eds) State of Hate: Far-Right Extremism in Europe 2021 Report. Available at: https://www.hopenothate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/ESOH-LOCKED-FINAL.pdf

 

16. The implications of the Ukraine war

tbc

 

17. Surveillance, security and liberal democracy

Greitens, S. (2020). Surveillance, Security, and Liberal Democracy in the Post-COVID World. International Organization, 74(S1), E169-E190. Available at: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-organization/article/surveillance-security-and-liberal-democracy-in-the-postcovid-world/15CDF2C062ADCAAD6B5D224630F62B1D

Dionne, K., & Turkmen, F. (2020). The Politics of Pandemic Othering: Putting COVID-19 in Global and Historical Context. International Organization, 74(S1), E213-E230. Available at: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-organization/article/politics-of-pandemic-othering-putting-covid19-in-global-and-historical-context/5435248FC7AEF1468E4A8946FA57A92A

tbd

 

20. Students' Roundtable The future of European security in a (post-)crises scenario

Readings/Bibliography

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,

 

Teaching methods

lectures, seminars, students' presentations

Assessment methods

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.

Teaching tools

power point

Office hours

See the website of Sonia Lucarelli

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