Detailed program
Elena dell’Agnese
Part I - Political geography of the sea
The political geography of the sea: a classical approach (maritime boundaries and Law of the Sea, transport and trade, strategy and warfare)
A (critical) political geo-graphy of the sea? thinking about the sea / representing the sea / exploiting the “geopolitical features” of the sea
Geo-graphy and the power of representation /Dividing (and naming) the ocean sea: the East Sea/ Sea of Japan issue
The territorialisation of the sea /Territorial claims and islands disputes: the Dokdo-Takeshima issue
Geographical definitions and island disputes: the Sankeku-Diaoyu issue/ climate change and vanishing islands/reefs: Okininotori: a shima, or a reef’?
A classical approach to the geopolitics of the sea/ the myth of sea power: A.T. Mahan theoretical positions / China as a maritime power and the South China Sea competition (Spratly, Paracel and more)
Sea power, sea nodes and islands as U.S. bases: The Hawai’i and Pearl Harbor, Midway and Wake, Guam
Sea power, sea nodes and islands as overseas U.S. bases/ bases of empire and lily pads: Guantanamo, Micronesia and Marshall Islands, Okinawa, Diego Garcia
LSMPAs (Large Scale Maritime Protected Areas): conservation or geopolitics?
Extra-territoriality 1: Pirates as enemies of all nations The golden age of piracy and the “pirate commonwealth” against the “world political map”, pirates of today, popular geopolitics of “pirates”
Extra-territoriality 3: Seasteading: “How Floating Nations Will Restore the Environment, Enrich the Poor, Cure the Sick, and Liberate Humanity from Politicians” (maybe)
Extra-territoriality 2: Cruising ships: Cruise tourism as an example of globalization? (History and Development, Crews, Employment, exploitation)
Marco Grasso
Part II – Geopolitics of deep oceans
The tragedy of the commons
Harvesting the Commons: the Oceanic frontier and the devolution of the seas
Deep oceans: potential and problems
The deep seabed governance: the United Nations Convention on the Law of Sea (UNCLOS) and the International Seabed Authority (ISA)
The deep seabed governance
The deep seabed governance: the mining regime
Claiming the commons: Sovereignty and the deep seabed
Claiming the commons: the Arctic deep seabed
Protecting the commons
Climate change and the future of the deep oceans