Lecture 8

Question 1

What steps for European Political Cooperation were taken in the 1970’s?

Answer 1

Question 2

What was agreed the Single European Act (1987)?

On the Foreign Policy front

Answer 2

Question 3

What was decided in the Maastricht Treaty?

On the foreign/security policy front

Answer 3

Question 4

What was decided by the Amsterdam Treaty (1997)

On the foreign/security policy front

Answer 4

Question 5

What security decisions/agreements did the EU close in the 1990s until early 2000s?

Answer 5

Question 6

What was the new European Security Strategy (2003)?

Answer 6

Question 7

What were Europe’s security actions until the Lisbon Treaty?

Answer 7

Question 8

What is the EEAS?

Answer 8

Question 9

How is the EU’s global strategy named?

Answer 9

Question 10

What is the European Defense Agency?

Answer 10

Question 11

What is PeSCo? What does it stand for?

Answer 11

Permanent Structured Cooperation

Question 12

How are decisions made in PeSCo?

Answer 12

Question 13

What are some PeSCo projects?

Name at least six

Answer 13

Question 13

What are some PeSCo projects?

Name at least six

Answer 13

Question 14

How does PeSCo work together with 3rd party states?

Answer 14

Question 15

How does the War in Ukraine impact European security?

Answer 15

Question 16

Who are mainly in charge in th CFSP?

Answer 16

The member states, since they have right of initiative, veto power and they decide on the implementation

Question 17

Who is the main instutitional actor of the CFSP?

Answer 17

The European Council

Question 18

How do realists, liberals and constructivists look at the CFSP?

Answer 18

Realist: Either bandwagoning, or balancing the US
Liberal: Working together to increase security
Constrictivist: It has normative power