Prof Karen Smith CBG.10.14

This course is available on the MSc in European and International Public Policy, MSc in European and International Public Policy (LSE and Bocconi), MSc in European and International Public Policy (LSE and Sciences Po), MSc in Global Politics, MSc in International Affairs (LSE and Peking University), MSc in International Relations, MSc in International Relations (LSE and Sciences Po), MSc in International Relations (Research), MSc in International Relations Theory, MSc in The Global Political Economy of China and Europe (LSE and Fudan) and MSc in Theory and History of International Relations. This course is not available as an outside option.

All studentsare required to obtain permission from the Teacher Responsible by completing the Student Statement box on the online application form linked to course selection on LSE for You. Admission is not guaranteed. 

Some basic knowledge of International Relations as an academic discipline is desirable, together with some acquaintance with the general evolution of world politics over the last one hundred years. 

The development of the external activities of the European Communities, now the European Union, since 1957, including the development of European Political Cooperation and the Common Foreign and Security Policy, and trade and development policy. The relationship between the member states and these external activities, in particular the impact of the evolution of EU institutions and policies on national foreign policies.  Relations between the EU and non-EU states and regions, including the United States, Russia, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. Watch a short introductory video on this course:  

http://www.lse.ac.uk/internationalRelations/video/IR416-EUW-video.aspx 

10 hours of lectures and 13 hours and 30 minutes of seminars in the MT. 8 hours of lectures and 12 hours of seminars in the LT.

Students on this course will have a reading week in Week 6, in line with departmental policy.

Students will be expected to produce 1 essay in the MT and 2 essays in the LT.

Students are expected to submit three 2,000-word essays during the course, to be marked by seminar leaders. .

Christopher Hill and Michael Smith (eds), International Relations and the European Union, 3rd edition, OUP, 2017

Amelia Hadfield, Ian Manners, and Richard Whitman, eds, Foreign Policies of EU Member States, Routledge 2017

Reuben Wong and Christopher Hill, eds, National and European Foreign Policy, Routledge 2011

Karen E. Smith, European Union Foreign Policy in a Changing World, 3rd edition, Polity Press,2014

Stephan Keukeleire and Tom Delreux, The Foreign Policy of the European Union, 2nd edition,Palgrave, 2014

Exam (100%, duration: 3 hours) in the summer exam period.