Geopolitics Lab: Understanding the world around you
No American President – not F.D. Roosevelt, not Ronald Reagan – has defined his time in office as much as Donald Trump in less than a year. With both friends and foes, not only is Trump influencing international dynamics but also our daily life and the expectations on the future. With the unrivaled power of the United States as a shield, he unscrupulously uses weapons largely unusual in the diplomatic realm: tariffs, social and traditional media like a torrent in full flood , resounding unproven successes and blatant fake news.
Content and objectives
Our discussion will focus on four topics:
- The Imperial Presidency - MAGA's Foreign Policy
- Europe and NATO – The inconvenient allies
- China – The Dear Enemy
- “These Truth” – The Imperiled American Democracy
The approach will be more journalistic than academic. Students are invited to participate actively in the course, whether in the form of answering the questions, interrupting with their own questions, or engaging in productive conversation, in order to:
- expand their knowledge on key geopolitical issues;
- develop their critical and analytical skills when reading the news;
- share their ideas and participate in active discussions.
Calendar
- 4 November at 6:15-7:30pm
- 11 November at 6:15-7:30pm
- 18 November at 6:15-7:30pm
- 25 November at 6:15-7:30pm
The course will be held online on Blackboard
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Ugo Tramballi
ISPI Senior Advisor in charge of the Institute’s India Desk.
Ugo Tramballi is a veteran journalist, he joined the Metropolitan section of “Il Giornale” in 1976. He served as the newspaper’s Middle East correspondent in Beirut from 1983 to ’87 with war correspondences from Lebanon, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and extensive coverage in India and Pakistan. He was Moscow correspondent from 1987 to ’91 and then Global Correspondent and columnist with the Italian Economic newspaper “Il Sole 24 Ore”. He is a member of the Istituto Affari Internazionali, IAI, Rome, as well as a World Economic Forum’s Media Leader. On ISPI’s website, he publishes a weekly blog on international affairs, “Slow News”.