LECTURES:

1. Introduction

2. Distribution of power: structure and development of the political map

- Mao of the world (Geopolitics of IR)

3. – 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

6. – 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:

1. Introduction

2. Distribution of power: structure and development of the political map

- Mao of the world (Geopolitics of IR)

3. – 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

6. – 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