Drawing from international relations, the course introduces students to the European Union’s quest to maintain internal cohesion while acquiring robust foreign policy.  The analysis is conducted in two main parts. The first part of the course examines the key concepts and how they link with the development of the EU as well as the challenges it currently faces. Nationalism, colonial pasts, rise of far-right, migration, interests vs norms all play into the development of the EU’s foreign policy towards partner countries and regions. It moves from the theoretical discussion to practical implementation in the second part (17-24) which turns to the field of foreign policy, including migration and climate as foreign policy, and addresses specific cases predominantly towards Africa- North Africa and the Sahel region.

Learning Goals
This course will primarily teach students to:
1. understand the origins, structure and challenges the EU project faces internally
2. analyze how the internal dimension shapes also the foreign policy sphere and the kind of actor the EU is in international affairs
3. acquire knowledge of various conceptual approaches useful in understanding the EU in international affairs
4. determine the policy priorities of the EU and individual member states as regards the field of internal and foreign policy