Syllabus
1. Introduction, historical overview
2. Institutions - NATO or EU-US
3. Strategic documents, strategic views
4. Hard security: NATO/ESDP and their future
5. Proliferation of WMD, armaments control
6. Fight against terrorism
7. Internal security
8. Failed states and tools for recovery
9. Energy security / Climate change
10. Prospects of transatlantic cooperation
Annotation
The course focuses on security aspects of the transatlantic relations. The students will learn about history and present shape of the security cooperation between Europe and the United States.
Analysis and comparison of European and American reactions on selected security threats will be the cornerstones of the course.