INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS and POLITICAL SCIENCE Bachelor Program Second Semester Offer

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE Bachelor program Second semester offer

I. Choice of courses International exchange student must choose courses from this catalogue. There are courses part of,the 3rd year of the Bachelor in International Relations and Political Science. It is not possible to take courses from other HEIP programs. Students can pick as many courses they wish to attend, but no more than 30 ECTS per semester. 30 ECTS is the normal workload per semester at HEIP. 1 ECTS is 25 to 30 hours of workload including attendance to lectures, tutorial courses, group work, personal student work (homework), exams. Depending on availability, the courses chosen at the application may be different upon arrival. We will let the student and the home university coordinator as soon as possible in case of change. Upon your arrival at HEIP, you will have two weeks to finalise your learning agreement, add and drop classes, get the approval of HEIP and your Home Institution.

Taught Course name Taught in. ECTS hours The art of diplomacy: an introduction to negotiations English 24 hours 5 European Union public diplomacy English 24 hours 5 Art and politics English 22 hours 5 Thinking the seas English 22 hours 5 Heritage preservation policies in France English 18 hours 5 Geopolitics of Africa English 22 hours 5 International Business II - International Risk Management English 36 hours 5 Geopolitics of America English 24 hours 5 International Affairs & Modern Diplomacy English 24 hours 5 Mafia and international crime English 36 hours 5 Foreign Language 36 hours 3

II. Foreign Language courses All foreign languages courses are taught every Friday in the morning for all students (Bachelor and Master). Depending on your level, you will be enrolled in a group of study (beginner, intermediate, upper). The foreign languages available at HEIP are: - French as a Foreign Language - German - Italian - Spanish - Russian - Arabic You can choose 1 language class only, not more.

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Course name International Business II - International Risk Management

Instructor Philippe Tauzin

Hours and credits 36 hours – 5 ECTS

Teaching mode Language of instruction : English

Examination and assessment Final exam 100% Case Study (3 hours)

Information on the course Description International economic and financial relations are primarily driven by private actors. Alongside globalization, production constraints and international value chains have become more and more complex, including foreign trade, investments and co-operations. Risk Management has become a key process to assess, allocate and manage international risks in a context of increasing uncertainty : it has to take into consideration a large number of factors, for the account or under the control of various actors: companies, customers, governments, shareholders and stakeholders (NGOs). The first aim of this course is to provide a general understanding of risks, from both an economic and financial perspective, according to the levels of risks attached to corporate strategies and targeted countries. The second aim is to provide a comprehensive understanding of connections between such risks and a general methodology to assess and mitigate them. A focus is made on country risk (political risks). Outline 1. Risk structure and value creation 2. Economic risks and financial risks 3. Risk mapping 4. International risks 5. Country risk : i. General presentation ii. The international scene 6. Risk grading principles and limits : the case of Credit Rating Agencies 7. Risk Management and corporate communication 8. Crisis management Bibliography Le management des risques internationaux. Clark E., Marois B., Cernès J. Economica, 2002 The Economist : Special Country Reports and other articles Articles and documents from specialized institutions : Governmental, non-governmental and international Organizations, Rating Agencies, Consultancy firms, Banks and Insurance.

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Course name Thinking the seas

Instructor Xavier CARPENTIER-TANGUY

Hours and credits 22 hours – 5 ECTS

Teaching mode Language of teaching : English In classroom

Examination and assessment Participation during class 20% Presentation 30% Final exam (essay) 50%

