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1 STV4236B - International Security and
STV4236B - International Security and Multipolarity Asle Toje This course is an introduction to the basic concepts, theoretical debates, and issues on National Security. The course is roughly divided into three sections. In the first part, we are going to look at major theoretical schools of international relations, their definitions of the international system and the implications for security studies. We will also discuss the meanings of concepts such as national security, national interest, and the security dilemma. In the second part, we are going to look at the national security establishment, the major actors and institutions involved and how decis ions are made. In the third section, after a brief overview of the evolution of International security from Cold War to our day, we will focus on current security challenges and debates. We will talk about war on terror, and the tensions between civil libe rties and national security. We will also discuss the politics of nuclear proliferation, environmental degradation, infectious diseases and global poverty and whether these issues are best dealt with within the parameters of the national security paradigm. We will finish by discussing alternative concepts to national security, such as human or global security and how the definition of national security could be transformed in order to deal more efficiently with the emerging problems of a globalizing world. COURSE LITTERATURE Books: AMERICAN NATIONAL SECURITY Amos A. Jordan, et al ; The Johns Hopkins University Press, 6.ed, 2009 NATIONAL SECURITY FOR A NEW ERA D

2 onal d M. Snow; Pearson Longman, 2010
onal d M. Snow; Pearson Longman, 2010 Detailed reading list: 04.03.13 Introduction: Security past, present, future - Introducing the topic, designating presentation topics and discussing exam papers. 06.03.13 Theoretical Dimensions: Obligatory readings: Realism, war and peace Politics among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace Hans J. Morgenthau, 1978, pp. 4 - 15 http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/morg6.htm The Origins of War in Neorealist Theory Kenneth N. Waltz Journal of Interdisciplinary History , Vol. 18, No. 4 (Spring, 1988), pp. 615 - 628. http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022 - 1953%28198821%2918%3A4%3C615%3ATOOWIN%3E2.0.CO%3B2 - X Liberalism and Democratic Peace Theory Economic Structure and International Security: The Limits of the Liberal Case Barry Buzan International Organization , Vol. 38, No. 4. (Autumn, 1984), pp. 597 - 624. http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0020 - 8183%28198423%2938%3A4%3C597%3AESAIST%3E2.0.CO%3B2 - N How Liberalism Produces Democratic Peace John M. Owen International Security , Vol. 19, No. 2. (Autumn, 1994), pp. 87 - 125. http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0162 - 2889%28199423%2919%3A2%3C87%3AHLPDP%3E2.0.CO%3B2 - Y Constructivism and Critical Theory Alternative Approaches to International Theory Steve Smith & Patricia Owens , in John Baylis and Steve Smith, eds. The Globalization of World Politics. ( 2005 ). pp. 270 – 293 . Critical Theory and Security Studies Keith Krause YCISS Occasional Paper , Number 33, February 1996 http://www.yorku.ca/yciss/publications/OP33

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- Krause.pdf 11.03.13 National Security: Concepts and Definitions Obligatory readings: *Jordan et al, 3 - 23; 23 - 41; 208 - 233 *Snow 45 - 67 The Paradigm Debate in International Relations and Its Implications for Foreign Policy Making: Toward a Redefinition of the "National Interest" J. Martin Rochester The Western Political Quarterly , Vol. 31, No. 1. (Mar.1978), pp. 48 - 58. http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0043 - 4078%28197803%2931%3A1%3C48%3ATPDIIR%3E2.0.CO%3B2 - 4 13.03.13 Nuclear Proliferation and Deterrence during the Cold War Obligatory readings: *Jordan 347 - 369 *Snow 155 - 168 Nuclear Myths and Political Realities Kenneth N. Waltz The American Political Science Review , Vol. 84, No. 3. (Sep., 1990), pp. 731 - 745. 18.03.13 The Changing Face of Warfare Obligatory readings: * Snow, 243 - 269 * Jordan, 26 7 - 327 Civil Liberties in the Era of Mass Terrorism Russell H ardin The Journal of Ethics , Vol. 8, No. 1, Terrorism (2004), pp. 77 - 95 http://www.jstor.org/stable/25115782 Targeted killing, The ethics and realpolitik of assassination . The Economist, May 4th 2011 http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2011/05/targeted_killing 20.03.13 Course paper day. Deciding topics, discussing layouts, references the lot. 03.04.13 Other Security Challenges: Failed States, Peacekeeping and State - building Obligatory readings: *Snow; p. 271 - 299 *Jordan 328 - 347; 557 - 579 The Contemporary Politics of Nuclear Proliferation: Iran, North Korea and the National Missile Defense North K

