Intensive Course | AnEUdefence

Mogherini/Borrell

Josep Borrell y Federica Mogherini. / EC

Summary

The Module Towards an European defence?: Future challenges in the CSDP in a new cycle / anEUDefence will provide EU students of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) and other academic institutions, as well as graduates, professionals, and members of the civil society and military bodies holding a basic knowledge on the European Union (EU) institutions and procedures, an intensive training that will enable them to have an advanced knowledge on the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) -the framework established by the Treaty on European Union (TEU) to set the political and military structures of the EU-, its development capabilities, military and civilian missions and operations abroad, the cooperation with strategic partners and International Organizations (IO) and the range of tools at the disposal of the EU to assert its weight in the complex balance of forces exerted by traditional, new and re-emerging actors who play in our backyard.

Syllabus

Commun Security and Defence Policy (CSDP)

The European Defence Policy: The new political cycle
The global geopolitical landscape
The EU as a security provider
From security policy to an emerging common defence
The CSDP: objectives, competence and functioning
The determining political factors: Civilian and military capabilities, EU conflict prevention and crisis management
Towards a European Defence: a great challenge for the 21st Century
Key global and regional powers: USA, China and Russia
Civil and military operations: planning and leadership. Multinational Cooperation/Budget
Perspective of the industrial and technological base of the European defence industry. Links with the Union's policies on research, industry and space. The case of Spain
The PESCO and its impact on the industrial defence policy
The new Multiannual Financial Framework 2020-2027
The impact of Brexit and the reactivation of the common defence: the leap to the integration
Resolution of practical cases related to the International Humanitarian Law
Relations and links with social media
The gender factor in civil and military operations

Energy Security

EU energy security strategy in the global energy transformation framework
EU energy security and geopolitical implication: EU-Russia energy relations
EU-Russia energy interdependence: a challenge for EU security
Energy interactions among EU, Russia and China: implications for the EU
Energy vulnerability of NATO countries on Eastern flank
EU energy diversification strategy to increase energy security: sources, routes and technologies. Analyzing the option of transatlantic cooperation

Communication and Geopolitics