Information on the course Description Our oceans are the earth’s largest habitats. For some civilisations, controlling the seas was a way to control the world and control of the maritime domain (Borders, ports and offshores installations) still remains a sovereign power for nations. Furthermore, playing a key role in the climate system, Oceans contain valuable resources such as oil, natural gas and minerals and they are also homing futures promises strategic elements such as platinum group metals, steel stabilisers, high-tech metals and rare earth elements. Many countries are, therefore, very interested in exploiting the mineral resources of the ocean floor with a view to securing supplies of raw materials. The industrialization of the deep sea is expanding worldwide since green energies produced trough wind, waves, deep currents or variations of the salinization are mobilizing more and more interests. 99% of international data is transmitted by wires at the bottom of the ocean called submarine communications cables. The high seas are then also deep seas. Nuclear-range submarines cruising 6 months long, quasi invisible, demonstrate that deep seas are challenging strategy. These seminars will help to identify the most important trends, challenges and opportunities for practitioners, decisions-makers, from the world’s seas and oceans. It will begin by focusing on the following areas: - resources and economic potential of the sea - imaginaries bounded to the seas - environmental issues governance of the sea Outline Session 1: Introduction (I). Challenging the seas, challenged by the Seas,The common idea of Flood. Odysseus. “Vikings, Venice and Genove’s cities, Hanseatic league. Boats and Ports, Securising the seas, securising the group (the State)”. Session 2: Introduction (II). From coast to coast. Technical History of globalization, “From the keel and the compass to the contener” Session 3: Territories, Soils (I) . Seas shaping the economy.”Salt, the, banks, the East India Company, the developpment of commercial roads” Session 4: Territories, Soils (II). Case study: “Natura 2000” vs Blue Ocean Session 5: Territories, Soils (III). “Polders, canals (between the Seas), offshore installations”

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Session 6: High Seas (I). Laws and regulations on the regime of the high seas. South China Sea Row and La Hague Tribunal’s ruling (exclusive economic zones…). The 9 dash Line and new territorial Disputes. Session 7: High Seas (II). See the opportunity, from the ocean to the Soil. “Farming, Mining, pharmaceutic researches”. Session 8: High seas (III) and wars. Session 9: Case studies: Russian Northwest Passage Session 10: Deep Seas, internet cable.The movement of information is the lifeblood of the global economic system: it needs to be more secure from accident and attack. Session 11: Deep Seas. The next frontier? Session 12: Conclusive session Mandatory readings All seminars are expected to be prepared by obligatory readings in order to facilitate debats. Some group works will also be prepared for simulation cases. Sea Power: The History and Geopolitics of the World's Ocean, Jim Stavridis, Penguin, 2017 Venise et la mer : XIIe-XVIIIe siècle, Jean-Claude Hocquet, Fayard 2006 La mediterranée, Fernand Braudel, Flammarion – 2009 (1949) The Geopolitics of Deep Oceans, John Hannigan, Cambridge 2015 La mer et la France, quand les Bourbons voulaient dominer le monde, Olivier Chaline, Flammarion, 2015 Géopolitique des mers et des océans, Pierre Royer, PUF, 2012

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Course name European Union public diplomacy

Instructor Xavier CARPENTIER-TANGUY

Hours and credits 24 hours – 5 ECTS

Teaching mode Language of teaching : English

Examination and assessment Continuing assessment % Team work % Dissertation or paper % Final exam %

Information on the course Outline Session 1 : Introducing to the Public diplomacy : Informal Diplomacy, intellectual and ideational Diplomacy, Noon Politick… the circulation of values, the implementation of visions Session 2 : Shaping EU Influence. A discussion introducing to the EU Public Diplomacy (historical background, tools, challenges…) and of the extend to which political institutions (and civil society?), many economic and social forces may shape influence Session 3 : Skills and Scales; An exploration of the various factors that could contributed to the EU Public Diplomacy in order to impact decision Making. Several Case studies will be presented. Session 4 : Spaces and Clouds. A discussion of how the Diplomacy is going digital, between hardware, norms, patterns and cyber space Session 5 : From the roots to the top. A discussion of the EU Presidency of the Council of the EU and how it is related to the Nation Branding (with the intervention of Tania Berchem, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luxembourg, to be confirmed) Session 6 : Exchanges and Areas (1) : Europe trough the Eyes of … Iran ; Iran trough the Eyes of Europe with Delphine O Session 7 : Exchanges and Areas (2) : Europe trough the Eyes of…. Brazil, Brazil trough the Eyes of Europe with Any Freitas, Visiting Research Fellow au Brazil Institute (King's college, London) Session 8 : Presentations and evaluations (1) Session 9 : Presentations and evaluations (2) Session 10 : Presenting ESPAS (European Strategy and Policy Analysis System), with Frank Debie, EP 2025 Team Leader, Cabinet of the Secretary-General, European Parliament Session 11 : Strategies at large (Presenting the EUISS (With Antonio Missiroli , director of the EUISS Session 12 : Conclusion. EU Going Global, vehicles for visions? A discussion of the Design for influencing and facilitating the circulations of ideas (as values and norms)

