Security in international relations

Организатор: Финансовый университет при Правительстве РФ
Москва
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Язык обучения: английский

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This course provides insights and understanding of order and stability both within and between states. A common misunderstanding is to equate security with defence, but the security agenda is much broader than this and now includes along side questions of force and military preparedness, problems and policies to do with human and minority rights, migration, poverty, the environment, and other societal issues. Security in international relations is increasingly concerned not only with the safety of states but also of the peoples within them. What students take away from this course is an understanding of security as a core value of human life and an awareness that security policies will vary depending upon how one answers the key questions: security in (or of) what; security from what; and security by what means.

The aim of this course is to:

  • introduce students to the central concepts in security studies
  • develop students’ comparative skills of analysis of differing security policies in practice
  • promote critical engagement with the security policy literature and enable students to display this engagement by developing their ability to present, substantiate and defend complex arguments.

Assessment

This course is assessed by a three-hour unseen written examination.

Учебный план:

The idea of security: The value of security; Key assumptions of security; Security of the state and security of the person; Normative vs instrumental approaches to security; Three paradigms of security

The state as a security arrangement: Security of the prince; security of the people; nation states and national security

National security: current issues and contemporary application: National security as a reciprocal arrangement; National security policies; National security and deterrence; National security and the war on terror; National security in authoritarian states; Security in weak, failed or quasi-states

International society as a security arrangement: International security and the problem of disorder; International security; The balance of power and the concert of great powers

International security: current issues and contemporary application: The international security paradigm in operation; Military Intervention; Nuclear Non-proiferation; Climate Change; Why International Security is Difficult to Achieve

Human security as an alternative to national and international security: Statecentred approached to security; A person centred approach to security; Instruments of human security

Human security: current issues and contemporary applications: Achievements of human security; Problems with human security; Overcoming the problems of human security; Towards a Responsibility to Protect (R2P)

Security paradigms in conflict: the problems of intervention: Different paradigms, different priorities; Origins of the problem of military intervention; current justifications for military intervention; Military intervention for international peace and security: Iraq; Military intervention for national security: Bosnia-Herzegovina and Afghanistan; Military intervention for human security: Kosovo; Military Intervention after R2P: Darfur

Результат обучения:

At the end of this course and having completed the essential reading and activities students should be able to demonstrate:

  • a critical understanding of the issues involved in security policy decision making
  • an understanding of the contexts, pressures and constraints with which security policy-makers have to deal
  • an ability to engage in comparative analysis of security policy without losing a sense of historical context.

Требования к поступающим:

If taken as part of a BSc degree, courses which must be passed before this course may be attempted:

  • IR1011 Introduction to international relations.
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