External Relations of the European Union
Course Type and Course Organization
Lecture / intensive course lasting four entire days
Course Language
English
ECTS-credits
5 (if exam has been passed)
Frequency
The course will be held at irregular intervals. It will be available in the winter term 2018/19.
Time Schedule and Course Venue
An up-to-date electronic course catalogue for the winter semester will be available on the website http://www.fu-berlin.de/vv from late August to late February. Please select "Fachbereiche" - "Rechtswissenschaft" - "Staatsexamensstudiengang" and "Rechtswissenschaft (SPO 2015)" in order to access the Law courses.
Course Description
With the Treaty of Lisbon and the creation of a European External Action Service, EU Member States have sought to strengthen the EU as an actor on the global stage. This course will identify the foreign policy instruments the EU now has at its disposal and clarify how they are employed in practice in order to promote common European interests and values abroad. Also, it will look at different aspects of EU external relations, such as EU neighborhood policies, transatlantic relations or the EU role at the United Nations. The first part in January (lecture) will focus on institutional aspects of EU external relations. In the second part in February, students will deliver presentations.
Topics of the presentations:
The Eastern Partnership and Ukraine
EU-Russia Relations
The EU and the Mediterranean
Kosovo: EU Engagement and European Perspective
Kosovo: The 2010 ICJ Advisory Opinion
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Name Dispute between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
The Cyprus Dispute
Turkey and the EU
The Syria Conflict
Iraq and „ISIS“
The EU and the Middle East Conflict
Transatlantic Relations: USA
Sino-European Relations: China
Course Level
advanced
Please only sign up for this course if you are fluent in English and if you have prior knowledge in European Law and Public International Law.
Restricted Enrollment
yes (that means that the number of participants is limited and that you might not get a place in this course)
Course Registration
Erasmus students: You will find this course either under the module "Fremdsprachenfachkompetenz A" or under the module "Fremdsprachenfachkompetenz B". ("Fremdsprachenfachkompetenz" means "foreign legal language skills".) If you take only one course which is not taught in German, it doesn't matter whether you book this course under "Fremdsprachenfachkompetenz A" or under "Fremdsprachenfachkompetenz B". However, if you take two courses which are not taught in German, you will have to book one under "Fremdsprachenfachkompetenz A" and the other under "Fremdsprachenfachkompetenz B".
Themis students and overseas students: You will find this course under "Study Program Themis & Overseas - Module 9"
registration period: 1 October - 12 October 2018, 12 p.m. (noon)
In order to know if you have obtained a place in this course, please check out your course plan on Campus Management (tab "Stundenplan") from 13 October 2018.
As long as there are still seats available after the registration period has expired, they will be allocated according to the principle "first come, first served" if you sign up by 2 November 2018.
De-Registration from this Course
regular drop period: 1 October - 2 November 2018
After the regular drop period you can only drop this course with a valid cause until 14 days prior to the exam. Please contact the International Office at the Law Department if you have to use this option.
Type of Exam
Students will deliver presentations.
Exam Period
Presentations will take place throughout the whole course.
Registration for the Exam
Students will automatically be registered for the exam when they sign up for this course.
De-Registration from the Exam
Students who drop this course via Campus Management are automatically de-registered from the exam. Students who do not drop this course via Campus Management and do not take the exam, are going to finish this course with a non-passing grade (0 points).
Grade Release