Cursos / 1º Ciclo / Faculty of Law :: International Relations

POLÍTICA EXTERNA PORTUGUESA ACTUAL - 2018/2019

3º curricular year
Semestralidade: 1st semester
ECTS: 6

Teachers

Leading Teacher: Prof. Doutora Liliana Reis
Assistant Professor: Prof. Doutora Liliana Reis

Class type and School hours

Orientação Tutorial : 1 Horas
Teórico-prática : 2 Horas

Teaching Language

Portuguese

Main Aims/Objectives

Portugal is a country that throughout history has always sought to reconcile your presence on the European continent, with the Atlantic, so the action it developed within the framework of foreign policy never was unrelated to this desire. Today, nevertheless be distinguished the international reality, the Portuguese foreign policy retains many of the essential lines that always characterized. Understanding these lines and the current political environment in your context is the main objective of this course.

Specific Aims/Objectives

The specific objectives of this discipline:
1. Understand the changes in national foreign policy, soon after the revolution of 25 April 1974.
2. Acknowledge the cycles of Portuguese foreign policy, from 1974 to the present day.
3. The presence in the European Union, with the CPLP.
4. Understand the importance of economic diplomacy, national foreign policy.
5. Reflect on the conciliation between multilateralism and bilateralism.

Skills to be acquired

Knowledge of Outlook and interests underlying the options in a row in the field of foreign policy, in the light of new challenges posed to Portugal in the framework of the European Union, of your Speaking, globalization and affirmation of globalization, both in the policy framework, both in the economic framework.

Teaching Procedures

The education of this disciplines understands: - Theoretician-Practical lessons, for the transmission of contents and exemplificação of related concrete situations with these contents; - lessons of Tutorial Orientation in view of helping to the students to one correcta bibliographical research and one correcto agreement of the boarded substances.

Programme

INTRODUCTION:
a) Brief retrospective policy Portuguese foreign, since the Foundation of the State.
b) The internal and international conditions, in the definition of Portuguese foreign policy.
c) Foreign policy, in the context of international organizations.
d) National States today and your role in policy-making.

Part I Of the April 1974 REVOLUTION at the 1st CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT
1. The cycle of decolonization
2. In search of a new direction for Portuguese foreign policy: conflicts and tensions, in the definition of the positioning of Portugal at international

PART II The NEW EXTERNAL CHALLENGES of PORTUGAL
1. The cycle of EEC membership
2. A Portugal facing the sea a Portugal facing Europe: the new external relations.

PART III In SEARCH of an INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONSHIP and cooperation with the new Portuguese-speaking African countries and the relation with BRASIL
1. The cycle of cooperation towards the CPLP

PART IV The ECONOMIC ACTIVITY as a STRUCTURING ELEMENT of PORTUGUESE DIPLOMACY
1. The cycle of Economic Diplomacy
2. The national economic and diplomatic external action in promoting exports and attracting foreign investment

Part V AUTHORS and Actors in PORTUGUESE FOREIGN POLICY
1. The importance of multilateralism
2. The reignition of bilateralism

PART VI the ATLANTICISM: a calling never lost
1. Portugal and NATO
2. Portugal and the special relationship with the United States of America

PART VII PORTUGAL in Europe and in the world
1. Foreign policy in the framework of the European Union: foreign policy or domestic policy?
2. Portuguese foreign policy in the global contexto.

PART VIII PORTUGUESE FOREIGN policy CHALLENGES in today´s world
1. The relevance in defence and security strategy of the West
2. Foreign policy and the new world economic actors: China and India.

PART IX The Portuguese SEA

1. The sea as foreign national statement
2. The sea as security assets and internal and external defense.

Evaluation Type

The continuous evaluation includes: - Presence and participation in the lessons - Two written tests - Presentation of a verbal work

Teaching Resources

Picture Retroprojector and Acetatos Computer/projector/PowerPoint removed journalistic periodical Parts, audiovisuais magazines and ways. Mediateca Library Half informáticos with linking to the Internet

Sustainability Objectives

Keywords

Foreign policy
Europe economic
Multilateralism
Diplomacy
Lusophony
Atlanticism
Bilateralism

Main Bibliography

Complementary Bibliography