Abstract:
This course is about power and security in the international system. It addresses traditional and new threats to international security. Inter-State territorial and intra-State ethnic conflicts are examples of the former. Conflicts, actual or potential, deriving from the wide use of extremist violence by transnational groups or over the use of non-renewable natural resources and the population displacement consequences of climate change are instances of such conflicts. The course will also address the search for peace and security and the need for global governance of security. National policies, particularly those of great and medium-size powers, with regard to security threats and mechanisms of governance will be perused.
