Institut d'Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po)

This course uses a regional approach to highlight the main areas of conflict on the African continent. Using a reading grid based on an understanding of the spatial logics of actors in conflict, drawn from both history and the analysis of very contemporary phenomena and current events, this course differentiates between types of space and isolates their more or less belligerent characteristics. Drawing extensively on geography and the sociology of actors (polemology), this geopolitical analysis of the African continent uses methodological tools such as cartography and satellite imagery, as well as numerous readings, to review all of the continent's conflict zones. Examples highlight the use of geopolitical reasoning by political, military, and humanitarian decision-makers, as well as by economic players.

This course provides an overview of major currents in Jewish life across Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa from the Enlightenment era to the creation of the State of Israel. Topics include continuity and rupture in Jewish cultural life and political and social status; interactions and influences between Jews in different geographical, political, and cultural spheres; the rise of modern antisemitism and Jewish responses; European and Middle East and North Africa Jews' respective roles in and reactions to the emergence of the Zionist movement; the Shoah; and the creation of the State of Israel.

This course is designed for students interested in the environmental, economic, climate, and geopolitical issues of the global ocean. Addressing the themes of environment, maritime economy, climate issues and governance, it considers the characteristics and tensions of the current ocean world and measures the challenges facing the international community.

This course presents the major concepts, theories, and results in modern economics through an overview of the work of a selection of economics Nobel Prize and Leontief Prize recipients. Topics include Keynesianism; libertarianism; neoclassical macroeconomics; neo-Keynesian macroeconomics; foundations of microeconomics; game theory; behavioral microeconomics; microeconomics of organizations and contracts; public economics; econometrics; finance; and economics and society (institutions, development, well-being, environment).