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15477
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| Year |
3
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| Semester |
S1
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| ECTS Credits |
6
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| Workload |
TP(60H)
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| Scientific area |
Relações Internacionais
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Entry requirements |
No requirements
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Learning outcomes |
At the end of this course, students should be able to: a) To assess the main concepts and theories of geopolitical and geostrategic thinking in order to use them in the interpretation of the systems. b) Understand the geopolitical spaces and international conflicts, as well as the strategic options that are presented c) Understand what characterizes a geopolitical or geostrategic perspective in the interpretation of diplomatic, economic and political events d) Reflect on the differences and complementarities between Geopolitics and Geostrategy e) Understand the geopolitical thinking in Portugal and its relations with internal and external territorial policies. f) Reflect on the major issues of national and international news from the perspective of geopolitics and geostrategic
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Syllabus |
Geopolitics 1. Concepts of Geopolitics and Geostrategy 2. The main "schools" and theories until World War I 3. The French geopolitical thought 4. The concept of Maritime Power and the paradigm of the "sea-land opposition" in the century. XIX 5. The main "schools" and theories until the end of World War II: The development of the paradigm of the "land-sea opposition": Mackinder 6. The development of German thought 7. The main theories of the second half of the 20th century. XX 8. The paradigms of land-sea opposition and large spaces 9. Geopolitical factors during the two World Wars 10. The revolution of the nuclear factor 11. The revolution of the new armaments 12. The Geopolitics of the new international order II. Strategy 1. Relation between politics, strategy and tactics 2. Branches and divisions of Strategy 3. Political-strategic planning 4. Brief introduction to Polemology. Thought about war and its evolution. 5. Aggression, violence, conflict, crisis and war. Causes of peace, war
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Main Bibliography |
1. Dodds, K. (2007). Geopolitics: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford. New York: Oxford University Press.
2. Sempa, F. P. (2002). Geopolitics: from the Cold War to the 21st Century. Transaction Publishers.
3. Baylis, J., Wirtz, J., Cohen, E. & Gray, C. (2018). Strategy in the Contemporary World. London: Oxford University Press.
4. Gray, C. S. (2014). Strategy and Defence Planning: Meeting the Challenge of Uncertainty. London: Oxford University Press.
5. Alves, J. L. (1998). Estratégia: panorama geral da sua teoria. Lisboa: D. Quixote. 6. Correia, P. P.
6. O¿Sullivan, Patrick, Geopolitics, Routledge, 2015
7. Pezarat Correia, (2010). Manual de geopolítica e geoestratégia. Coimbra: Edições Almedina: CES.
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Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria |
The teaching methodologies to be applied in this UC are based on the adoption of several teaching / learning strategies of the different syllabus contents, namely the application of the acquired concepts about the theoretical frameworks of geopolitics and the strategy and analysis of the international system, which will be provided through theoretical classes, of an interactive nature, as well as analysis of case studies within the scope of the geopolitical and strategic aspects addressed. In order to lead to the understanding of new models of performance and performance in the international system, students will be induced from a critical and analytical spirit through the realization of two frequencies and an essay. It is expected that students will reveal solid arguments based on the previous work of the selected texts and the contents of the classes.
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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