1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of an EU speaking with ‘one voice’ internationally?
2. Which theoretical and conceptual approach(es) most accurately explain the external role of the EU?
3. Analyse the respective responsibilities of the European Commission, the Council of the EU, the European Parliament, and the European External Action Service in one of the EU’s external policy areas (e.g. trade, development, CFSP, CSDP).
4. The High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy – influential leader or servant of the Member States?
5. Why has the EU made the ACPs a priority focus of its development policy? [Evaluate the EU-ACP relationship between 1975 and 2019]
6. What are the main obstacles to the EU being considered a major global actor, in the same vain as the US?
7. The CSDP – an expression of EU civilian or military Power?
8. How effective is the EU’s multilateral engagement? [Analyse EU presence in international organisations]
9. What are the main challenges of EU energy security?
10. How has EU Enlargement impacted on the EU’s foreign policy and its role as a global actor? [Evaluate the EU’s relationship with its Eastern neighbours, focusing on accession negotiations and other co-operative arrangements, such as the European Neighbourhood Policy or the Eastern Partnership]
11. How will Brexit affect the EU’s international role?
