Scuola Universitaria Interdipartimentale in Scienze Strategiche (SUISS)

The course aims to offer students the basic analytical tools to understand the European Union system, the development of the European integration process and its impact on national systems. 

In particular, the course will delve into the peculiarities of European integration in the field of security and defence, with a special focus on the institutional and operational profiles of the European Union's Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP).

At the end of the course, students will have the necessary tools to understand the institutional aspects of the European integration process, with particular emphasis on legal aspects of the Union's Common Security and Defence Policy.

The course is divided into a general part, focused on general and institutional features of the European integration process, and a special part, the latter dedicated to the analysis of the Union's Common Security and Defence Policy.

General Part

• The European integration process: an excursus
• The competences of the European Union
• The institutions of the European Union
• The sources of EU law
• EU Decision-making procedures
• The relationship between Union law and domestic law
• Italy's participation in the EU policy-making
• The ECJ jurisdiction
• The European citizenship and free movement of persons

Special Part

• General features of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP)
• The place of the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) within the CFSP
• The institutional framework of the CSDP
• The European Union's military missions and operations
• The EU-NATO relationship
• Military capability development in the CSDP framework

The course is divided into frontal lessons and moments of discussion between students and the teacher

The exam will take place in written form (three questions requiring an extended answer by the candidate in 60 minutes). The evaluation will be with a vote expressed out of thirty.