Baillet Latour Chair: The Euro-Russian partnership: challenges and processes

leusl2308  2019-2020  Louvain-la-Neuve

Baillet Latour Chair: The Euro-Russian partnership: challenges and processes
Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
5 credits
30.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Spetschinsky Laetitia;
Language
French
Prerequisites
LEUSL2012 "Exernal Action of the EU"
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 This course offers a thorough analysis of challenges arising in the relations between Russia and Europe. It covers political, economical, and security issues in this area, and the institutional tools available for dealing with them. A special attention is dedicated to the EU's external policy from 1988 until today. The overall objective is to provide students with a comprehensive view of the challenges and the processes of the Euro-Russian "common space".
 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
Introduction to European-Russian relations: historical and geographical context
Introduction to European-Russian relations: ideologies and doctrines
Introduction to European-Russian relations: transnational issues - energy
Introduction to European-Russian relations: transnational issues - security
EU and Russian policies in the states of Eastern Europe (Moldova, Belarus, Ukraine)
EU and Russian policies in the Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia)
EU and Russian policies in the states of Central Asia
Russian and European approaches to international challenges: the Middle East, rivalry between
the major powers, the environment, multilateralism
+ 1 or 2 conference/debates: European actors and Russian diplomacy
Evaluation methods
Depending on the number of students, this will involve either the presentation of a written paper or a written exam.
Faculty or entity
EURO


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [120] in Public Administration

Master [120] in Ancient Languages and Literatures: Oriental Studies

Master [120] in European Studies

Master [120] in Political Sciences: General

Master [120] in Interpreting

Master [120] in Translation

Master [60] in Political Sciences: General

Master [120] in Political Sciences: International Relations