Processos de Decisão Estratégica (not translated)
Code
722071107
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Formação ao Longo da Vida
Credits
10
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
1. Acquire knowledge about the main security studies schools of thought, receiving in this learning process, a framework of analysis that can provide a better understanding over the growing complexity of the strategic and security issues.
2. Understand the conceptual pillars of the States total strategy and its power relations and influence in the international system.
3. Understand the fundamentals that preside to the strategic action and the existing strategic planning models; grasping the technical skills necessary to the enforcement of these strategic models in support to decision making processes.
4. Understand the methodology that encompasses the production of strategic information and its applicability on decision making processes.
5. Acquire knowledge concerning the factors that mold the strategic potential of the States and the existing strategic potential conceptual models.
6. Capacity to analyze the main drivers of change and the evolution tendencies pertaining the post-Cold War strategic environment; understand the contemporary strategic challenges connected with the asymmetrical conflicts and the new typology of the crises, the responsibility to protect, humanitarian intervention, weapons of mass destruction proliferation, transnational terrorism and organized criminality, insurgency and counter-insurgency, climate changes, energy security, etc.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
Module 1: Analysis of the international political system
1. The State, international society and system actors:
2. Analysis levels of the international system;
3. Security conceptualization and schools of thought;
4. Power in international system: Interests and goals;
5. Coercive action and its instruments.
Module 2: The pillars of strategy
1. Conceptualization and framing;
2. Conceptual divison;
3. Strategic direction;
4. Strategic potential: models of analysis of the strategic potential;
5. The basic decision making paradigms. Models of decision making and case studies.
Module 3: Strategic action and planning
1. Strategic action;
2. Strategic courses of action;
3. Strategic planning and its methodology: Planning models;
4. The study of the strategic situation.
Module 4: Contemporary Strategic Challenges
1.The globalization of the strategic scenario: threats and risks;
2.The new typology of conflicts: the asymmetrical conflicts;
3.Crises management;
4.The nuclear factor and deterrence;
5.Insurgency and counter-insurgency;
6.Proliferation and arms control. Non proliferation regimes;
7.The strategy of the small powers.
Bibliography
COUTO, Abel, Elementos de Estratégia, (vols. I e II). Lisboa: IAEM, 1988 e 1989.
BAYLIS, John & SMITH, Steve, The Globalization of World Politics : An Introduction to International Relations, New York : Oxford University Press, 5th edition, 2011.
PHILIPPE DAVID, Charles, A Guerra e a Paz : Abordagens Contemporâneas da Segurança e da Estratégia, Lisboa : Instituto PIAGET, 2000.
SANTOS, Loureiro dos, Incursões no Domínio da Estratégia. Lisboa : Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 1983.
WILLIAMS, Paul D., Security Studies : An Introduction. London and New York : Routledge, 2008.
Teaching method
Presentation of the different subjects by the teacher and other invited specialists; directed debate.
Evaluation method
Participation and oral presentation in class will evaluate the capability to think, debate and explain and will have a 25% coefficient value on the final classification. The final written paper (with no less than 3500 and no more than 5500 words) will evaluate the research and critical analysis capability of the students and will have a 75% coefficient value on the final classification.