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Course name The art of diplomacy: an introduction to negociations

Instructor Xavier CARPENTIER-TANGUY

Hours and credits 24 hours – 5 ECTS

Teaching mode Language of teaching : English Lectures and seminars

Examination and assessment Seminars should be valided through : one Paper” around pages (Times 12) with bibliography and maps (35%) - oral presentation (35%) Research paper 35% Team work 30% Oral presentation 35%

Information on the course Objectives By the end of this course participants should know: What is negotiation and how can praticioners influence it - what is negotiation into IR? - What are variables? - influencing methods - what is power - How to achieve better results by focusing on interests rather than positions - Why it is imperative to be a skilled negotiator if you want to be successful - In what ways and situations you can apply negotiation skills to further your goal - How to lead a negotiation by using smooth communication skills and smart questions - What elements to prepare for an upcoming conversation Description Negotiation is generally defined as a process of communication by which two parties (at least), each with its own viewpoint and objectives, attempt to reach a mutually satisfactory result on a matter of common concern. This course develops comprehensive toolbox for analyzing and shaping negotiations within the IR framework. This should allow participants to make principled arguments that persuade others and able to predict, interpret, and shape the behavior of competitors regarding some situations. Moreover, it is designed to see beneath the surface of apparent conflicts to uncover the underlying interests. “Give to get” : To obtain agreement, one must generally sacrifice or yield something in order to get something in return. While negotiation is often a process of mutual sacrifice, it should also be a process of finding ways whereby both parties will have their interests optimized under the circumstances. This is why History, social perception, culture have to be considered as important assets and outcomes.

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Negotiation Outcomes. In general, there are three possible outcomes to every negotiation. These outcomes Outline Session 1 : Introduction to Power, winners and negociations Session 2 : History of diplomacy Session 3 : States and Systems Session 4 : Crises Session 5 : Shifts Session 6 : Networks, actorness, scales Session 7 : Values and Norms Session 8 : Public Diplomacy and Public Advocacy (1) Session 9 : Public Diplomacy and Public Advocacy (2) Session 10 : ‘The great Game” - simulations Session 11 : “The Great Game” - simulations Session 12 : Integrative Diplomacy

Mandatory readings (10 maximum) COHEN Samy, « Les États et les "nouveaux acteurs" », Politique internationale, n°107, printemps 2005. DE WILDE d'ESTMAEL Tanguy, LIEGEOIS Michel, DELCORDE Raoul, La diplomatie au coeur des turbulences internationales LEQUESNE Christian, Ethnographie du Quai D’Orsay, Les pratiques des diplomates français, CNRS éditions, 2017 POIDEVIN Estelle, L’Union européenne et la politique étrangère. Le Haut représentant pour la politique étrangère et de sécurité commune : moteur réel ou leadership par procuration (1999- 2009) ? Paris, L'Harmattan DODDS Klauss, (Ed.), Geopolitics, London : SAGE, 2009 De RUYT Jean, Le leadership dans l’Union européenne, Louvain-la-Neuve : Presses universitaires de Louvain, 2015. BADIE Bertrand, La diplomatie de connivence, La Découverte, 2011 BADIE Bertrand, Le Temps des Humiliés. Pathologie des relations internationales, Odile Jacob, 2014 ROOSENS, C. & ROSOUX, V. (Dir.), La politique étrangère : Le modèle classique à l'épreuve, Bruxelles, PIE-Peter Lang, 2004 VAISSE Maurice, La puissance ou l’influence, La France dans le monde depuis 1958, Fayard 2009

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Course name Art and politics

Instructor Matthieu Creson

Hours and credits 22 hours – 5 ECTS

Teaching mode Language of instruction : English

Examination and assessment Presentation 40% Final exam 60% Each student will be requested to deliver a presentation in connection with one of the following topics. Presentations will last for 15 minutes. Students will have to turn in the content of the presentation as a written piece of work one week after the presentation.

