Agricultural Geopolitics and International Affairs
main objectives
- To analyze the economic, geopolitical and sociologic environment
- To understand the geopolitical aspect of international trade relations
- To detect, understand and analyze the challenges of agricultural globalization: The winners and losers of globalization (farming communities around the world).
- To analyze the role of international institutions (Rules of international trade and agricultural development policies)
general content
Lecture courses
Introduction to globalization (international economic and geopolitical balances, geopolitical confrontations, social and cultural consequences)
Agricultural Issues in power relations between countries with focus on South America, China, Gulf states)
Comparing agricultural policies
Agricultural negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO) and regional agreements
Social responsibility of multinational corporations (Corporate Social Responsibility) and sustainable development
Global agricultural trade
Geopolitics and digital challenges
Introduction in geo-economics
Methodological contents
Accompaniment in information research and oral presentation group
pedagogy
9 lecture courses
2 methodological sessions
Work in group of 5 or 6
Participatory teaching method with discussions
Individual reading
Workshops: Nantes Geopolitics (IRIS)
evaluation
Group Oral presentations
Group Written report
Written individual exam (three hours) from a bibliography prepared by the students