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PSI.318 Geopolitics

Sınavımız 4 Haziran 2015 tarihinde yapılacaktır. Sınavda, 2'sini seçip yanıtlayacağınız 4 soru yer alacaktır. Çalışmanızı kolaylaştırmak için ders notlarını 'lecture notes' kısmında bulabilirsiniz.

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.

Course’s Weekly Schedule:

Weeks:

Introduction to Geopolitics
Framework to Understand Geopolitics – Geography, Geopolitics, Geostrategy
Visualisation of Global Space
Three Ages of Geopolitics and Imperial Geopolitics – 1
Imperial Geopolitics -2
Cold War Geopolitics
Midterm Exam
Emerging and Actual Geopolitical Hotspots
Future of State and State System
Global Civil Society
September 11 and Post-International World
The concept of Modern Empire and its Cultural Implications
Reordering the World System
General Evaluation

Grades: There will be one term paper during the semester and a final exam. The total grade of the papers will count for 50% and the final examination will count as 50% of the course's total grade.