Security Governance: the Euro-Atlantic Space and Beyond (SZF_052)

The course aims to provide an overview of security governance in the Euro-Atlantic area and beyond. We will start the course with two introductory workshops on some of the world's most pressing security issues. We will focus on the first (almost) two years of the second presidency of the 45th and 47th President of the United States, as well as artificial intelligence and national security. Then we will have four lectures that will begin with a review of concepts and theories in International Security Studies, followed by a general review of past and present armed conflicts and the current status of armed forces at global and regional levels. Subsequently, two workshops will be devoted to student presentations on the topics covered in the first four lectures. Students will present their individual reports on more specific issues discussed in the course.The course will enter the next phase, comprising three lectures on weapons of mass destruction. It will cover biological, chemical, radiological, and nuclear weapons, including measures of disarmament and control.Subsequently, one workshop will be devoted to student presentations on the topics covered in the three lectures from the previous week. The lecture component of the course will conclude with three lectures on the control of conventional arms, security governance in a (re)emerging domain of warfare – space, and a lecture on Russia's war in Ukraine.  The final workshops will be devoted to the remaining student presentations.