| Call Number | 10725 |
|---|---|
| Day & Time Location |
M 4:10pm-6:00pm 407 International Affairs Building |
| Points | 1.5 |
| Grading Mode | Standard |
| Approvals Required | None |
| Instructors | Ian Bremmer Joshua W Walker |
| Type | SEMINAR |
| Method of Instruction | In-Person |
| Course Description | The course introduces students to political risk analysis risks by exploring three key concepts and related frameworks for understanding this phenomenon at the international, country, and sectorial levels respectively: G-ZERO, J-Curve, and state capitalism. The course also equips students with key qualitative and quantitative techniques for doing political risk analysis, including the identification of top risks, fat tails, and red herrings, as well as the construction of political risk indices, models, and game-theory simulations. In addition, these concepts and techniques are further applied to analyzing and forecasting current, real-world problems and business concerns, such as market entry or portfolio investment allocation. These concepts and techniques are further practiced in the course practicums, which include interactive activities that invite students to grapple with the challenges of identifying and forecasting the range of outcomes of current, real-world risks as those come up at the time of the course. In the process, the course explores a range of political-risk topics on the macro- and micro-economic impacts of geopolitics—including issues of international and civil war, international trade, unconventional conflict, and a shifting global political order—as well as of politics at the national and sub-national level, including elections and political transitions, social unrest, the social and political drivers of economic and investment policies, and emerging vs developed markets dynamics. |
| Web Site | Vergil |
| Department | International and Public Affairs |
| Enrollment | 57 students (60 max) as of 9:06AM Monday, May 13, 2024 |
| Subject | International Affairs (IAIA) |
| Number | U8215 |
| Section | 001 |
| Division | School of International and Public Affairs |
| Open To | Architecture, Schools of the Arts, Business, Engineering:Graduate, GSAS, SIPA, Journalism, Law, Public Health, Professional Studies, Social Work |
| Campus | Morningside |
| Note | Spring 2024 Course Dates: Jan 22 - Mar 4 |
| Section key | 20241IAIA8215U001 |