PSCI1401 - International Security

Status
A
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
1
Title (text only)
International Security
Term
2024A
Syllabus URL
Subject area
PSCI
Section number only
001
Section ID
PSCI1401001
Course number integer
1401
Meeting times
TR 3:30 PM-4:29 PM
Meeting location
FAGN 116
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Fiona Cunningham
Description
This lecture course introduces students to the subfield of international security or strategic studies. In order to grasp the usefulness of the theoretical ideas presented in readings and lectures, abstract concepts are linked with a study of the national security policies states have adopted in the decades following World War II. Topics include current debates about nuclear proliferation, terrorism, the Iraq war, Europe's changing international role, the rise of China, Asian "flashpoints" (Korea, the Taiwan Strait), and US secruity policy for the 21st century - considering some of the main strategic alternatives to the US as well as their implications for the types of forces deployed (the impact of the "revolution in military affairs," the future of missile defense, and the economic burden to be shouldered).
Course number only
1401
Use local description
No