PROBLEMS IN INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
- Course
- INRE503 - PROBLEMS IN INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
- Department
- International Relations - English - Master
- Course Type
- Course
- Status
- Required
- Language
- English
- Credit
- 3
- ECTS
- 8
- T+P+L
- 3 + 0 + 0
- Course Coordinator(s)
- -
- Prerequisite
- -
- Keywords
Course Description
As a sub-field of International Relations discipline, the scope of International Security Studies gradually broadens. Therefore, this course examines major traditional and new theoretical approaches to International Security Studies as well as the different aspects of the contemporary international security issues, events, structures and processes. The course also aims to develop analytical and critical skills of the graduate students to comprehend and discuss the specific cases in the changing conceptual/theoretical framework of International Security by referring to different sectors of security such as military, economy, society, politics, energy and environment.
PROBLEMS IN INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
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Course Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction |
| Week 2 | Evolution of Security Studies-An Oberview |
| Week 3 | Key Concepts: Uncertainity, War, Terrorism, |
| Week 4 | Coercion, Human Security, Poverty, |
| Week 5 | Contemporary Challenges: International Arms Trade, Nuclear Proliferation, Counterterrorism, Counterinsurgency |
| Week 6 | Contemporary Challenges-II: Peace Operations |
| Week 7 | Population Movements |
| Week 8 | Energy Security |
| Week 9 | Transnational Organized Crime |
| Week 10 | Environmental Change |
| Week 11 | Genocide and Ethnic Conflict |
| Week 12 | Private Security |
| Week 13 | Student Presentations |
| Week 14 | Student Presentations |
| Week 15 | Student Presentations |
Reference Books & Course Materials
- 01 Paul D. Williams (Ed.), 2008, Security Studies: An Introduction , Routledge, 2018
- 02 Barry Buzan and Lene Hansen, The Evolution of International Security Studies, Cambridge University Press, 2012
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