| Title: | International Security |
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| Course Section Number: | PPE-238-04 |
| Department: | Philosophy, Politics, Economic |
| Description: | Why do we see war? Why is cooperation difficult? What are the humanitarian outcomes of conflicts? This course presents and analyzes the fundamental security challenges in contemporary international politics. The course considers general policy problems, while providing applications to specific contemporary cases. This course provides students with an overview of the theoretical and policy debates that comprise the field of international security. Each week focuses on a discrete topic which collectively gives students a sense of past, present, and future security challenges. We will analyze classic studies of why countries go to war and form alliances as well as more recent research topics like why groups use terrorism, the emergence of international interventions, and contemporary issues in human security. The primary goal is to provide students with a foundation of knowledge on a range of topics in international security. This foundation should familiarize students new to international security with the major debates in the field and prepare them for more focused studies of topics in international security should they be of interest. |
| Credits: | 1.00 |
| Start Date: | January 20, 2025 |
| End Date: | May 10, 2025 |
| Meeting Information: |
01/21/2025-05/08/2025 Lecture Tuesday, Thursday 02:40PM - 03:55PM, Baxter Hall, Room 311
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| Faculty: | Liou, Ryan |
Course Status & Cross-Listings
| Cross-list Group Capacity: | 15 |
|---|---|
| Cross-list Group Student Count: | 10 |
| Calculated Course Status: | OPEN |
| Section Name/Title | Status | Dept. | Capacity |
Enrolled/ Available/ Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
PPE-238-04
(cross-listing)
International Security |
OPEN | Philosophy, Politics, Economic | 15 | 3 / 5 / 0 |
|
PSC-240-01
(primary)
International Security |
OPEN | Political Science | 15 | 7 / 5 / 0 |