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17083
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| Year |
1
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| Semester |
L0
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| ECTS Credits |
2
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| Workload |
O (6H)/TP(48H)
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| Scientific area |
Ciência Política e Relações Internacionais
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Entry requirements |
N/A
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Learning outcomes |
The Course Understanding International Politics provides participants with the essential tools and information to understand the contemporary challenges of world politics. Participants will have the opportunity to interact with professors, researchers and experts in international politics to acquire concepts from the areas of geopolitics, strategy, foreign policy analysis and security studies, and to apply them to the dynamics of the major regions of the world and the foreign policy of various states, including the USA, China, Brazil and Portugal.
LO1) Identify and understand the major dynamics of contemporary international politics and its main trends and challenges;
LO2) Acquire and apply the conceptual, theoretical and analytical tools of geopolitics, strategy, security studies and foreign policy analysis.
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Syllabus |
1. Understanding International Politics
2. Understanding Geopolitics
3. Understanding Strategic Decision Making
4. Understanding Geoeconomics
5. Understanding Sub-Saharan Africa
6. Understanding the Horn of Africa
7. Understanding the Post-Soviet Space
8. Understanding the Middle East
9. Understanding the European Union
10. Understanding the Arctic
11. Understanding the Asia-Pacific
12. Understanding the Korean Peninsula
13. Understanding US Foreign Policy
14. Understanding China's Foreign Policy
15. Understanding the European Union's Foreign Policy
16. Understanding Brazil's Foreign Policy
17. Understanding the Foreign Policy of Small States
18. Understanding Portugal's Foreign Policy
19. Understanding Radicalization and Extremism
20. Understanding Peacebuilding
21. Understanding the Russo-Ukrainian War
22. Understanding Frozen Conflicts
23. Understanding the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
24. Understanding the Conflict in Ethiopia
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Main Bibliography |
Baylis, J. (2020). The globalization of world politics: An introduction to international relations. Oxford university press, USA.
Lawson, S. (2023). International relations. John Wiley & Sons.
Brown, C., & Ainley, K. (2009). Understanding international relations. Macmillan International Higher Education.
Kauppi, M. V., & Viotti, P. R. (2023). International relations theory. Rowman & Littlefield.
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Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria |
In-Class Participation Final Quiz (100%) - LO1 and LO2
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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