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| GEST3143-1 | Geopolitics and State Security
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Michel Hermans |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| English language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester |
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Course contents :
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| Introduction
- Geopolitics and national and international security: a major challenge
Chapter 1: Definition of geopolitics and security of a State
- Information
- Geopolitics
- Information and ePolicy
Chapter 2: The actors of globalization
- Multinational (independent of national political action)
- SME's (fragile by their limited means)
- States (actors increasingly challenged in the international context)
- International economic organizations
- The citizen-consumers (more and more active in their choice of consumption)
- N.G.O.
Chapter 3: Strategic Areas
- The major powers (United States, Japan, China, Russia, India, Brazil, EU) and the new global economic war
- The other emerging powers (Mexico, Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam, etc.)
- Regional economic associations and alliances (EU, NAFTA, Mercosur, etc.)
Chapter 4: Communication and Information
- Raw information (individualized or manipulated via new media means)
- New means of communication and the evolution of states, and products intelligence: the war of communication
- Protection of communication tools and data
- ePolicy face geopolitics
Chapter 5: The security policies of European states
- The products with high added value and high value of "copying"
- The strategic role of a small country like Belgium in the most populous and richest region in Europe (the "Croissant d'Or")
- Collaboration between politics and the economy for the protection of knowledge and the development of a new image of Belgium and Europe |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| This course has two goals:
1 Determine the origins and means of struggle against the theft of economic information by competitors and foreign powers.
2 For Belgium, the international dimension is crucial to economic development, more than 80% of its business. The marketing strategy of the companies turned to other countries, foreign competitors and the strategy of government and business must take into account competition and foreign designs on the potential and know-how of companies in a developed but vunerable country without this international involvement at European and global level.
This course contributes to the following Intended Learning Outcomes :
ILO-1 : To strengthen knowledge and understanding of policy context.
ILO-9 : Developing a critical sense (arguing).
ILO-10 : Developing a transversal, global vision.
ILO-11 : Creative conception of solutions.
ILO-12 : Professional capacity for oral communication. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Content of Political Science and Globalization, with lessons during 1st Bac or syllabus |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Interactive lesson and personal case study |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face to face |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Bibliography:
- ABC des Nations Unies, United Nations, French edition, 2011, 342 pages
- Battistella Dario : « Relations Internationales, bilan et perspectives », Optimum, Editions Ellipses, Paris, 2013, 572 pages
- Battistella Dario: « Un monde unidimensionel », Nouveaux Débats, Les presses de Sciences Po, Paris, 2011, 174 pages
- De Senarclens Pierre : « La mondialisation, théories, enjeux et débats », Armand Colin, 4ème édition, 2005, 275 pages
- Herzog Philippe : « Europe, réveille-toi », Collection l'Europe après l'Europe, Le Manuscrit, 2013, 206 pages
- Lefébure Antoine: "L'affaire Snowden, comment les Etats-Unis espionnent le Monde", Edition La Découverte, Paris, 2014, 275 pages
- Mattelart Armand : « Histoire de l'utopie planétaire », Editions La Découverte, Paris, 2009, 430 pages
- Petras James et Veltmayer Henry : « La face cachée de la mondialisation, l'impérialisme au XXIème siècle », Parangon édition, 2001, 285 pages
- Santander Sébastian : « L'émergence de nouvelles puissances, vers un système multipolaire », Edition Ellipses, Paris, 2009, 250 pages
- Wolton Dominique : « L'autre mondialisation », Champs Essais, Edition Flammarion, Paris, 2010, 211 pages
- Wolton Dominique : « Penser la communication », Champs-Essais, Flammarion, Paris, 2008, 401 pages |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Oral test of 30 minutes on the lessons and personal study |
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Madeleine Hubin, professor
lessons in English
mmhubin@ulg.ac.be
Office 207 (buil N1)
Phone: 04/232.72.86 |
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