Geopolitics Lazarski University

Overview

The Geopolitics degree at Lazarski University is centred around five electives and three compulsory modules. To be eligible for this specialty, the student must complete at least three electives that are assigned to it in addition to the three compulsory courses. The student, however, has to choose one of the following two electives: “Cybersecurity and Global Politics” or “Data Protection and Cyberattacks”. The specialty tries to combine a wide expertise on geopolitical topics and strategic thinking with a knowledge of cyberthreats and energy-security.

Key features

Students graduating from MA in in Geopolitics will be specialists well-trained in modern geopolitical, energy and cybersecurity issues and acquire a great degree of analytical skills. They will specifically:

• be prepared to work as policy analysts, experts, particularly for governments, large financial institutions, NGOS and for the media;
• acquire the awareness of cybersecurity threats and methods to deal with them;
• know which geographic flashpoints, regarding potential conflicts, analysts need to focus on;
• be able to understand the interrelated geopolitical, economic and energy issues globally, from governmental as well as business and NGO perspectives.