GLOBAL SECURITY ARCHITECTURE (4 Credits)

Learning outcomes:

On successful completion of this course, student will be able to: Describe the major relationships, mechanisms, and organizations focused on security issues at the global level; Discuss key concepts and theories used in the field of global security architecture; Examine how contemporary and emerging security challenges are managed at the global level; Analyze the changing nature of global security architecture.

Topics:

1. Introduction to global security architecture;
2. Global security in the latter part of the 20th century;
3. Global security after the Cold War;
4. Regional organizations & security;
5. The dynamics of global terrorism;
6. The dynamics of global counter-terrorism;
7. Maritime security;
8. Border security;
9. CBRN weapons;
10. CBRN terrorism;
11. Cyber security;
12. Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles (UCAVs);
13. Offensive & defensive arms races;
14. Intelligence;
15. Global governance.