Press release
Press Release Monday, December 8th, 2025 The College of Europe acknowledges the resignation of Ms Federica Mogherini as Rector of the College of Europe. On 5 December 2025, the Executive Committee of...
Optional Courses
For the second semester, students choose four of the optional courses listed below. These explore important topics from the core domains of EU external action as well as relevant diplomatic skills. In order to cover a broad range of issues from the EU’s external action, while allowing for some specialisation, students choose the four courses from at least three different thematic clusters.
Cluster 1: Security, Justice and Values
- CADIER David - Les politiques étrangères nationales et l'action extérieure de l'Union européenne (25h)
- MORENO LAX Violeta & PERKOWSKI Nina - EU Borders, Asylum and Migration Policies : A Critical Perspective (25h)
- SMITH Hanna - Hybrid Threats to European Security: Challenges and Counteraction (25h)
- SMITH Simon J. - Drivers of European Defence Cooperation and the Transatlantic Alliance (25h)
- TARDY Thierry - L'Europe de la sécurité et de la défense (PSDC, capacités, cultures stratégiques) (25h)
- YOUNGS Richard - EU Democracy Promotion and Human Rights Policy (25h)
Cluster 2: Foreign Economic Relations and Sustainable Development
- GOLDTHAU Andreas - EU External Energy Policy (25h)
- MACKIE James - The EU and International Development (25h)
- PERIDY Nicolas - Négociations et politiques commerciales de l'Union européenne: outils et études de cas (25h)
- SCHUNZ Simon - The European Union's Green Diplomacy in an Evolving Global Context (25h)
- SOTTILOTTA Cecilia - Political Risk Analysis in a European Perspective (25h)
Cluster 3: Bi- and Multilateral Diplomacy
- ALLWOOD Gil & GUERRINA Roberta - Inclusion in EU External Action: Gender and Intersectionality at a Time of Geopolitics (25h)
- DEMARAIS Agathe & EKMAN Alice - Rivalités entre grandes puissances: l'Europe et les nouveaux rapports de force géopolitiques et économiques (25h)
- FRÖHLICH Stefan - After Liberal Hegemony: Transatlantic Relations at a Crossroads (25h)
- GEURTS Charles-Michel & GSTÖHL Sieglinde - Speaking with one Voice? The EU's External Representation (25h)
- MICHALSKI Anna - The Evolving Relations between the EU and China : Partnership and Competition in a Changing World Order (25h)
- PHINNEMORE David - EU Enlargement and UK Withdrawal (25h)
Cluster 4: Specific Professional Skills
- ARCOS Rubén - European Intelligence Analysis and Production in Practice (25h)
- BANIM Guy & HERRBERG Antje - The EU and Peace Mediation (25h)
- COLOMINA SALO Carme - Communications Strategies in the European Union (25h)
- KOULAIMAH Andrea - Le rôle de l'aide humanitaire dans l'action extérieure globale de l'Union européenne : cadre et pratique (25h)
- MARCOUX Nicolas - Gestion de projets dans la coopération internationale de l'Union européenne (25h)
- TELEANU Sorina - Digital Diplomacy and the European Union: Global Governance, Geopolitics and Diplomatic Practice (25h)