Course summary

Our Masters degree provides an advanced understanding of issues in international security since the end of the Cold War. It focuses on security in relation to issues of force and power in international relations. The MA in International Security considers the nature of contemporary security threats, the nature and management of security threats, including security cooperation in the absence of an overarching world government. It promotes the study of those problems through theoretical, empirical and ethical inquiry, drawing on the expertise of a team of internationally renowned research-active Security Studies specialists. The degree provides an advanced understanding of issues in international security since the end of the Cold War. It focuses on security in relation to issues of force and power in international relations, and is placed within the relevant theoretical and empirical contexts of contemporary debates. You will develop an understanding of the core concepts that inform the study and practice of security, including:

• The changing meaning of security and what issues are considered to be security issues

• The different concepts that inform the study and practice of security

• The range of the security issues of the post-Cold War and post-9/11 periods