4 orea and Iran: Test Cases for an Improve
orea and Iran: Test Cases for an Improved Nonproliferation Regime? Joseph Cirincione and Jon B. Wolfsthal , 2003 http://www.armscontrol.org/act/2003_12/CirincioneandWolfsthal.asp?print Missile Defense: The Current Debate CRS Report for the Cong r ess , 2005 ( Read pages 1 - 10 ) http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/RL31111.pdf 08.04.13 Unipolar, multipolar or Non - Polar World ? Obligatory readings: The Future of American Power: How America Can Survive the Rise of the Rest Fareed Zakaria Foreign Affairs, Vol. 87, No. 3 (May - Jun., 2008), pp. 18 - 43 http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/20032649.pdf?acceptTC=true Zero - Sum World . Rachman, G. The Financial Times October 22, 2010 http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/bcfb2d80 - dd62 - 11df - beb7 - 00144feabdc0.html#axzz2ADr9EGeY The interpolar world: A new scenario . Grevi, G., & Institute f or Security Studies (Paris, France). (2009) Paris: European Union Institute for Security Studies. http://www.iss.europa.eu/uploads/media/op79.pdf The A ge of N onpolarity: What W ill F ollow U.S. D ominance Richard N. Haass Foreign Affairs , Vol. 87, No. 3 (May - Jun., 2008), pp. 44 - 56 http://www.jstor.org/stable/20032650 The End of the End of History Robert Kagan The New Republic , April 23, 2008 http://www.carnegieendowment.org/2008/04/23/end - of - end - of - history/12m4 10.04.13 The Rise of the Rest Obligatory readings: Russia: Still Open to the West? Evolution of the State Identity in the Foreign Policy and Security Discourse Alla Kassianova Europe - Asia Studies

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, Vol. 53, No. 6. (Sep., 2001), pp. 821 - 839. http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0966 - 8136%28200109%2953%3A6%3C821%3ARSOTTW%3E2.0.CO%3B2 - 1 McJihad: Islam in the US Global Order Timothy Mitchell, Social Text, 73 Vol. 20 No 4 (Winter 2002), pp. 1 - 18. http://muse.j hu.edu/journals/social_text/v020/20.4mitchell.pdf American hegemony and East Asian order John Ikenberry; Australian Journal of International Affairs , Volume 58, Number 3, September 2004, pp. 353 - 367 (Ingenta Connect) http://www.ou.edu/uschina/SASD/SASD2005 /2005readings/Ikenberry2004%20AmHegEA.p df 15.04.13 Contemporary security studies: A widening field Obligatory readings: Env ironment and Infectious Disease Great Decisions 2006: Global Health Pandemics TV episode to be watched online: http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/great - decisions - 2006/episode - 8 - season - 18/global - health - pandemics/198156 Is the Environment a National Security Issue? Marc A. Levy International Security , Vol. 20, No. 2. (Autumn, 1995), pp. 35 - 62. http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0162 - 2889%28199523%2920%3A2%3C35%3AITEANS%3E2.0.CO%3B2 - L From State Security to Human Security and Gender Justice Viviene Taylor Agenda , No. 59, Women in War (2004), pp. 65 - 70 http://www.jstor.org/stable/4548116 The future of security research in the social sciences and humanities J. Peter Burgess Report: The future of security research for the SSH (European Science Foundation) http://jpeterburgess.com/wp - content/uploads/2012/08/Burgess - forthcoming - The - future - of - security - research.pd