EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS AND EUROPEAN DEFENSE
| Title | ΕΥΡΩΠΑΪΚΟΙ ΘΕΣΜΟΙ ΚΑΙ ΕΥΡΩΠΑΪΚΗ ΑΜΥΝΑ / EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS AND EUROPEAN DEFENSE |
| Code | ΣΣΒ04 |
| Faculty | Law |
| School | Law |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Coordinator | Dimosthenis Lentzis |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600022177 |
Programme of Study: Koinó PMS Stratīgikés Spoudés (2022-sīmera)
Registered students: 198
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Compulsory Course | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| ENERGEIA KAI VIŌSIMĪ ANAPTYXĪ | Compulsory Course | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| EPIKOINŌNIES KAI NEES TECΗNOLOGIES | Compulsory Course | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| DIOIKĪSĪ ERGOU | Compulsory Course | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Academic Year | 2025 – 2026 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Weekly Hours | 2 |
| Total Hours | 26 |
| Class ID | 600289324
|
Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600289324
- eLearning: https://elearning.auth.gr/course/view.php?id=17127
- Other: GOOGLE DRIVE (STUDENTS ONLY)
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
- Understand the specificities of the Common Security and Defence Policy in the context of the European Architecture.
- To be aware of the role and importance of developing a Common Security and Defence Policy in the EU.
- Identify different possibilities for possible crisis management and resolution and adopt the techniques of the most appropriate mechanism to de-escalate and resolve them.
- be familiar with the basic principles and structures of the EU Common Security and Defence Policy
- Improve their strategic thinking by taking into account the potential of the mechanisms of the Common Security and Defence Policy for EU intervention in response to specific crises.
- Understand the principle of peaceful settlement of disputes and the possibilities for the EU, through its Common Security and Defence Policy, to contribute to the maintenance of peace in its areas of interest.
- be familiar with the practices of deployment of operations undertaken by the EU in the framework of its Common Security and Defence Policy.
- Understand the Strategic Compass of the EU Common Security and Defence Policy.
- Understand the challenges facing the EU following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
- Understand the role and policy of the European Security and Defence College in the context of the EU Common Security and Defence Policy.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Make decisions
- Work in an international context
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Part A - Introduction:
Introduction to the law and institutions of the European Union
Part B: The EU's Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP).
The Common Foreign and Security Policy of the EU. Common Security and Defence Policy.
European Defence Agency. Relationship of the EU defence and security system with other regional systems and with their national counterparts.
CSDP, a long, arduous but constantly improving political and military process. Case study: what would happen without CSDP missions or operations?
A stronger European strategic autonomy in the context of a strengthened NATO. Case study: is it useful to take new European initiatives in the field of defence and what are they?
One year after the Ukrainian attack: the EU mindset has been profoundly transformed. A case study: The EU is an economic giant but a military dwarf. How can we change the current paradigm to better face future challenges?
Keywords
European Union, institutions, Common Foreign and Security Policy, European strategy
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
Description
- Integrated e-learning management system (elearning.auth) (LMS) which is implemented by the open source software Moodle and allows the creation and hosting of a virtual classroom.
- Provide a friendly modern tele-education environment for real-time interaction of the participants that allows to conduct remote lectures for course needs using tools such as Zoom, MS Teams, Google Meet, BigBlueButton
- Classrooms with appropriate audio-visual equipment to host a distance learning postgraduate programme.
- Creation and hosting of the website of each MSc using the service https://websites.auth.gr/.
- Technological support for the creation of multimedia material (podcasts - videocasts) synchronized with the presentation of a speaker in the offered courses through the production infrastructure of educational material of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (https://it.auth.gr/service/studio/)
- Support for live and recorded streaming/recording of the courses.
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 26 | 1.0 | ✓ | ||
| Seminars | 20 | 0.8 | ✓ | ||
| Reading Assigment | 54 | 2.2 | ✓ | ||
| Exams | 3 | 0.1 | ✓ | ||
| Other / Others | 22 | 0.9 | ✓ | ||
| Total | 125 | 5 |
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Formative, Summative)
- Q&A during lectures (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Δημήτριος Καλδέλης, Η Κοινή Πολιτική Ασφάλειας και Άμυνας της Ε.Ε. και η σχέση της με το ΝΑΤΟ, Πανεπιστήμιο Μακεδονίας, Οκτ. 2020.
Ευρωπαϊκό Κοινοβούλιο, Κοινή Πολιτική Ασφάλειας και Άμυνας, Θεματολογικά δελτία για την Ε.Ε., 2023
Additional bibliography for study
Μαργαρίτα Βρεττάκου, Ο ρόλος και η πολιτική του Ευρωπαϊκού Κολλεγίου Ασφάλειας και Άμυνας στα πλαίσια της Κοινής Πολιτικής Ασφάλειας και Άμυνας της Ε.Ε., Πανεπιστήμιο Αιγαίου, Ιαν. 2022.
Σταύρος Σταύρου, Η στρατηγική πυξίδα της Ε.Ε. ως στοιχείο ανανέωσης της Κοινής Πολιτικής Ασφάλειας και Άμυνας, Πανεπιστήμιο Μακεδονίας, Δεκ. 2022.
Νικολέτα Ντόζιτς, Κοινή Πολιτική Ασφάλειας και Άμυνας της Ε.Ε. – Οι επιχειρήσεις Sophia και Irini, Πανεπιστήμιο Μακεδονίας, Δεκ. 2021.
Σπύρος Μπλαβούκος και Γιώργος Παγουλάτος, Η Ευρώπη μετά τον πόλεμο του Πούτιν: Η Ε.Ε. στη νέα ευρωπαϊκή αρχιτεκτονική ασφάλειας, ΕΛΙΑΜΕΠ, Policy paper #95/2022, Μάρτιος 2022.
Last Update
07-01-2024
