Analyze great power competition, energy politics, intelligence operations, and diplomatic strategy through the lens of realism, liberalism, and constructivism. 7 modules with real-world case studies and structured analytical frameworks.
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Understand the foundations of geopolitical analysis -- how geography, power, and interests shape international relations. Meet the major analytical frameworks and learn to read the world like a strategist. Resources: The Revenge of Geography by Robert Kaplan, Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall, CFR World 101.
Analyze the strategic positions, vulnerabilities, and grand strategies of the four major powers: the United States, China, the European Union, and Russia. Resources: RAND Corporation reports, CFR backgrounders, Foreign Affairs, The Economist.
Analyze how oil, natural gas, critical minerals, water, and food shape international conflict and cooperation. Understand the geopolitics of the energy transition. Resources: Daniel Yergin's The Prize and The New Map, IEA World Energy Outlook, Brookings Energy Security.
Examine the major international institutions -- their design, power dynamics, effectiveness, and limitations. Understand why the rules-based order is under strain. Resources: CFR Backgrounders, Brookings Institution, UN Charter, NATO Strategic Concept.
Explore how intelligence agencies operate, the mechanics of information warfare, cyber operations, and the challenge of analysis in an age of disinformation. Resources: RAND Corporation, Bellingcat, CIA Studies in Intelligence, The Economist.
Examine the art and science of international negotiation, treaty-making, coercive diplomacy, and the tools states use to resolve (or manage) conflicts short of war. Resources: Getting to Yes by Fisher and Ury, Kissinger's Diplomacy, CFR Diplomacy Resources.
Synthesize everything you have learned into a structured geopolitical assessment. Apply frameworks, evaluate evidence, calibrate confidence, and produce actionable strategic analysis.