This document provides an overview of a course on the European Union and Security Issues. It outlines 14 weekly sessions that will cover various topics related to EU security. Students will be assessed based on a seminar presentation, an essay, and contributions to seminar discussions. The sessions will examine topics such as the institutional development of the EU's security policies, its relationship with NATO, military operations, missile defense, nuclear non-proliferation, defense industries, military capabilities, and more.

1. Année universitaire 2007/2008
Master Affaires Internationales Semestre d’automne
EUROPEAN UNION AND SECURITY ISSUES
Cours-séminaire de Katerina TSOUKALA
Course Overview and Assessment: Students are assessed through their 10 - 15 min. seminar presentation (25%), a 6-
page essay on any topic other than the one allocated to present due in the last teaching week of December (25%).
Given that there is no exam for this course, 60% of the assessment comes from students’ constructive contributions to
the seminar discussions; as such, seminar preparation is essential. Students are encouraged to use audiovisual aids for
their presentation (handouts/maps/power point presentations, etc.).
Session 1: Introduction
Seth Jones. The European Union and the Security Dilemma. Security Studies, Volume 12, Number 3 (Spring
2003), pp. 114-156
Session 2: From the European Defence Community to the European Defence Agency; The Institutional
Background of ESDP
M. Trybus. The new European Defence Agency: A contribution to a common European security and defence
policy and a challenge to the Community acquis? Common Market Law Review, Volume 43, Number 3 (2006),
pp. 667-703
Session 3: NATO and European Security
Paul Cornish. NATO: the practice and politics of transformation. International Affairs, Volume 80, Number 1
(January 01, 2004), pp. 63-74
Philipp Borinski. Fear of Alternative Outcomes: NATO and European Security Co-operation. Contemporary
Security Policy, Volume 23, Number 3 (December 01, 2002), pp. 106-120
Richard Whitman. NATO, the EU and ESDP: an emerging division of labour? Contemporary Security Policy,
Volume 25, Number 3 (December 2004), pp. 430-451
Session 4: EU Military Operations
Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen. Turbulent Neighbourhoods: How to Deploy the EU's Rapid Reaction Force.
Contemporary Security Policy, Volume 23, Number 2 (August 01, 2002), pp. 39-60
ESDP Operations http://www.iss-eu.org/esdp/09-dvl-am.pdf

2. Session 5: Missile Defence; The Achilles’ Heel of ESDP ?
Richard Sokolsky. Imagining European Missile Defence. Survival, Volume 43, Number 3 (September 2001), pp.
111-128
Anthony Seaboyer, Oliver Thränert. What missile proliferation means for Europe. Survival, Volume 48, Number
2 (June 2006), pp. 85-96
Ronja Kempin, Jocelyn Mawdsley. France: Missile Defence à la française. Contemporary Security Policy,
Volume 26, Number 3 (December 2005), pp. 505-519
Session 6: Nuclear Non-Proliferation in Europe
Bruno Tertrais. NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION IN EUROPE. Nonproliferation Review, Volume 13, Number 3
(November 2006), pp. 569-579
GAWDAT BAHGAT. Nuclear Proliferation: The Islamic Republic of Iran. International Studies Perspectives,
Volume 7, Number 2 (May 2006), pp. 124-136
Session 7: European Defence Industry; Driver of ESDP?
Terrence Guay, Robert Callum. The transformation and future prospects of Europe’s defence industry.
International Affairs, Volume 78, Number 4 (October 2002), pp. 757-776 (19pp.)
European Institute for Security Studies, From Cooperation to Integration: Defence and aerospace industries in
Europe by Burkard Schmitt (pp.13 – 37 and 72 – 91) http://www.iss-eu.org/chaillot/chai40e.pdf
Session 8: European Military Capabilities
James Sperling. Capabilities traps and gaps: symptom or cause of a troubled transatlantic relationship?.
Contemporary Security Policy, Volume 25, Number 3 (December 2004), pp. 452-478
McGinn John and Liston Timothy. Beyond the Rhetoric and Acronyms: The Reality of European Military
Capabilities. National Security Studies Quarterly, Volume VII, Issue 1, (Winter 2001), pp. 75-96
http://www.censa.net/publications/McGinn_and_Liston.pdf
Session 9: The Securitisation of Space in European Politics
Alexander Kolovos. Why Europe needs space as part of its security and defence policy. Space Policy, Volume
18, Number 4 (2002), pp. 257-261
F.Bujon de l’Estang, B. de Montluc. Making space the key to security and defence capabilities in Europe: What
needs to be done. Space Policy, Volume 22, Number 2 (May 2006), pp. 75-78
Ge´rard G. Brachet. From initial ideas to a European plan: GMES as an exemplar of European space strategy.
Space Policy, Volume 20, Number 1 (2004), pp. 7-15
John M. J.M. Logsdon. A security space capability for Europe? Implications for US policy. Space Policy,
Volume 18, Number 4 (2002), pp. 271-280
Wulf W.v. von Kries. Which future for Europe's space agencies?. Space Policy, Volume 19, Number 3 (2003),
pp. 157-161
Frances Brown. Space and ESDP--a growing partnership?. Space Policy, Volume 18, Number 4 (2002), pp.
307-308

3. Session 10: Energy Security
Aad Correljé, Coby van der Linde. Energy supply security and geopolitics: A European perspective. Energy
Policy, Volume 34, Number 5 (March 2006), pp. 532-543
BAHGAT. Europe's energy security: challenges and opportunities. International Affairs, Volume 82, Number 5
(September 2006), pp. 961-975
Green Paper: A European Strategy for Sustainable, Competitive and Secure Energy
http://ec.europa.eu/energy/green-paper-energy/index_en.htm
Session 11: Counter-Terrorism in Europe
WYN REES, RICHARD J. ALDRICH. Contending cultures of counterterrorism: transatlantic divergence or
convergence? . International Affairs, Volume 81, Number 5 (October 2005), pp. 905-923
EU Institute for Security Studies, Chaillot 84, International Terrorism; the changing threat and the EU’s
Response (Chapter on Responses pp. 29 – 43) http://www.iss-eu.org/chaillot/chai84.pdf
Session 12: A Contradiction in Terms? Neutral States, Small States and ESDP
Laura C. Ferreira-Pereira. Inside the Fence but Outside the Walls: Austria, Finland and Sweden in the Post-
Cold War Security Architecture. Cooperation and Conflict, Volume 41, Number 1 (March 2006), pp. 99-122
ANDERS WIVEL. The Security Challenge of Small EU Member States: Interests, Identity and the Development
of the EU as a Security Actor. Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 43, Number 2 (June 2005), pp. 393-
412
Session 13: Security Sector Reform (SSR) in Europe
MARY KALDOR, MARY MARTIN, SABINE SELCHOW. Human security: a new strategic narrative for Europe.
International Affairs, Volume 83, Number 2 (March 2007), pp. 273-288
EU Institute for Security Studies – Chaillot Paper 80 / Promoting Security Sector Governance in the EU’s
Neighbourhood by Heiner Hanggi and Fred Tanner http://www.iss-eu.org/chaillot/chai80.pdf (Chapter 1 pp. 11-
21, Chapter 2 pp. 27–41)
Session 14: The Future of ESDP
Bastian Giegerich, Darya Pushkina, Adam Mount. Towards a Strategic Partnership? The US and Russian
Response to the European Security and Defence Policy . Security Dialogue, Volume 37, Number 3 (September
2006), pp. 385-407
Anthony King. The Future of the European Security and Defence Policy. Contemporary Security Policy, Volume
26, Number 1 (April 2005), pp. 44-61