New Security Challenges (919M1)
New Security Challenges
Module 919M1
Module details for 2009/10.
30 credits
FHEQ Level 7 (Masters)
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, a successful student should be able to
1 understand a wide range of contemporary international security issue
2 understand the differences between the narrow and broader security agenda
3 formulate academically informed opinions about contemporary security issues
Module Outline
New Security Challenges offers an advanced overview of the key international security issues today: from terrorism, weapons proliferation, and the changing nature of war, through to newer security issues such as climate change, pandemics, state failure, and complex emergencies in the global South. Security has always been central to international relations. For much of the 20th century, it consisted of protecting sovereign states through the use of armed force. Yet more recently, new sources of insecurity have also emerged, links have been drawn between security and climate change, the spread of infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS and avian flu. Providing in-depth study of these key contemporary issues in international security, New Security Challenges investigates the means by which institutions and policy makers have sought to respond to these challenges through military interventions, intelligence, diplomacy, the creation of international regimes, and international law.
| Type | Timing | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Unseen Examination | Spring Term Week 1 | 100.00% |
Timing
Submission deadlines may vary for different types of assignment/groups of students.
Weighting
Coursework components (if listed) total 100% of the overall coursework weighting value.
| Term | Method | Duration | Week pattern |
|---|---|---|---|
| Autumn Term | Lecture | 1 hour | 111111111100 |
| Autumn Term | Seminar | 2 hours | 111111111100 |
How to read the week pattern
The numbers indicate the weeks of the term and how many events take place each week.
Prof Fabio Petito
Convenor
https://www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/216113
Mr Zdenek Kavan
Assess convenor
https://www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/1451
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