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Portuguese Foreign Policy - 2nd semester

Objectives

a) To identify the main theories of international relations and its application in foreign policy analysis;
b) To understand and to identify the main instruments of foreign policy analysis;
c) To acquire proficiency about the domestic and external determinants and historical constants of the Portuguese foreign policy models;
d) To identify, on a historical perspective, the basic thrust of the Portuguese foreign policy, especially in what concerns the events, structures, changes and continuities;
e) Identify the actors, processes, and strategies behind the formulation of the Portuguese foreign policy.

General characterization

Code

722071041

Credits

10

Responsible teacher

Nuno Severiano Teixeira

Hours

Weekly - 3 letivas + 1 tutorial

Total - Available soon

Teaching language

Portuguese

Prerequisites

None.

Bibliography

TEIXEIRA, Nuno Severiano, Entre a Africa e a Europa: A política Externa Portuguesa, 1890-2000, in Pinto, António
Costa, «Portugal Contemporâneo», Lisboa, D. Quixote, 2005;
AAVV., Visões da Política Externa Portuguesa, Sociedade de Geografia/Instituto Diplomático, Lisboa, 2005.
Hudson, Valerie, Foreign Policy Analysis: Classic and Contemporary Theory, Nova Iorque: Rowman and Littlefield
Publishers, 2006;
HILL, Cristopher, The Changing Politics of Foreign Policy, Palgrave, Londres, 2003;
CHARILLON, Frédèric, Politique Étrangére. Nouveaux Regards, Paris, PUF, 2002.

Teaching method

Presentation of the main issues debated during the course with a contextualization of concepts and problems. Collective discussion of the main points.

Evaluation method

a) Participation in the class and discussion of the required reading (20%);
b) Critical Review (20%)
c) Final Paper (60%)

Subject matter

Part I Theoretic Perspective
1. Foreign Policy and International Relations Theory;
2. Foreign Policy Analysis: theory and instruments of analysis.

Part II Historical Perspective
1. Constitutional Monarchy;
2. First Republic;
3. New State;
4. Democracy;

Part III Contemporary Perspective.
1. The Europeanization of the Portuguese foreign policy;
2. Portugal and the transatlantic relations;
3. Post-colonial visions in Portuguese foreign policy;
4. Portugal and the Iberian Peninsula;
5. Portuguese foreign policy for the Middle East and the Mediterranean;
6. Portugal, Brazil and Latin America;
7. Portuguese participation on the multilateral organizations: NATO and the EU;
8. Portuguese Foreign Policy: Geopolitical constraints, historical and contemporary models.