Recent years have seen major changes in the context of international relations, which have had an impact on foreign policies and the way in which states seek to structure and harmonize them. The end of bipolar equilibrium and the new strategic design resulting from it, as well as the diverse consequences of the dynamics of globalization, have posed serious problems for international actors – states, international organizations, NGOs, and multinationals.

A Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa, que conta com uma ampla tradição no desenvolvimento de cursos intensivos na área das Relações Internacionais, oferece o Curso de Especialização em Análise de Políticas Externas.

This initiative aims to provide students with theoretical and practical knowledge and stimulate debate around International Politics.

• Training in terms of analysis of processes associated with the formulation and implementation of foreign policy (institutional structures, agenda setting, decision-making process and pursuit of objectives).
• Acquisition of essential notions in the field of foreign policy study.
• Acquisition of knowledge about the main instruments for the execution of foreign policy by States.
• Understanding, using case studies, how foreign policies are formulated: the cases of the United States, Brazil, Russia, the People’s Republic of China, the European Union and Portugal.

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

> Modules

Foreign policy as a practical and scientific object
Theoretical approaches to foreign policy analysis: levels of analysis
Structural level: the international system
Domestic level: state and society
Individual level: the role of the leader
Case studies: foreign policies of the US, Russia, China, the European Union, Brazil and Portugal
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> Guest Lecturers

Mário Godinho de Matos, Ambassador
Invited speakers.