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. The study course starts with a review of International Security Studies from a theoretical perspective. After a brief break, we will continue with two introductory workshops on some of the world's most pressing security issues. In 2025, we'll focus on the first months of the second presidency of the 45th & 47th president of the US, as well as artificial intelligence and national security. From here on, the course will proceed with a general review of war and peace in retrospect and perspective – armed conflicts of the past and present, and the current status of armed forces at global and regional levels. Particular attention will be devoted to Russia’s war in Ukraine. The course will enter the next phase with a review of weapons of mass destruction, disarmament, and control of such weapons. It will cover biological, chemical, radiological, and nuclear weapons, complemented by a review of the often-related control of conventional arms. The lectures part of the course will end with a review of security governance in a (re)emerging domain of warfare: space. During the workshops over the last two weeks of the course, students will present their individual projects on more specific issues discussed in t