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Module Title
LH Security in Europe: Actors, Crises and Threats
School
Government
Department
Political Sci & Intern'tl Stud
Module Code
08 28902
Module Lead
Dr Rita Floyd
Level
Honours Level
Credits
20
Semester
Semester 2
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
Restrictions
None
Exclusions
Description
The module examines the development of European security in the post-Cold War period. It does so by focusing on the key security institutions in Europe (NATO, the EU and the OSCE); by discussing leading international relations theories which have been used to make sense of European Security in the post-Cold War period (including realism, liberalism, constructivism and security governance) and by examining the most prominent security issues of our time, including cyber security, environmental security, energy security, organized crime and economic security.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the module, students should be able to:
Demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of issues related to European security
Have a systematic understanding of key aspects of international relations (IR) approaches and their applicability to European security.
Demonstrate in-depth conceptual knowledge of how the issues and organisation of European security has altered from the Cold War to the post-Cold War period.
Understand and deploy accurately established techniques of analysis and enquiry to explain how crisis situations have emerged and have been dealt with in and around Europe in the post-Cold war period.
Conceptualise the main institutional actors of European security – NATO, the EU and the OSCE.