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Strategic geography and geostrategic positioning of the country

ВБ.1.1.4.

Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП

Second

2022/2023

3 Semester

4

PLO 01. To Apply the acquired theoretical knowledge and practical skills to study natural and socio-territorial systems at different levels of spatial organization. PLO 03. Communicate freely on professional and scientific issues in a foreign language. PLO 07. Participate in the development of programs and strategies for urban and regional development, territory planning at various hierarchical levels. PLO 09. Perform professional assessment of programmes, strategies, and plans of territory development, their geoecological and socio-economic expertise and monitoring. PLO 11. Assess possible risks, socio-economic, geoecological, political and geopolitical consequences of implementing management decisions in the field of nature use, urban and regional development, recreation and tourism.

Full-time form

1. Successful mastering of courses Methodology and organization of scientific research with the basics of intellectual property and Geoconflictology 2. Knowledge of the theoretical foundations of political geography and geopolitics

Structurally, the discipline includes three components: mastering the conceptual apparatus: geostrategy, the concept of "power", modern geopolitical and geoeconomic map of the world, regions of power, "junction" and marginal regions; analysis of the geostrategic positioning of the countries: the USA, Western Europe, East Asia, the Middle East; application of knowledge and skills of geostrategic positioning in the context of globalization on the example of the country (optional) in geopolitical, geoeconomic, geoecological and geocultural aspects. Each example (state) is considered in terms of the state of national resources and their geopolitical significance, the strength and structure of the economy, the stability of society, the level of culture and science, position in regional and global communications networks and identifying vectors of international policy.

1. Agnew John . Making Political Geography. London, 2002, 208 p. 2. Hall Gardner. Geopoliicy and Geostrategy N.Y. 2018 , 208 p/ 3. Josef Nye. The Future of Power. Publ. Affairs, New York, 2004, 300 p. 4. Tailor Peter J., Colin Flint. Political Geography : World Economy, National- State and Locality, 6-th ed.,Pearson education, 2011, 340 p.

Lectures Seminars Consultations Self-preparatory assignments

Classes are held in the form of lectures, seminars. The discipline ends with a pass/fail examination. During the semester, after the completion of the relevant topics, a blitz-test with open-ended questions is conducted. To determine the level of achievement of learning outcomes under items 2 and 3, students present the author's results of an individual task to assess the geostrategic positioning of the country of choice. For students who during the semester did not reach the minimum threshold level of assessment (60% of the maximum possible number of points) for blitz-tests the test, which covers the relevant issues of blitz-surveys, is conducted. The maximum grade for the final test may not exceed 40% of the final grade (up to 40 points on a 100-point scale).

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