Advanced Diploma in Geopolitics
5th Cohort | Virtual Modality
ACADEMIC COORDINATION
Monica Bruckmann (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and Juan Agulló (Federal University for Latin American Integration, Brazil)
Virtual modality | August to December 2026
Home: 20/08/2026 | Registration: 15/05/2026 to 18/08/2026
The Advanced Diploma in Geopolitics is designed to provide:
a) A broad perspective on the history of geopolitical thought;
b) methodological tools so that critical production in this area begins to be carried out with academic rigor and cross-cutting themes and
c) A strategic perspective on the contemporary world system, with a special focus on Latin America. To this end, a large group of renowned professors (from up to 12 different countries) will contribute, along with the regular instructors, to introducing schools of thought and authors, providing academic resources, and analyzing specific cases.
GENERAL OBJECTIVES
- To provide a broad overview of the evolution of geopolitical thought.
- To provide methodological tools aimed at promoting rigorous critical production in this area.
- To provide a broad and structural view of the current state of the World-System.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
- Understanding geopolitics as a field of problematization.
- To perceive the differences and similarities that exist between classical and contemporary geopolitical thought.
- To gain an understanding of the characteristics and peculiarities of Latin American geopolitical thought.
- Identify some of the basic geopolitical problems of the contemporary World-System.
- Identify some of the basic geopolitical problems of contemporary Latin America.
- Identify the academic infrastructure for the production and exchange of critical geopolitical knowledge (reference bibliography and newspapers; observatories, associations; etc).
- Incorporate the basic methodological principles of Critical Geopolitics.
The Higher Diploma in Geopolitics is aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate students; teachers at all levels; activists and members of trade unions, social movements and political parties; public officials; members and managers of non-governmental organizations and professionals interested in the subject.
The program is organized into modules with weekly classes, each taught consecutively and linked to the others.
Total workload of 128 hours.
The modules that comprise the Higher Diploma are:
- 1) What geopolitical weight does the Global South have?
- 2) History of geopolitical thought
- 3) History of geopolitical thought in Latin America
- 4) The power of maps in the geopolitical game
- 5) How to do geopolitical analysis?
- 6) Keys to the contemporary Great Game
- 7) The reconfiguration of the world system
- 8) The reconfiguration of global trade
- 9) The geopolitical impacts of the Energy Transition
- 10) What is the Global South
- 11) What are Global Value Chains?
- 12) Will the BRICS continue to matter?
- 13) What geopolitical role for Africa in the Global South?
- 14) Is China the Global South?
- 15) Where is the US headed?
| Early registration (until 07/07) | General registration (May 6th to May 12st) | Registration without discount (13/08 to 19/08) | Payment in 3 installments | |
| Full or Associate Member Center | $190 | $260 | $340 | USD 420 (3 x USD 140) |
| No Link | $340 | USD 410 | $460 | USD 630 (3 x USD 210) |
* Residents of Argentina will pay the equivalent in Argentine pesos according to the official exchange rate of the Banco de la Nación Argentina (BNA) on the day of payment.
You must be registered in the CLACSO Single Registration System (SUIC) and enter your username and password. If you are not registered, click here. hereTo access the registration form, you must click the "Register" button on the webpage of the Diploma you are interested in.
Upon completion of the registration process, you will receive a confirmation in your email.
Classes will begin in August and will conclude in December 2026.
All registered participants will receive, on the first day of activities, the necessary instructions to access the classes, bibliography, and discussion forums through the CLACSO Virtual Training Space.
Accessing and navigating the Virtual Learning Environment is very simple and user-friendly. In any case, a technical and academic support team will always be available. For inquiries, you can write to [email protected]
You must write an email with the request to [email protected] We will send you the requested certificate as soon as possible.
Exceptional criteria: In exceptional cases and within the first 20 days of starting the Higher Diploma, the student may write to [email protected] Requesting withdrawal and stating the reasons. After the case is evaluated, a response will be sent to the request. If approved, the student may resume the Higher Diploma program if a new cohort is offered the following year. After that period of time has elapsed since the start of the course, no requests will be accepted.
Money paid will only be refunded in cases where the organizing institutions decide to cancel the activity.
Yes, the advanced diploma is certified by CLACSO. The diploma will be sent digitally and is completely free of charge.
Payment can be made in one installment, by credit card or bank transfer. We also offer the option of paying in 3 installments.
Yes. There will be discounts for students belonging to CLACSO Member Centers and CLACSO Associated Centers, for CLACSO Associate Researchers, and for all those who pay within the discount period.
You can check if you belong to a member center here:
The Advanced Diploma program integrates a dynamic of asynchronous and synchronous classes. Classes are primarily asynchronous. The schedule for synchronous sessions will be communicated by the Diploma coordinator at the beginning of the program, and participation in these sessions is not a prerequisite for passing the program.
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