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Master in Global Leadership and Geopolitics

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⇑Master in Global Leadership and Geopolitics at Kozminski University

Language: EnglishStudies in English
Subject area: economy and administration
Kind of studies: full-time studies
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⇑Why study the Master in Global Leadership and Geopolitics at Kozminski University?

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Why study it:

The Master in Global Leadership and Geopolitics at Kozminski University in Warsaw is a Master's programme (second-cycle, 2 years), taught in English in full-time mode. It is for graduates who want to combine strategic management, geopolitics and risk management, and to prepare for leadership in a world shaped by geopolitical risk and regulatory volatility.

Programme: strategy, geopolitics and risk

The programme rests on four pillars – Leadership and Diplomacy, Strategy, Geopolitics and Risk Analysis – and includes, among others:

  • international relations, economics, strategic communication and global decision-making,
  • Cyber Defence Diplomacy, the Geopolitics of Data and Narrative Power,
  • managing risks related to artificial intelligence,
  • business analytics for managers and building business applications with automation,
  • classes led by experts from emlyon Business School, Imperial College London, Stanford University, the Atlantic Council and Asia Society, as well as former diplomats and ministers.

Specialisation: two development paths

Global Affairs and Strategic Diplomacy focuses on political processes, international competition and the role of global organisations. It prepares you for work in international security, foreign policy and strategic analysis – in the public sector, think tanks or international organisations.

International Business and Corporate Diplomacy covers relations between companies and states, and managing regulatory and geopolitical risk in international business.

Labs: Game-Based Lab and Project-Based Studio

In the Game-Based Lab you play decision-making and simulation games, and in the Project-Based Studio you work on real-world strategic challenges – practising analysis, negotiation and decision-making.

Placements: internship in the final semester

A compulsory internship is part of the fourth semester. It gives you hands-on professional experience and industry contacts, and lets you test your analytical and leadership skills before the master's thesis defence.

Exchanges: the GNAM network

Kozminski is a member of the Global Network for Advanced Management (GNAM), a consortium of business schools coordinated by Yale University, so you can join programmes and initiatives run jointly with partner schools worldwide.

After graduation: diplomacy, public affairs, risk analysis

Graduates can work, among others:

  • in international organisations such as the UN, EU, NATO or OECD,
  • in ministries of foreign affairs and defence, development cooperation institutions and the diplomatic service,
  • in think tanks, NGOs and research institutes focused on political and strategic analysis,
  • in international corporations – in strategy, risk management, public affairs, compliance or corporate diplomacy,
  • in banks and consulting firms specialising in geostrategy and strategic foresight.

As of the 2026/27 admissions, based on the programme page at kozminski.edu.pl.

⇑Test: Is Master in Global Leadership and Geopolitics the right fit for you?

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10 questions · two minutes

1. The news reports rising tensions around a major trade route. How do you read it?

2. How do you look back on the times you led a team or project at university or at work?

3. You’ll debate, write analyses and present recommendations in English, in an international group with people from many countries who often see the same events very differently. How does that sound?

4. The company you work for wants to open an office in a politically unstable region. What do you advise?

5. In an international team meeting, one person barely speaks while another dominates. What do you do as the leader?

6. What do you like to read or watch in your free time?

7. You have to make an important decision based on incomplete and conflicting information. What do you do?

8. How do you react when someone makes arguments that contradict your views on a major international issue?

9. Where do you see yourself in a few years’ time?

10. What motivates you most to pursue a Master’s degree in Master in Global Leadership and Geopolitics?

⇑Definitions and quotes

Geopolitics
Geopolitics (from Greek γῆ gê "earth, land" and πολιτική politikḗ "politics") is the study of the effects of geography (human and physical) on politics and international relations. While geopolitics usually refers to countries and relations between them, it may also focus on two other kinds of states: de facto independent states with limited international recognition and; relations between sub-national geopolitical entities, such as the federated states that make up a federation, confederation or a quasi-federal system.
Global Leadership
Global Leadership is the interdisciplinary study of the key elements that future leaders in all realms of the personal experience should acquire to effectively familiarize themselves with the psychological, physiological, geographical, geopolitical, anthropological and sociological effects of globalization. Global leadership occurs when an individual or individuals navigate collaborative efforts of different stakeholders through environmental complexity towards a vision by leveraging a global mindset. As a result of trends, starting with colonialism and perpetuated by the increase in mass media, innovation, (brought about by the Internet and other forms of human interaction based on the speed of computer-mediation) a host of meaningful new concerns face mankind; consisting of but not limited to: human enterprises toward peace, international business design, and significant shifts in geopolitical paradigms. The talent and insight it will take leaders to successfully navigate humanity through these developments have been collectively focused around the phenomenon of globalization in order to embrace and effectively guide the evolution of mankind through the continued blurring and integration of national, economic and social strategies .
Leadership
Leadership is both a research area and a practical skill encompassing the ability of an individual or organization to "lead" or guide other individuals, teams, or entire organizations. Specialist literature debates various viewpoints, contrasting Eastern and Western approaches to leadership, and also (within the West) United States versus European approaches. U.S. academic environments define leadership as "a process of social influence in which a person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task". Leadership seen from a European and non-academic perspective encompasses a view of a leader who can be moved not only by communitarian goals but also by the search for personal power.
Leadership
What was leadership, after all, but the blind choice of one route over another and the confident pretence that the decision was based on reason.
Robert Harris, in Pompeii (2003)
Leadership
A political leader must keep looking over his shoulder all the time to see if the boys are still there. If they aren’t still there, he’s no longer a political leader.
Bernard Baruch, as quoted in his obituary, New York Times (21 June 1965)
Leadership
You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too.
Sam Rayburn, The Leadership of Speaker Sam Rayburn, Collected Tributes of His Congressional Colleagues (1961), p. 34. House Doc. 87–247. "A compilation of tributes paid him in the Hall of the House of Representatives, June 12, 1961, and other pertinent material, to celebrate the occasion of his having served as Speaker twice as long as any of his predecessors in the history of the United States: Sixteen years and 273 days" (title page)

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