Information on the course Objectives The purpose of this course is to allow students to acquire a wide-ranging perspective on the ways in which visual arts and architecture have often developed throughout their history in close connection with political concerns or ideologies. Students will be required to take an active part in the course, by reading some of the material indicated in the bibliography and by exchanging views and ideas during classes. Outline Session 1: « Civic religion » in Italy in the 14th century: the appropriation of religious codes and figures for political reasons Session 2: Renaissance Florence: between the establishment of civic identity and the domination of the Medici Session 3: Art and architecture in France under Francis I: the modalities of a competition with the Holy Roman Empire Session 4: France under Louis XIV: the control of the arts for political and ideological purposes Session 5: The Royal Academy in London between 1768 and 1820: the birth of an official art as a political discourse Session 6: French art under the French Revolution: the emergence of a secular aesthetics of Reason Session 7: The work of Gustave Courbet: an illustration of Proudhon’s ideas on politics? Session 8: The Impressionism of Camille Pissaro: an anarchist manifesto? Session 9: André Breton and the criticism of "socialist realism" Session 10: Art in South America between 1900 and 1960: the construction of an aesthetic identity in connection with political concerns Session 11: Frank Lloyd Wright: a Randian hero?

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Course name Heritage preservation policies in France

Instructor Matthieu Creson

Hours and credits 18 hours – 5 ECTS

Teaching mode Language of instruction : English

Information on the course Objectives The purpose of this course is to allow students to acquire a wide-ranging perspective on the history of heritage preservation policies, notably in France. Students will be required to take an active part in the course, by reading some of the material indicated in the bibliography and by exchanging views and ideas during classes. Outline Session 1: What is heritage? How the concern over its preservation dates back to classical antiquity Session 2: The birth of the concept of vandalism in the aftermath of the French Revolution Session 3: The great promoters of heritage preservation in France in the 19th century: Mérimée, Viollet-le-Duc, Victor Hugo… Session 4: The French legislation designed to protect remarkable heritage: from the 1905 law to the code of heritage Session 5: A revival of vandalism since the mid-20th century? Session 6: Adaptive re-use”: a suitable solution for heritage preservation or a new form of vandalism? Session 7: Private sponsorship and heritage preservation policies in the late 20th-early 21st centuries Session 8: Case study 1: the restoration of Marie-Antoinette’s hamlet at Versailles and how curators sought to solve the problems raised by this project Session 9: Case study 2: the renovation of the Hôtel de la Marine at Paris

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Course name Geopolitics of Africa

Instructor Syrine Ismaili-Bastien

Hours and credits 22 hours – 5 ECTS

Teaching mode Language of instruction : English

Examination and assessment Continuing assessment 50% Final exam 50%

Information on the course Description The specificities of Africa, whether it is delays or economic catch-up, alone justify the specific study of this continent. Africa is a naturally rich territory, in a strategic location, populated by dynamic young people, that offers many new opportunies but that faces enormous challenges. What geopolitics does Africa defend in order to ensure its development and confront its weaknesses? And in this context, can we talk about Africa or several « Africas », different in their visions, different in their strategies and priorities? Outline Introduction: (2h) - History of Africa : some elements - Stratégic geographical location - African cultural specificities Part 1: Useful insights : (5h) - Marginalized countries and emerging countries: contrasted « Africas » - Geopolitics of languages - Regional institutions and organisations - Rivalry between powers; - Resources rivalry Part 2: Challenges: (5h) - The demographic challenge - Peace and security issues - Sustainable development issues - Food issues Part 3 : Levers for action, drivers for growth : (5h) - The economic growth - Chinese presence - Bilateral and multilateral cooperation - Rapid adoption of new digital technologies - The French action in Africa - The action of the young population Conclusion : (1h) Perspectives Course requirement : final exam

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Course name Geopolitics of the Americas

Instructor Pamela Torres

Hours and credits 24 hours – 5 ECTS

Teaching mode Language of instruction : English

Examination and assessment Class participation 30% Oral presentation 30% Mid-term exam 20% Final exam 40%

