NOVA Information Management School

Dinâmicas Regionais de Segurança e Defesa

Code

400035

Academic unit

NOVA Information Management School

Credits

7.5

Teacher in charge

Teaching language

Portuguese. If there are Erasmus students, classes will be taught in English

Objectives

1. Develop in-depth knowledge of the security and defense dynamics in different regions of the planet.
2. Obtain analytical and critical skills on these regional dynamics.
3. Obtain qualified tools to study security and defense in regional dynamics.

Prerequisites

Under-graduate

Subject matter





Day

Description

Speakers

1

11Set


Intelligence Analysis Metodologies


Major-General Vitor Viana (IDN); Professor António Paulo Duarte (IDN); SIRP representatives

2

18Set

Middle East

Professor Ana Santos Pinto (IDN/UNL)

3

25Set

Magrebe and Sahel

Professor Bruno Reis (IDN/ICS)

4

02Out

Russia and Central Asia  

Professor Licínia Simão (FE/UC)

5

09Out

South Asia

Professor Luís Tomé (UAL)

6

10Out

Asia-Pacific

Professor Luís Tomé (UAL)

7

23Out

Europe

Professor Paulo Sande

8

30Out

North America (USA)

Professor Bruno Cardoso Reis (IDN/ICS)
  

9

06Nov

Latin America

Professor Andrès Malamud (ICS)

10

13Nov

Artic
  

Lieutenant-Colonel João Leal (MDN)


  

11

20Nov

Southern Africa
  

Lieutenant-Colonel Luís Bernardino (Military Academy)
  

12

27Nov

Completion of group works applied to the analysis of regions in articulation with the curricular unit "Methodology of Technical Analysis and Prospective"

Professor António Paulo Duarte; SIRP representatives

13

04Dez

Completion of group works applied to the analysis of regions in articulation with the curricular unit "Methodology of Technical Analysis and Prospective"

Professor António Paulo Duarte; SIRP representatives

14

11Dez

Presentation and discussion of works developed by the groups

Major-General Vitor Viana; Professor António Paulo Duarte; SIRP representatives

15

12Dez

Presentation and discussion of works developed by the groups

Major-General Vitor Viana; Professor António Paulo Duarte; SIRP representatives


Bibliography

Buzan, Barry e Ole Wæver. Regions and Powers: The Structure of International Security. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Lake, David e Patrick M. Morgan, eds. Regional Orders: Security in the New World. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1997.
Lemke, Douglas. Regions of War and Peace. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Solingen, Etel. Regional Orders at Century’s Dawn: Global and Domestic Influences on Grand Strategy. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1998.
Solingen, Etel. Regional Orders at Century’s Dawn: Global and Domestic Influences on Grand Strategy. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1998.

Teaching method

Mastery learning, inquiry-based learning and case study-based learning

Evaluation method

 
GoalsActivitiesEvaluation
Assess the ability of analysis and oral presentation. Participation in debate and discussion directed activities and presentation of group work25%
Evaluate the ability of research and critical analysis Preparation and delivery of individual written (on paper and via email) with no less than 3500 and not more than 5500 words75%

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