Geopolitics – a scientific discipline just over a century old, primarily considered the Spatial Dimension of Politics – is a vital tool for understanding and explaining the complex reality that surrounds us.

The Advanced Studies Course in Geopolitics, launched in a partnership between the National Defense Institute (IDN) and the Autonomous University of Lisbon (UAL), aims precisely at an in-depth understanding of the behaviors and interactions of Communities, States and Regions far beyond the “froth of the day”.

It combines, “quantum satis,” physical, human, and economic geographies with the “laws” of geopolitics—in its various perspectives—as well as history, culture, strategy, political science, and international relations, all under the serene, omnipresent, and never neutral gaze of the geographic stage where people’s lives unfold.

The course will be held in person at the IDN Lisboa and IDN Porto facilities. Those residing or working in other districts of the country or abroad can attend remotely/online via Zoom.

Bringing together a renowned group of experts, this course aims to:

– Provide information and reflection on the conceptual, theoretical and methodological framework of Geopolitics, from classical thought to new approaches, and also including cartographic representation or the construction of scenarios and prospective;

– Develop an attitude of critical reflection on central and diverse contemporary themes from the perspective of geopolitics (Demography and Migration, Environment and Climate Change, Energy Resources, New Chinese Silk Road, Nuclear Proliferation and Counter-Proliferation, the case of Syria).

– Develop an attitude of critical reflection on central and diverse contemporary themes from the perspective of geopolitics (Demography and Migration, Environment and Climate Change, Energy Resources, New Chinese Silk Road, Nuclear Proliferation and Counter-Proliferation, the case of Syria).

• Students from various cycles of Higher Education, namely in the areas of International Relations, Political Science, History, Sociology, Geography, Economics and Communication
• Members of the Armed Forces and Security Forces and Services
• Public Administration staff, namely from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Internal Administration and the Ministry of Economy
• Senior executives and technicians from Municipal Councils and Companies focused on internationalization
• Journalists.

GEOPOLITICAL THEORY

• Geopolitical Awareness
• Geopolitics, identities and nationalisms
• Space and cartographic representation
• Scenario building and foresight
• The major theoretical currents of classical geopolitics
• Nova Ordem Geopolítica Mundial
• As novas abordagens em Geopolítica. Geopolítica e Relações Internacionais.

GEOPOLÍTICA DE ÁREAS REGIONAIS

• Mediterrâneo
• América do Norte
• Europa
• Espaços Oceânicos e o caso do Atlântico Sul
• Espaço Pós-Soviético
• Ártico
• Américas Central e do Sul
• Ásia/Indo-Pacífico
• Médio Oriente e Norte de África
• Espaço Ibero-Americano
• África Subsaariana

GEOPOLÍTICA APLICADA

• Geopolítica da Alemanha. Geopolítica da Rússia.
• Geopolítica no ciberespaço. Geopolítica do espaço sideral.
• Capacidades Militares, Armas Nucleares e Controlo de Armamentos
• Demographics and Migration
• Geopolitics of Energy Resources
• Environment and Climate Change
• Geopolitical Implications of the War in Ukraine
• Geopolitics of Portugal
• Nuclear Iran. The case of North Korea.
• Geopolitics of the Oceans
• China’s Global Initiatives

Ana Santos Pinto
Ângelo Correia
Armando Marques Guedes
Brígida Brito
Carlos Gaspar
Catarina Mendes Leal
Edoardo Boria
Félix Ribeiro
Fernando Jorge Cardoso
Francisco Leandro
Hélder Jesus
José Manuel Freire Nogueira
José Pedro Teixeira Fernandes
Licínia Simão
Luis Tomé
Luís Valença Pinto
Nancy Gomes
Nuno Lemos Pires
Nuno Magalhães
Patrícia Daehnhardt
Raquel Freire
Silva Costa
Sónia Sénica
Teresa Ferreira Rodrigues
Vasco Rato