Topics in Policy Analysis (Half-Term): Geopolitics, National Security, and Organized Crime

This course focuses on the current geopolitical scenario, including global power competition and the rising influence of the global south. It explores the economic and social causes of organized crime, the connections between transnational crime networks, geopolitics and proxy wars. It also highlights the expansion of organized crime into terrorist networks and irregular warfare structures, and the ways in which it disrupts democracy and harms communities. Finally, we explore the policy options to confront transnational organized crime through international cooperation.