Geopolitics of the European Union and the Great Powers [ LEURO1303 ]

This course, through the InBev-Baillet Latour Chair (Programme European Union-China), constitutes an introduction of the role of great powers (Primary the European Union towards Japan, China, Russia, India and the United States) in the international system. The topics addressed will be varied (security and defense policy, foreign policy, energy policies, regional politics, etc.).

After inserting the great powers in the framework of their integral strategy and taking cognizance of the debates about the nature of power of the European Union, the student will be able to understand the policies of the main systemic actors and to analyze the current international challenges.

Written or oral examination.

Every country has a tendency to consider itself as the centre of a system. And although the reality is different, it is this representation that is structuring the geopolitical behavior. This course will accordingly provide the students a vision of geopolitics that will give them the opportunity to understand the insertion of the European Union- atypical power, fluctuating between an integrated international organization and a confederation of states- in the regional and systemic balance of power, in the geo-economical and geo-strategical current issues.

Prerequisite: course LPOLS1323 "Institutions et politiques européenne". Support: texts to read.