Information on the course Objectives  Acquire a strong knowledge of the geopolitical and geo-economics dynamics of the Americas.  Develop a better understanding of the main political, social, economic and cultural trends that drive the region to interact with other regions of the world. Description This course attempts to provide students with a general overview of the geopolitics of the Americas through the development of critical insights about the different processes and dynamics that drive the region. The course will emphasize on the study of regional economic and geopolitical integration agreements as well as on key processes of the region’s inter-relations with the rest of the world. Outline Session 1: Introduction to the Americas: historical evolution, and geopolitics of the two Americas: North America and Latin America Session 2: US security policy towards Latin America Session 3: The rise of China in the Western Hemisphere Session 4: Russia’s strategic interests in Latin America Session 5: Brazil as a regional power Session 6: EU’s policy towards Latin America Session 7: Trade, Investment & Migrations in North America: The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) revisited Session 8: Mercosur and EU’s negotiations towards a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Session 9: The enlargement of the Pacific Alliance Session 10: New patterns of the South-South Cooperation

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Session 11: Latin America in the 21st Century Session 12: Wrap-up / Final exam Bibliographical references: Alasdair R. Young & John Peterson (2006): The EU and the new trade politics, Journal of European Public Policy, 13:6, 795-814 Barton, J. R. (1997). A Political Geography of Latin America. Routledge. Bremmer, I. (2015). Superpower: Three Choices for America's Role in the World. Penguin. Bellamy Foster, J. (2006). The New Geopolitics of Empire. Monthly review, 57(8). Bernard, C. S. (2009). Geopolitics: The geography of international relations (Second ed.). Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield. Cason, Jeffrey/Power, Timothy J. (2006): Presidentialization, Pluralization, and the Rollback of Itamaraty: Explaining Change in Brazilian Foreign Policy Making from Cardoso to Lula, Paper prepared for the conference on “Regional Powers in Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Near and Middle East”, Hamburg, 11-12 December. Cohen, S. B. (2009). Geopolitics. The Geography of International Relations. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Inc. Child, J. (1979). Geopolitical thinking in Latin America. Latin American Research Review, 14(2), 89-111. Domínguez J. I. (1945-.), & Ana, C. V. (2015). Routledge handbook of Latin America in the world. New York: Routledge. Domínguez, J. I. (2006): Chinas’s Relations With Latin America: Shared Gains, Asym-metric Hopes, Working Paper, Washington D. C.: Inter-American Dialogue. ECLAC, (2015), The European Union and Latin America and the Caribbean in the new economic and social context, Santiago, Chile. Friedman M. P and Tom Long, (2015). “Soft Balancing in the Americas: Latin American Opposition to U.S. Intervention, 1898–1936,” International Security, Vol. 40, No. 1, pp. 120–156. Horwitz, B. y Bagley, B. M. (2016) Latin America and the Caribbean in the Global Context. Routledge. Hufbauer, G. C. y Schott, J. J.(2005) NAFTA Revisited: Achievements and Challenges. Institute for International Economics. Jaskoki, M., Sotomayor, A. C. y Trinkunas, H. A. (2015). American Crossings: Border Politics in the Western Hemisphere. Johns Hopkins University Press. Jiang, W. (2006). China’s Energy Engagement with Latin America, in: China Brief (Jamestown Foundation), Vol. VI, No. 16, August 2, pp. 3-6. Kerry, J. (2013). "Remarks on U.S. Policy in the Western Hemisphere". US Department of State. Kugler, Jacek (2006). The Asian Ascent: Opportunity for Peace or Precondition for War?, in: International Studies Perspectives, No. 7, pp. 36-42. Kent, R. (2016). Latin America Regions and Peoples, 2ª ed. . Gilford.

