Class Relações Internacionais, Geopolítica e Geoestratégia

It presents the general framework and scope of intervention of international relations, geopolitics and geoeconomics, highlighting their complexity and interactions, as well as the dynamics and global actors from the point of view of expressing their interests and the way they shape the order and international relations, giving special emphasis to the field of aeronautics, transport, defense and space.

• International economic relations, geopolitics and geostrategy
  • Concepts, basic fundamentals
  • Theoretical approaches to geopolitics, and geostrategy and their relations with geography and international economic relations
• Globalization and economic interdependence
  • ¿Global actors and dynamics
  • The new phase of globalization
• Trade and geopolitics
  • The centrality of the Indo-Pacific in the world economy
  • International markets, routes and transport
• Economic power, regional economic strategies and geopolitics
  • The role of great powers in the global economy
  • Relevant economic blocks in globalization
  • Rivalries, cooperation and conflicts
• Economic conflicts and trade wars
  • The axis of rivalry between the US and China
  • Economic and strategic security as a limit to global value chains
• Geostrategy and geopolitics of the digital and ecological transition
  • Aeronautics, space and defense
  • Cyber security
  • Digital and the environment

The UC uses active student-centered teaching-learning methods, through a balanced combination of exposing the syllabus with the discussion of relevant topics and cases, encouraging critical reflection and promoting group dynamics, as well as self-learning through consultation from sources and websites, under the guidance of the teacher.

• Marshall, Tim (2023), O Futuro da Geografia, edições Saída de Emergência, Lisboa, ISBN: 978-989-9138-53-7
• Monjardino, Miguel (2022), Por onde irá a história? O desequilibrio do sistema internacional e o futuro da geopolítica, Clube do autor, S.A., Lisboa, ISBN: 978-989-724-633-3
• Foresight  Portugal 2030, (2021), Enquadramento Mundial e Europeu (Volume 2), Coordenador, José Félix Ribeiro, Fundação Gulbenkian, Lisboa, ISBN: 978-989-8807-49-6
• Kaplan, Robert-D. (2022), A Vingança da Geografia - o que os mapas nos dizem sobre os conflitos futuros e a importância da geografia na história, Clube do autor, Lisboa, ISBN: 978-989-724-659-3