Geopolitics

Teaching results

Geopolitics studies relations between geography and policy of the state. It includes also existing relations between state territory and political, cultural, human and social organization of the country. The actors of the research are different – states, political movements, radical groups etc. These aspects will be analyzed during semester.
Knowledge: to learn the current stage of the development of geopolitics and geopolitical relations; to get acquainted with the main geopolitical actors of the current world politics, the basic regions influencing the current geopolitics and world politics as well as with selected processes in the current geopolitical situation and the ability of critical evaluation.
Competences: to understand the political specifics within the international environment and the ability to identify the key features of geopolitics and to determine the specifics of their development.
Skills: to be knowledgeable, analyze and work with relevant literature sources, the ability to deal with the key thesis of current geopolitics and international relations as well as the ability of critical evaluation.
Completing this course each student should:
- recognize, identify and understand the key concepts and terms connected with the development of geopolitical relations.
- be able to identify the main geopolitical powers, their development and their influence on the international processes in past as well as in present.
- learn political specifics of decisive world geopolitical powers and another country, which play a key role in the formation of international relations.
- read comprehensively; analyze and evaluate the relevant reference books critically;
- learn to discuss critically the current topics related to international processes.