Sylabus
1. Introduction
2. Distribution of power: structure and development of the political map - Mao of the world (Geopolitics of IR)
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4. Areas of analysis in PG/World Politics - definitions (political science, political geography, IR, geopolitics, geostrategy, geostrategy, foreign policy, security policy) - geopolitical concepts (territoriality, nationalism, maps, projection, space, distance, agents, systems) - power analysis (territory, location, population, government, economy, military, foreign policy)
5. Geographical Determinants of World Politics - Geographic factors and world politics
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7. Geopolitical systems - Eras of geopolitics, Modelski, LWO - Competing world orders (Cold War, US-led order, internal and external threats to LWO) - China´s model of LWO (BRI) and reaction (India, Japan, Australia, EU)
8. Geography: potential and limits of power ambitions - Russia and China (limits of power potential)
9.Dynamics of the geopolitics of World Order (in maps)
10. Power projection (theory of J. Herbst)
11. World politics and era of teichopolitics
12. Geopolitics of „chaos“: diffusion of power and disintegration of the political map - disintegration of the political map - anomalous political entities - violent non-state actors SEMINARS: WEEK
1. Introduction WEEK
2. SEMINAR: Reading the political map David Newman (1998) Geopolitics Renaissant: Territory, sovereignty and the world political map, Geopolitics, 3:1, p. 1-8, DOI:
10.1080/14650049808407604 Reading the political map – Trisiland simulation WEEK
3. SEMINAR: Measuring national power I. Treverton, G., & Jones, S. G. (2005). Measuring National Power. Chapters 1 and
2. Santa Monica, CA: RAND. Available from: https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/conf_proceedings/2005/RAND_CF215.pdf Measuring resources or capabilities, or power-in-being: Case of Winia WEEK
4. SEMINAR: Measuring national power II. (No reading) Measuring how resources are converted through national processes: Case of Winia Measuring power in outcomes: Case of Winia and Turiedia WEEK
5. SEMINAR: Geography and strategy Luttwak, E. N. (2009). The Geography of Power. In The grand strategy of the byzantine empire (pp. 145–170). London, England: Belknap Press. Winian strategy: Kakera, Tafshal and Grisonia WEEK
6. SEMINAR: Systems in practice I. European Parliament. Directorate General for Parliamentary Research Services. & Oxford Analytica. (2017). Global trends to 2035: geo politics and international power. Publications Office (pp. 69-94). https://doi.org/10.2861/800293 Turiedia and Winia – Bipolarity of the World: Spheres of Influence in the East WEEK
7. SEMINAR: Systems in practice II. Burrows, M. J. (2019). THE WORLD IN 2035: THREE NEW SCENARIOS. In Global risks 2035 update: Decline or New Renaissance? (pp. 54–75). Retrieved from https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Global-Risks-2035-Update.pdf Turiedia and Winia – Bipolarity of the World: New Powers and Instability WEEK
8. SEMINAR: Limits of Power David Scott (2008) The Great Power ‘Great Game’ between India and China: ‘The Logic of Geography’, Geopolitics, 13:1, 1-26, DOI:
10.1080/14650040701783243 Muridia and limits of power: A case study WEEK
9. SEMINAR: World Ordrs Gavin, F. J. (2020, January
20). Asking the right questions about the past and future of world order. Retrieved January 15, 2021, from Warontherocks.com website: https://warontherocks.com/2020/01/asking-the-right-questions-about-the-past-and-future-of-world-order/ Between Winia and Turiedia: Potential for World Orders WEEK
10. SEMINAR: State capacity Wibbels, E., Hollenbach, F. M., & Ward, M. D. (2013). State building and the geography of governance: Evidence from satellites WEEK
11. SEMINAR: World of Walls Elia Pusterla & Francesca Piccin (2012) The Loss of Sovereignty Control and the Illusion of Building Walls, Journal of Borderlands Studies, 27:2, 121-138, DOI:10.1080/08865655.2012.687212 Border barrier potential: Cases of Trisiland WEEK
12. SEMINAR: Engaging non-state actors Hofmann, C., & Schneckener, U. (2011). Engaging non-state armed actors in state- and peace-building: options and strategies. International Review of the Red Cross, 93(883), 603–621. Engaging Violent Non-State Actors in Kakera and Taulaipo Engaging Violent Non-State Actors in Kakera and Taulaipo