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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 |
By the end of the class, students should be able to:
a) Recognise, understand, and apply fundamental concepts from geopolitics and strategy;
b) Understand and critically assess the main theories from geopolitics and strategy;
c) Recognise the main geopolitical dynamics of the present time;
d) Assess the behaviour and discourse of international actores according to the logic of strategy.
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Syllabus |
I.Geopolitics
1.Main concepts from geopolitics;
2.The evolution of classical geopolitics;
3.Critical geopolitics and immaterial factors in gepolitics;
4.Geopolitics and maritime power today;
5.Geoeconomics.
II.Strategy
1.Main concepts from strategy and the hierarchy of strategy;
2.Theoretical differences between geopolitics and strategy/grand strategy;
3.Rationality and strategic decision-making;
4.Nuclear strategy;
5. Strategic domains;
6.The problem of 'grand strategy'.
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Main Bibliography |
1.Dodds, K. (2007). Geopolitics: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford. New York: Oxford University Press.
2.Heuser, B. (2010). The Evolution of Strategy: Thinking War from Antiquity to the Present. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
3.Yarger, H. R. (2006). Strategic Theory for the 21st Century: The Little Book on Big Strategy. Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College. Disponível em https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/20753/Strategic%20Theory%20for%20the%2021st%20Century.pdf
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Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria |
The geopolitical and strategic ways of thinking will be acquired by reflecting upon theory, historical cases, present-day cases, and works of fiction. Such reflection will take place in theoretical-practical classes, seminar discussion, independent study, essay writing and a presentation to fellow students about a practical case chosen by the student.
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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