| Course title | International Security |
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| Course code | KPE/BMB |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lecture + Seminary |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | not specified |
| Semester | Winter |
| Number of ECTS credits | 6 |
| Language of instruction | Czech |
| Status of course | Compulsory, Compulsory-optional |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
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| Course content |
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L: INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL SECURITY STUDIES, EVOLUTION OF THE DISCIPLINE S: CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ENVIRONMENT L: "GRAND STRATEGY" OF THE U.S.A. S: DECLINE OF U.S. HEGEMONY? L: "GRAND STRATEGY" OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION S: RUSSIAN GEOPOLITICS VS INTERNAL DETERMINANTS L: GRAND STRATEGY OF CHINA S: SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTES L: NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION AND REGIONAL SECURITY S: NATO, EU AND THE SECURITY OF EUROPE L: THE UNITED NATIONS AND COLLECTIVE SECURITY S: UN IN THE 21st CENTURY - MISSION, LIMITS AND POSSIBILITIES L: HUMAN SECURITY AND R2P S: VIABILITY OF HUMAN SECURITY APPROACHES L: MILITARY SECURITY IN THE 21ST CENTURY, PRIVATIZATION OF SECURITY S: GLOBAL ARMAMENTS AND INTERNATIONAL ARMS TRADE. PROS AND CONS OF PMCs L: WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION S: "NUCLEAR DEAL" WITH IRAN AND NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM L: HYBRID WARFARE P: RUSSIA AND HYBRID WARFARE: A STRATEGY?
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
| Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Group work |
| Learning outcomes |
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This course aims to familiarise students with the contemporary international security-strategic environment and main sectors and issues of security studies as a relatively new and dynamic discipline of social sciences. Students will get to know the main theoretical approaches to security analysis incl. the so-called deepened and widened conception of security by the Copenhagen School. Lectures and seminars first focus on the contemporary security environment and its key actors - the U.S.A., China and Russia - and their "grand strategies". The following classes analyse the role of international security institutions and organisations and will contrast the new understandings of security (such as human security) with the traditional military-centred approach. Trends in global armaments and arms trade are analysed and discussed. The final part of the course examines the issues of contemporary hybrid warfare. In seminars, students will consider and contrast various theoretical and ideological approaches to international security issues and propose possible solutions. As part of course assignments, students will collectively research a selected global security issue and summarise their findings and proposed solutions in a final policy paper. This course follows upon previous courses of the Bachelor programme in International relations and security - International Relations 1 and 2, Evolution of the International System and International Conflicts 1 and 2) - and adds a more detailed focus on the security dimension of IR. The course Terrorism in the spring semester further elaborates on political violence and security issues.
After successfully passing the course, students can theoretically approach and critically analyse contemporary security issues and security policies of states and international organisations. Students will also utilise knowledge and skills gained in the course in their final theses. |
| Prerequisites |
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Knowledge of IR basics - main theories and actors Understanding of the evolution of the international system and contemporary history Basic analytical skills and ability to write a research paper
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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unspecified
Informed and active participation in seminar discussions based on assigned compulsory readings (max. two absences allowed without proper justification - e.g. a medical report). Collective policy paper 3-4 students, 4000 words). Final written exam. |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): International Relations and Security (2019) | Category: Social sciences | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Political Science (2019) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Political Communication and Marketing (2019) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Political Communication and Marketing (2019) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): International Relations and Security (2023) | Category: Social sciences | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): European Studies and Diplomacy (2023) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): European Studies and Diplomacy (2019) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): International Relations and Security (2019) | Category: Social sciences | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Political Science (2023) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Political Science (2019) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Political Communication and Marketing (2023) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): European Studies and Diplomacy (2019) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |