Class International Relations and Geopolitics

Abbreviation of the scientific area: IR Duration: Semester Working Hours: 150 Contact Hours: 45 ECTS: 6 Remarks: Compulsory UC Responsible teacher and respective teaching load in the curricular unit (fill in the full name): Paulo Afonso Brardo Duarte/ TP-45 Other lecturers and respective teaching load in the curricular unit: N/A  

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Syllabus: 1. The International Relations (IR) as a discipline: genesis and evolution. 2; 2. The first big theoretical debates in IR; 3. Geopolitics: classical theories versus new theories  4. Power: from soft power to hard power 5. Security: a changing concept; 6. The actors of IR 7. IR in the light of complexity and challenges of the international agenda 8. IR, Geopolitics and Globalization  

Written work in the format of a scientific article accompanied by an oral presentation by the student followed by a debate between the lecturer and the rest of the students. The aim is to simulate the environment of a dissertation defence, with the student justifying his/her options, time frame, methodology and the added value of the work in relation to the existing literature.

Baylis, J., S. Smith and P. Owens (2011). The globalization of world politics: an introduction to international relations. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Cohen, S. (2014). Geopolitics : The Geography of International Relations. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Devetak  Richard, George, Jim , Percy Sarah (Eds) (2018). An Introduction to International Relations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 3rd Edition. Silva, S. (2012). Introdução às Relações Internacionais. Lisboa: Escolar Editora. Venier, P. (2011). “Main Theoretical Currents in Geopolitical Thought in the Twentieth Century”. L’Espace Politique, 12 | 2010-3, DOI : https://doi.org/10.4000/espacepolitique.1714