Geopolitics 2 (intensification) (2225.YR.014065.1)

General information

Type:	OPT	Curs:	1	Period:	S semester
ECTS Credits:	3 ECTS

Teaching Staff:

Group	Teacher	Department	Language
Year 1	David Murillo Bonvehí	Ciencias Sociales	ENG

This course takes the format of a follow-up intensification course on the core course Geopolitics that MIM students take on Term 1. If in Geopolitics (term 1) we focus on how to read the world through geopolitical paradigms and the lens of role of global governance, on this occasion we turn to discuss major current debates that expose the sociopolitical ramifications of geopolitical and socio-economic change.

With this aim, now we give salience to specific issues, geographical areas and countries of geopolitical relevance: from the changing role of China on the global stage; to the war in Ukraine and the role of Europe in the world. From the geopolitical implications of rising inequality, to the decline of trust in democratic institutions and the impact of elite control over national politics.

In order to approach such events we will adopt a multidisciplinary and multi-methodological approach: leaping from history to economics and from political theory to cross-cultural studies. Similarly, we will rely on the discussion of relevant texts, lectures at the same time that we engage with personal accounts and testimonies. The expertise and personal background of a number of guest speakers, amongst them lecturers and former (or current) ESADE students, will be particularly valued in this course. Their opinions will be discussed following well established rules that seek generating the right environment for keeping honest discussions. Get ready to participate and even consider volunteer for any of these sessions.

As an intensification on Geopolitics, all MIM students who passed the first course will have priority at the time of enrollment. Other MSc students will be able to apply but will have to wait until the number of open slots are confirmed.

This course should be of value to:

? Participants who want to pursue a career in an international environment
? Participants who are good at quantitative analysis but find themselves confused or less prepared when confronted with intercultural, interpersonal issues
? Students who would like to understand geopolitical thinking and how it has helped shape the world,
? Participants who are aware of the issues that this course examines, but need to deepen or broaden their understanding of these issues

1. Recap: What was geopolitics about? Discussion: War on Ukraine

2. Russia or the geopolitics of pride. Discussion: Eurasia

3. Demography and Urbanisation trends. Discussion: India in the world

4. The geopolitics of China: An increasingly assertive player.

5. Geopolitics and the problem with inequality

6. Elite power and the geopolitics of finance. Discussion: Africa¿s present and future

7. The geopolitics of Israel and the Middle East. Discussion: Palestinian activism

8. Europe: What future for the old continent?

9. Democracy in decay: populism, socialism and authoritarianism

As an intensification on Geopolitics, all MIM students who passed the first course will have priority at the time of enrollment. Other MSc students will be able to apply but will have to wait until the number of open slots are confirmed.

Group	Teacher	Department
Year 1	David Murillo Bonvehí	Ciencias Sociales