Our Geopolitics, Resources and Territory (GRT) MA is a unique multidisciplinary programme that has a dual focus on the territorial and resource-related components of inter-state relations, rooted in the social sciences but also engaging with important areas of international law. It delivers research-led teaching on critical and fundamental questions relating to international boundaries, sovereignty disputes and environmental geopolitics. This is supplemented with teaching and guidance from leading external practitioners (including savvy, experienced international lawyers) in the field of international dispute resolution and environmental management.
The increasing saliency of destabilising territorial conflict and critical resource challenges in many areas of the world as we enter the second quarter of the 21st century means that our GRT programme is better suited than ever to provide students with an unmatched foundation in geopolitics. You’ll study a topic that has been taught at King’s for 25 years. This MA programme draws on the wealth of experience of its successful predecessor, the Geopolitics, Territory and Security MA, which has produced alumni in the fields of international civil service and diplomacy, international law, academia, NGOs and specialised political and security risk agencies. You’ll be taught by leading academic specialists with extensive policy networks and experience and practising international lawyers to gain an understanding that goes above and beyond traditional international relations perspectives. Exciting recent Geography staff hires in the geopolitics field will further enrich our coverage of the history and intellectual foundations of the discipline. But you won’t just learn about geopolitics and its latest academic framings - you’ll also study the causes of international strife, the consequences of it, and the potential ways of ameliorating their worst effect in ground-up pragmatic, everyday global settings. This constructive engagement is a hallmark of all Geography’s PGT offerings.
You’ll learn how to apply critical scrutiny of resource and territorial disputes involving - as you might expect in a geography department - a clear focus on their spatial manifestations. You’ll also be exposed to cutting edge debates on border and territorial disputes, resource frontiers, water diplomacy and the major drivers of global, regional and local geopolitical change.