SECURITY STUDIES

PSIR556

Course Code: PSIR556
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 10

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Master's Degree With Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Professor Uğur Güngör

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Develop a different perspective and question current events with a different view.
Understand the transformation in "Security" thinking.
Comprehend the turning from classic security understanding to critical security studies.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

No recommended optional programme components.

Course Description

In this course, the changes Security Studies, a sub-branch of the discipline of International Relations, have experienced will be assessed. Security Studies, which have been dominated by positivist paradigms, particularly by realism during the Cold War period, have been affected by new perspectives, have gained new aspects and have started to develop in other places than the USA after the Cold War. The concept of security has also undergone a crucial transformation during this period. At the end of the course, students are expected to have the knowledge of different approaches to security studies, to know the historical process, to be able to comment on different definitions of security and to be able to interpret contemporary security problems within this framework.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	The actors in international arena and international system: Analysis of international arena
2^nd Week	Power and power struggle in international arena and the concept of state
3^rd Week	Concepts regarding security
4^th Week	The changing nature of war, concept of security and its dimensions
5^th Week	Reviewing the concept of security with a theoretical perspective
6^th Week	World security in the pre-9/11 and post-9/11 eras
7^th Week	World Security, and the United Nations and
8^th Week	World Security, and the NATO
9^th Week	Mid-term Exam
10^th Week	Relations between Nuclear Armament or Nuclear Disarmament and security
11^th Week	Security problems in Europe, Middle East and Africa
12^th Week	Security problems in the Asia-Pacific region
13^th Week	Turkey and international security
14^th Week	Possible risks and threats that might emerge today and in the future, and their possible effects on world security

Recommended or Required Reading

Edward Halett Carr (1964) The Twenty Years Crisis, NY: Harper Perennial, ss.102-130.

Oktay F. Tanrısever (2007) Güç. Atilla Eralp (der.) Devlet ve Ötesi: Uluslararası İlişkilerde Temel Kavramlar, 3. Baskı, ss.53-71.

John Baylis (2008) "Uluslararası İlişkilerde Güvenlik Kavramı". Uluslararası İlişkiler Dergisi 5(18): 69-85.

Ole Waever (1995) Securitization and Desecuritization, in: Ronnie Lipschutz (Ed.), On Security, New York: Columbia University Press.

Barry Buzan, Ole Waever and Jaap de Wilde (1998) Security. A New Framework For Analysis, Boulder/London: Lynne Rienner.

Pınar Bilgin (2003) "Individual and Societal Dimensions of Security" International Studies Review, Volume 5, Issue 2, June.

Barry Buzan (2015) Askeri Güvenliğin Değişen Gündemi Mustafa Aydın (der.) Uluslararası İlişkilerde Çatışmadan Güvenliğe, (2. Baskı), İstanbul: Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, ss.323-335.

Başar Baysal ve Çağla Lüleci (2015). Kophenag Okulu ve Güvenlikleştirme Teorisi. Güvenlik Bilimleri Dergisi 11(22), ss.61-96.

Kenneth Boulding (1978) Stable Peace. Austin: University of Texas Press.

Johan Galtung (1969) Violence, Peace, and Peace Research. Journal of Peace Research 6 (3).

Ken Booth (1999) Nuclearism, Human Rights, and Constructions of Security (Part I). International Journal of Human Rights 3 (2).

Haluk Karadağ (2019) Turkey and UN Peacekeeping Missions. Alpaslan Özerdem and Matthew Whiting (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Turkish Politics. Ny: Routledge.

Haluk Karadağ (2021) Küresel Rekabetin Bölgesel Güvenliğe Yansımaları: Çin Denizi'nde ABD-Çin Mücadelesi. Çukurova Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi; 30(1):166-174.

Haluk Karadağ ve İsmail Sıkı. (2021) Divergent Nature of Terrorism: A Comparative Analysis on PKK and ISIS/ISIL. Akademik Hassasiyetler; 8 (15):341-360.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Questions/Answers
Presentation
Other

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	30
Assignment	4	20
Other	1	10
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	7	98
Preparation for Final exam	1	55	55
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	50	50
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	2	2
Homework	4	13	52
Total Work Load			301
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			10.03
ECTS Credit of the Course			10

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3
K1	X	X	X
K2
K3
K4	X	X
K5
K6	X	X	X
K7	X	X	X
K8	X	X	X