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Ph.D. on International Relations

PSIR628

SECURITY STUDIES

Course Code
PSIR628
Semester
-
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
10
Course TypeElective Course
Course LevelDoctorate Of Science
Year of Study-
Semester-
ECTS10
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Learn about the "new security" understanding in addition to the "classical security" understanding theoretically and reach the level to analyze this information,
  2. Learn security studies, which were dominated by positivist paradigms, especially realism, during the Cold War period,
  3. Gain information about the critical security conceptualization put forward by the Copenhagen School after the Cold War,
  4. Analyze the role of the United Nations and NATO, the main international organizations in the establishment of global security,
  5. Gain the ability to discuss today's security issues in the context of international terrorism,
  6. Gain knowledge about new security conceptualizations such as hybrid warfare, cyber security, health security, food security and demographic security,
  7. Gain knowledge and analysis skills to evaluate current and future risks, threats and their effects on world security from an academic perspective.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme ComponentsNone
Course DescriptionThis course will be completed in five parts. First of all, theoretical security conceptualizations will be emphasized. In this context, "classical security understanding" and then "new security understanding" will be put forward by moving from a historical perspective. Secondly, global and regional security organizations will be discussed. Thus, the United Nations peace operations, NATO and the new organizations that are tried to be established in Europe, and the possible contributions to international security will be evaluated. In the third part, the concept of international terrorism will be discussed in all its aspects. In the fourth part, the new security threats and conceptualizations that emerged after the September 11, 2001 attacks, hybrid warfare, proxy wars, food security, health security, which has become the priority of global security with the Covid-19 pandemic, and cyber security threats posed by the developments in technology will be examined. In the fifth and last part, possible security risks and threats that may arise in the future will be evaluated.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Introduction
2nd Week The changing nature of war and the concept of security
3rd Week Security during the Cold War
4th Week New understanding of security and the Copenhagen School
5th Week International system, dynamics and security
6th Week Global and regional security organizations
7th Week International Terrorism
8th Week Mid-term Exam
9th Week Proxy wars
10th Week Hybrid threats
11th Week Cyber threats
12th Week The place of artificial intelligence and the role of drones in security
13th Week Food and health security
14th Week Student Assignments
Recommended or Required ReadingAdreani, Gilles, The 'War on Terror': Good Cause, Wrong Concept, in Barry Buzan and Lene Hansen (eds.), International Security-Vol IV (Sage, 2007): 322-339.
Baldwin, David, Security Studies and the End of the Cold War, World Politics, 48: 1, 1995.
Baldwin, David. The Concept of Security, Review of International Studies, 23: 1, 1997.
Barnathan, Galia Press, Managing the Hegemon: NATO under Unipolarity, Security Studies, 15:2, 2006.
Baylis, John. Uluslararası İlişkilerde Güvenlik Kavramı, Uluslararası İlişkilerde Çatışmadan Güvenliğe, Mustafa Aydın (der.), 2. Baskı, (2015), ss.153-166.
Bilgin, Pınar, Making Turkey's Transformation Possible: Claiming 'Securityspeak' - not Dese-curitization!, Journal of Southeast Europe and Black Sea Studies, 7:4, 2007.
Buzan, Barry and Lene Hansen, Strategic Studies, Deterrence and the Cold War, in The Evo-lution of International Security Studies, (Cambridge University Press, 2009).
Clark, Mason. Russian Hybrid Warfare. Institute for the Study of War. 2020.
https://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/Russian%20Hybrid%20Warfare%20ISW%20Report%202020.pdf
Clarke, Steve. The Justification of Religious Violence. Wiley Blackwell, 2014. Chapters 1, and 2.
Eralp, Atilla (der.) Sistem, Atilla Eralp, Devlet ve Ötesi: Uluslararası İlişkilerde Temel Kavramlar, 3. Baskı, (2007) ss.125-153.
Finnemore, Martha Constructing Norms of Humanitarian Intervention, in Richard Betts (ed.), Conflict After the Cold War (Pearson, 2012).
Huntington, Samuel P. "The Clash of Civilizations" Foreign Affairs 72, no. 3 (1993): 22-49.
Hurd, Ian, Legitimacy, Power and the Symbolic Life of the UN Security Council, Global Governance, 8, 2002.
Jervis, Robert. "Cooperation under the Security Dilemma." World Politics 30, no. 2 (January 1978): 167-214.
Karaosmanoglu, Ali, The Evolution of the National Security Culture and the Military in Turkey, Journal of International Affairs, 54:1, 2000.
Krause, Keith, Insecurity and State Formation in the Global Military Order: The Middle East-ern Case in Barry Buzan and Lene Hansen (eds.) International Security Vol III (Sage, 2007): 202-232.
Kreps, Sarah E., Matthew Fuhrmann, and Michael C. Horowitz. "Drone Proliferation in the Twenty-First Century." In Gheciu and Wohlforth, 2018, Chapter 39.
Levy, Jack S. The Causes of War and the Conditions of Peace, Annual Review of Political Science, Vol.1, 1998.
Malik, Shahin, Human Security, in Peter Hough et. al. (eds.), International Security Studies: Theory and Practice (Routledge, 2015): 57-72.
Mearsheimer, John J. The Tragedy of Great Power Politics. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2014, Chapters 1 and 2.
Moran, Andrew, Terrorism, in Peter Hough et. al. (eds.), International Security Studies: Theory and Practice (Routledge, 2015): 150-163.
Morgenthau, Hans J.. Politics Among Nations, Chapter 1.
Nevers, Renee de. NATO's International Security Role in the Terrorist Era, April 2007 International Security 31(4):34-66.
Nye, Joseph S. "Deterrence and Dissuasion in Cyberspace." International Security 41, no. 3 (January 2017): 44-71.
Nye, Joseph S. "What Is Power in Global Affairs" International Politics: Enduring Concepts and Contemporary Issues, edited by Robert J. Art and Robert Jervis, 13th edition, Pear-son, 2017, pp. 41-47.
Posen, Barry, European Union Security and Defense Policy: a Response to Unipolarity, Security Studies, 15: 2, 2006.
Risse-Kappen, Thomas, Collective Identity in a Democratic Community: The Case of NATO in Barry Buzan and Lene Hansen (eds.) International Security Vol III (Sage, 2007): 166-201.
Slayton, Rebecca. "What Is the Cyber Offense-Defense Balance Conceptions, Causes, and Assessment." International Security 41, no. 3 (January 2017): 72-109.
Walt, Stephen M., The Renaissance of Security Studies, International Studies Quarterly, 35: 2, 1991.
Waltz, Kenneth. Man, the State, and War, (1959).
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Presentation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 20
Assignment 8 40
Total(%) 60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work 14 6 84
Preparation for Final exam 1 45 45
Course hours 14 3 42
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 45 45
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 2 2
Homework 8 10 80
Total Work Load300
Total Work Load / 30 (h)10
ECTS Credit of the Course10
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

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