Contemporary Security Challenges and International Conflict Resolution

Contemporary security environment; security theories and concepts; legal aspects of security and conflict resolution; international security and conflict law; cooperative security; war and conflict; conflict management and resolution; peacebuilding and state-building; peace operations; Responsibility to Protect; human security; conflicts over space, energy, and resources; cyber security; technological challenges; international arms trade; nuclear proliferation; media, information and security.

NB! This course will take place in spring semester 2024/2025 which starts on 3rd of February and ends on 16th of June (you can find that information under Start date section). The real course start and end dates will be announced at the beginning of February at the latest.

After completing this course, the student:

• defines the basic concepts and categories of international security;
• assesses the problems related to contemporary international security and their legal aspects;
• links the modern conflict resolution methods to international law.

Final assessment can consist of one test/assignment or several smaller assignments completed during the whole course. After declaring a course the student can re-sit the exam/assessment once. Assessment can be graded or non-graded. For specific information about the assessment process please get in touch with the contact person of this course. For specific information about grade transfer please contact your home university

The subject is intended primarily for students of various disciplines to acquire basic knowledge of modern international security  challenges from political and legal perspective.

• Paul Williams (ed) Security studies. An introduction (2008, 2013, e-book)
• Alan Collins Contemporary Security Studies (2007)
• Shiraev, Zhubok Current Debates in International Relations (2016)
• John Lewis Gaddis et al. Post-Cold War Security Studies (1998)
• John Baylis et al. Globalization of World Politics. (2001, 2014).
• Christopher Hughes. Security Studies Reader (2011)

lectures, exercises