Geopolitics and Geostrategy

Code:

GEOGR044

Acronym:

GEOPGE

Instance: 2010/2011 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Geography
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Geography

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
GEOGR	61	Study Plan (2008/2009 - 2011/2012)	3	-	6	4	4

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Successful students should be able to:
a) Reflect upon the main concepts, theories and orientations of the geopolitical and geostrategic thought in order to use them in the interpretation of the problems of the contemporary world.
b) Understand international conflicts and strategic options.
c) Understand what characterizes a geopolitical or geostrategic perspective in the interpretation of social, economic and political events, andto be capable of using it, when necessary.
d) Reflect upon the differences and similarities between Political Geography and Geopolitics.
e) Understand geopolitical thought in Portugal and its connections with internal and external territorial politics.
f) Reflect upon the important questions of the national and international reality from the perspective of geopolitics and geostrategies.

Program

1. Political geography, Geopolitics and Geostrategies: introduction and basic concepts

2. Development of geopolitical thought
2.1. The rise of Geopolitics
2.2. The geopolitical factors
2.3. German geopolitical thought
2.4. Anglo-Saxon geopolitical thought
2.5. North American and French geopolitical thought

3. Territory and Power
3.1. The concepts
3.2. The factors of the Power

4. Contemporary Geopolitics – conjunctural analysis
4.1. Carriers of change
4.2. Factors of discordance
4.3. The rise of new powers

5. Geostrategic and geopolitical problems in Portugal.
5.1. National interests
5.2. Geopolitical thought in Portugal

Mandatory literature

DOUGHERTY, James E. et al; Relações Internacionais. As Teorias em Confronto , Gradiva, 2003
BONIFACE Pascal (Dir.); ATLAS das Relações Internacionais. Concepção e direcção de Pascal Boniface, Ed.Lisboa: Plátano Edições Técnicas , 2000
SANTOS, Loureiro dos; Incursões no Domínio da Estratégia, Gulbenkian, 1992
Tzu, Sun; A Arte da Guerra, Europa-América, s.d.
CORREIA, Pedro Pezarat; Manual de Geopolítica e Geoestratégia, Edições Quarteto, 2004
KISSINGER, Henry; Diplomacia, Gradiva, 1996
DIAS, C. M.; Geopolítica, Prefácio, 2004
SOARES, Mário; Um Mundo Inquietante, Temas e Debates, 2003
ALMEIDA, Políbio F. A. ; Do Poder do pequeno Estado; Enquadramento Geopolítico da hierarquia das potências, Instituto de Relações Internacionais, 1990
ARON, Raymond ; Paix et guerre entre les Nations, Calman-Levy, 1975

Teaching methods and learning activities

Active participation of the students in the teaching-learning process through programmed readings, summaries and discussion of texts.

Software

word

Evaluation Type

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	60,00
	Exame	4,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

1- Distributed assessment without final exam.
Attendance of at least 75% of classes. Tasks to be defined by the lecturer.

2- Final exam

Calculation formula of final grade

The final grade will be the average of marks obtained in the assessment components.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Students under a special status who are unable to attend classes will use the final exam mark for their assessment.