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Mares, D. R. y Kacowicz, A.M. (eds.) (2016). Routledge Handbook of Latin American Security. Routledge. Malamud A. (2005). Mercosur Turns 15: Between Rising Rhetoric and Declining Achievement, in: Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Vol. 18, No. 3, October, pp. 421-436. Meunier. S. & Nicolaïdis K. (2006) The European Union as a conflicted trade power, Journal of European Public Policy, 13:6, 906-925 Roy, J. (ed.) (2015). A New Atlantic Community: The European Union, the US and Latin America. Miami- Florida European Union Center, Jean Monnet Chair. Sánchez, A. (2007a): Russia Returns to Latin America, Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA) Report, February 14th, Washington D. C. Smith, P. y Sells, C. (2016). Democracy in Latin America, 3ª ed. . Oxford University Press. Tokatlian, JG. (2008). “A View from the South,” in China’s Expansion into the Western Hemisphere: Implications for Latin America and the United States, ed. By Riordan Roett and Guadalupe Paz, Brookings Institution Press, pp. 59–89. Whitehead, L. (2005): Latin America as a “Mausoleum of Modernities”, in: White-head, Laurence: Latin America. A New Interpretation, New York: London: Palgrave, pp. 23-68.

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Course name International Affairs & Modern Diplomacy

Instructor Martine Attali

Hours and credits 24 hours – 5 ECTS

Teaching mode Language of instruction : English

Examination and assessment Continuing assessment 10% Team work 20% Dissertation or paper 20% Final exam 50%

Information on the course Description Thema of the semester : Politics, Ethnicity, Nationalism This class will explore the relationship between ethnicity, politics and nationalism from both historical and anthropological perspectives. We will deal with both a general history and genealogy of the two main terms, “ethnicity” and “nationalism,” while also addressing the way nationalism and ethnic identity construct and reproduce each other. Our readings will be both theoretical and ethnographic, giving us a chance to look at contemporary and historical examples of the politics of ethnicity. Outline Week 1: Eriksen: What is Ethnicity? (Chapter 1 in Ethnicity and Nationalism, pp.1-17) Week 2: Theories of Ethnicity. Eriksen: Ethnic Classification: Us and Them (Chapter 2). Eriksen: The Social Organization of Cultural Distinctiveness (Chapter 3). Week 3: Ethnicity in History and the Modern World Eriksen: Ethnicity in History (Chapter 5). Eriksen: Ethnic Identity and Ideology (Chapter 4) Week 4: Ethnicity & Display. Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Barbara: Destination Culture: pp.17-78. Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Barbara: Destination Culture: pp.79-128. Week 5: Nationalism Eriksen: Nationalism (Chapter 6). Spencer & Wollman: Introduction Week 6: Theories of Nationalism Smith, Anthony: “Ethno-Symbolism and the Study of Nationalism” pp 23-31 in Spencer & Wollman Hastings, Adrian: “The Construction of Nationhood” pp. 32-39

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Gellner, Ernest: “Nationalism & Modernity” pp.40-47. Anderson, Benedict: “Imagined Communities” pp. 48-60. Breuilly, John: “Nationalism & the State” pp. 61-73 Week 7: Differentiating Nationalism Eriksen: Minorities and the State. Chapter 7 Gilroy, Paul: “Between Camps” pp. 149-162. Balibar, Etienne: “Racism and Nationalism” pp. 163-172. Spencer and Wollman: “Good and bad Nationalisms” pp. 197-217. Week 8: Colonialism, Postcolonialism and the Nation Moore, Margaret: “On National Self-Determination” pp 221-236. Chatterjee, Partha: “Whose Imagined Community?” pp. 237-247 Thomas, Dominic: “Constructing National and Cultural Identities in Sub-Saharan Francophone Africa” pp. 248-257. Beissinger, Mark: “How Nationalisms Spread – Eastern Europe Adrift the tides and Cycles of Nationalist Contention” pp. 258-274. Week 9: Constructing the Nation (Culturally Speaking) Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Barbara: “A Second life as Heritage” pp. 131-176. Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Barbara: “A Second life as Heritage” pp. 176-200. Week 10: Beyond Ethnicity and Nationalism? Eriksen: “That which is Not Ethnic” Chapter 8. Mann, Michael: “Has Globalisation Ended the Rise and Rise of the Nation-State?” pp. 279-300. Castles, Stephen: Citizenship and the Other in the Age of Migration” pp. 301-316. Held, David: “Culture and Political Community – National, Global, Cosmopolitan” pp. 317-327. Readings and resources Ethnicity and Nationalism Anthropological Perspectives – by Thomas Hylland-Eriksen, 2010, Pluto Press. Nations and Nationalism: A Reader. Philip Spencer & Howard Wollman (eds.). 2005 Rutgers University Press. Destination Culture. Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett. 1998, University of California Press.

