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| ERAS0002-1 | Strategic Stakes in Globalization
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Holder(s) : | Madeleine‑Marie Hubin |
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| Language : | English language |
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| Course contents : | The political analysis of international relations consists of four elements:
- Analysis of the various States, the main actors.
- Analysis of the main economic and political relations between States .
- Classification of the great geopolitical and geostrategic zones.
- Analysis of international organisations, MNCs and NGOs.
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| Course objective : | In order to understand economic developments it is necessary to master relations between the States (main actors of international relations), multinational corporations and international organisations. |
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| Organization : | Plan:
Analysis of international relations and globalisation.
Part 1: Factors of International Relations. (geography,history,demography,economy, science, ideology, power)
Part 2: Actors of International Relations.
(individuals, public opinion, states, IO, NGOs, MNCs)
Part 3: Relations between independent States: political systems and means.
(Polar systems; War: defence economics and domination - East-West tension; Peace: free trade and economic domination - North-South tension; New International Order).
Part 4: Case study and exam.
(In-class case study (teams of students study an actor/ factor of a specific current international issue, or a specific actor of globalisation).
Oral exam: 2 questions on the course + personal analysis of a current international issue (using the tools given in class).
For the students' information: Diplomatic history - milestones of contemporary international relations.
Outline of international relations from the Middle Ages until 1945.
The great periods of contemporary international relations:
From 1945 to 1973: East-West confrontation.
Transition period from 1973 to 1986: economic crisis and development of the multipolarisation of international relations: North-South opposition, West-West commercial and technological conflicts and stagnation of the détente.
The end of the East-West oppositions from 1986 to 1991: Gorbachev in power in the Soviet Union in 1986 - End of Communism.
Redefinition of international relations: towards a New International Order or the difficulty of finding a new world balance since 1991: globalisation and globalism.
The end of the 20th century and the new stakes: globalisation, the USA after 09/11, terrorism, China, the European Union and the Middle East. |
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| Remarks : | Methodology:
- Description of the problem.
- Explanation of the causes.
- Perspectives
Tools:
- Many indicators in the form of tables, evolution over time and space.
- Graphs illustrating the problematic.
- Geostrategic maps.
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