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What are the causes of war? How do states use or threaten military force in international politics? How does technological change shape international conflicts? What role do institutions play in constraining or enabling the use of force? And how has the character of military conflicts evolved in recent decades? These are some of the central questions addressed in this seminar on international security. During the course, we will engage with central concepts and main theoretical and methodological approaches in the social scientific study of international security, as well as contemporary scholarly debates in the field. Some of the central topics include the causes of military conflicts, deterrence and compellence, nuclear proliferation, and the role of military alliances. Beyond the traditional state-centric and military-centred approaches to international security, this seminar addresses some of the new challenges (terrorism, environmental security, etc.) and perspectives that have “widened and broadened” the study of security since the end of the Cold War bipolar international system. This seminar is taught as a block seminar. |