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Course name Mafia and international crime

Instructor Fabrice RIZZOLI

Hours and credits 36 hours – 5 ECTS

Teaching mode Language of instruction: English

Examination and assessment Continuing assessment 20% Presentation in group of 3 students 40% Final exam 40%

Information on the course Objectives In order to demonstrate the concept of criminal globalization, the 3rd year syllabus focuses on definition : organized crime, serious crime, criminal actor (mafia, gang, etc.) & criminal activity (trafficking, smuggling, etc.); corruption, money laundering, tax havens and the criminal economy. In addition, the course dissects the mechanisms of mafia infiltration into the legal economy. In this course, we will bring into play a so-called critical geopolitical approach to complex criminal phenomena and their presence in a new world. Once the actor and his practices have been studied, we question the “legal / illegal” paradigm according to which the criminal actors are entities external to legal society. Finally, 3rd year students will be given a chance to work in groups and present to other students the result of their work through group and class restitution. 7 groups of 3 students will carry out an analysis of a fictional representation among the following : "McMafia" (Great Britain / Russia), "The Wire" (US) season 1, 2, "Beat" (Germany), "Engrenages" (France) season 2, "Bad Blood" (Canada) season 1, "Cannabis "(France)," Undecover "season 1 & 2 (Bulgaria) Description In a multipolar world, the multiplication of commercial exchanges has made transnational organized crime a central player of globalization. Crime professionals infiltrate numerous economic sectors. State institutions, characterized by their monopoly on legal violence, are the only ones fighting these criminal multinationals. Law enforcement officials must respect state sovereignty while organized crime ignores borders. "Mafia and international crime" aims to raise awareness about complex criminal phenomena. Transnational crime studies raise two main issues : criminals actors and criminals activities. Studying them, through critical geopolitics, the course highlights the stakes of criminal globalization and questions the "legal / illegal" paradigm. The lesson also aimes to deal with representations of organized crime in order to help students decode the information conveyed by the media (printed press & audio visual media) and by the entertainment industry.

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Transnational organized crime - mafia - multinational crime - criminal activities - drug trafficking, human trade – migrant smuggling - environmental crime - "eco-crime" - smuggling - counterfeits - corruption – money laundering - the criminal economy - Mafia infiltration into the legal economy. Outline Session 1: introduction Session 2: Organized Crime Definition Session 3: Serious crime & criminal activities Session 4: Mafia: actor paradigm Session 5: narcotic drugs world trade Session 6: environmental crime Session 7: environmental crime Session 8: trafficking in human beings Session 9: contraband & counterfeiting Session 10: Restitution groups : fictional representations analysis Session 11: Restitution groups : fictional representations analysis Session 12: Feedback Course materials International reports on serious crime (in English): UNODC, Europol, Transcrime, EMCDDA Organized Crime: Policing Illegal Business Entrepreneurialism, de Geoff Dean Video documentary : Toxic Europe “Mafia Atlas” Fabrizio Maccaglia et Marie-Anne Matard-Bonucci (Auteur), Alexandre Nicolas (Cartographe), édition Autrement, 2009 Readings and resources Filmography - Slumdog Millionaire - Trade - Eastern promises - Traffic / Sicario - Barry Seal Fiction list - Engrenages season - Gomorra in English 2 - Breaking Bad - Bad Blood (Rizzuto season 1,2,3,4 ,5 - Narcos clan) season 1 & 2 - The wire season - El Chapo - Peaky blinders 1,2,3 - Son Of Anarchy - Undercover - McMafia - Boardwalk empire (Bulgarian ficiton) - Ozark - Cannabis - Beat

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Course name Foreign language

Instructor Depending on the language

Hours and credits 24 hours – 3 ECTS

Teaching mode Language of instruction: Depends on the language chosen Students are gathered in class depending on their level. There are three levels per language: “real beginner”, beginner, intermediate

Examination and assessment Depends on the instructor

Information on the course Students must choose one language among the following ones:

- French - Spanish - Arabic - Italian - Chinese - Russian - German

Students cannot pick two languages. They can start a language as beginner.

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