OADI 2390 - European Diplomacy in Practice

***UPDATED for 2025/26***

stage: from the history and institutions of EU foreign policy to key foreign policy dossiers – enlargement, the transatlantic relationship, wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, relations with Russia, China, India

Learning Outcomes

• Learn about EU foreign policy
• Acquire/fortify some skills useful in diplomacy: write and deliver speeches, briefing principals, writing concise lines to take, deal with the media etc.
• Learn about the practice of diplomacy as experienced by practitioners.

The teachers will provide short feedback in class after the presentation on the substance but also the form of student presentations, and they will be available for in person consultations with students if so required by the students.

• oral group presentation in class
• A paper of up to 2000 words
• In class contributions to the discussions

The assessment will be based on class participation (20%); individual/group (depending on number of students enrolled) oral presentations (40%) and individual paper by the end of the course (40%).

• In Class Presence: 2 hours a week / 24 hours a semester
• Online learning activities: 2 hours a week / 24 hours a semester
• Reading and Preparation for Class: 3 hours a week / 36 hours a semester
• Research and Preparation for Group Work: 2 hours a week / 24 hours a semester
• Research and Writing for Individual Assessments: 3.5 hours a week / 42 hours a semester