PSI.318 is a sixth semester elective course for students of Political Science and International Relations.This elective course aims at providing the students with a greater understanding of the International Politics subdivision “geopolitics”, how it works, how it can be used to assess the capabilities of a state, a region, or a union of states in terms of their domestic and foreign policy orientations.

 

The course mainly focuses on the historical development of the concept of "geopolitics". In parallel to the historical development of geopolitics, different aspects of the geopolitical approach will be analysed considering geographical, cultural, and temporal differences. The students are expected to finish this class with a greater knowledge on how to assess geopolitical issues, improve their understanding of foreign policy and international system analyses, and with a better level of  the international politics.