HGGSP FIRST YEAR THE INDIRECT FORMS OF POWER
HGGSP 2: Analyzing the Dynamics of International Powers
Course Outline
I. Language: A Tool for Assertion and Power
A. A Tool in the Service of Power
Being an International Institutional Language
Being a Link Between States
Language: A Tool for Cultural and Scientific Assertion
B. French and English Conquering the World: Vectors and Tools
The Weight of History
The OIF (International Organisation of the Francophonie): A Tool for Promoting the French Language
C. Language in Struggles for Influence and International Rivalries
English: The Undisputed World Champion
Chinese: Conquering the World?
The Growing Influence of French
II. New Technologies: A Matter of Power
A. States Weakened by New Digital Actors
The GAFAM companies: giants and powers
States threatened by digital giants
B. Digital giants serving the power of states.
Digital actors: a tool of soft power for states
The development of states' cyber power
C. The struggle for regulation: a new challenge for states' influence
Regulating digital technology
The European Union at the forefront of regulation
Global governance
III. Control of communication routes: the "New Silk Roads"
A. Control in the service of power
A major strategic challenge
Vulnerable maritime routes
B. The New Silk Roads at the heart of Chinese influence policy
The New Silk Roads
A tool for asserting power