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Security Governance: the Euro-Atlantic Space and Beyond
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:04.09.2024 11:20:30
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SZF_052 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 4.00 | ECTS: | 6.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Politics; International Politics | Target Audience: | Civil and Military Defense; Political Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Māris Andžāns | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 10 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 20 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 13 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 26 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 46 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 5 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 10 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 7 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 14 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Previous knowledge on international security. | ||||||||
| Objective: | The course aims to provide an overview of security governance in the Euro-Atlantic area and beyond. The study course starts with workshops on the world's most pressing security governance issues. In 2024, we'll focus on the US presidential and congressional elections and their impact on global and Baltic security. The course will then move on to a review of International Security Studies from a theoretical perspective. This block will review the main concepts and theories of International Security Studies in a retrospective framework. 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 the present and the status quo 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 and 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, students will present their individual projects on more specific issues discussed in the course. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Workshops on the most topical security governance issues | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Concepts and theories of International Security Studies | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | War and peace in retrospective and perspective. Russia-Ukraine war. | Lectures | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Biological, chemical and radiological weapons & disarmament | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Nuclear weapons and control & disarmament | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Evolution of arms control and disarmament processes. Conventional weapons and their control | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Re-emergence of space domain and security governance in space | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Midterm test | Classes | 0.50 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 9 | Workshops on security governance - students' presentations | Classes | 8.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Consultations before the exam | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Exam | Classes | 1.50 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Workshops on the most topical security governance issues | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Concepts and theories of International Security Studies | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | War and peace in retrospective and perspective. Russia-Ukraine war. | Lectures | 1.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Biological, chemical and radiological weapons & disarmament | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Nuclear weapons and control & disarmament | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Evolution of arms control and disarmament processes. Conventional weapons and their control | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Re-emergence of space domain and security governance in space | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Midterm test | Classes | 0.50 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 9 | Workshops on security governance - students' presentations | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Consultations before the exam | Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Exam | Classes | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Individual report, presentation of the individual report, midterm test, exam. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Final grade is combined of all grades. Highest grade – 10. 1. Attendance – 10% 2. Activity during seminars, familiarity with materials provided in the required reading section –15% 3. In course multiple-choice test results –15% 4. Written report and its presentation – 40% 5. Exam – 20% | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Demonstrate a deep understanding of the evolution of the security governance, contemporary structure and operation of Euro-Atlantic and out of Euro-Atlantic security structures, including their legal frameworks, institutions, decision-making processes and practices, interaction between the security governance institutions. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Ability to understand the basic aspects of the formal and informal operation of security management both within and outside institutions. Ability to professionally explain different security management models to different audiences. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Deep understanding of the theoretical and practical operations of safety management at different levels of analysis. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Visa literatūra ir angļu valodā un piemērota gan latviešu, gan angļu plūsmas studentiem | ||||||||
| 2 | Buzan, B. and L., Hansen. The Evolution of International Security Studies. Cambridge, New York, Cambridge University Press, 2009. (pēdējais iznākušais izdevums) | ||||||||
| 3 | Davies, Shawn, Garoun Engström, Therese Pettersson & Magnus Öberg. Organized violence 1989-2023, and the prevalence of organized crime groups. Journal of Peace Research 61(4), 2024. | ||||||||
| 4 | SIPRI YEARBOOK 2024. Armaments, Disarmament and International Security. Summary. | ||||||||
| 5 | Fei Su and Ian Anthony, eds. Reassessing CBRN Threats in a Changing Global Environment. Solna: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, 2019. | ||||||||
| 6 | THE 2023 NTI NUCLEAR SECURITY INDEX. Falling Short in a Dangerous World. Nuclear Threat Initiative, 2023, 33-58. | ||||||||
| 7 | World nuclear forces. In SIPRI Yearbook 2024. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 271-366. | ||||||||
| 8 | Nye, Joseph S. Jr. The Non-Proliferation Problem. Project Syndicate. 09.07.2024. | ||||||||
| 9 | Weeden, Brian, and Victoria Samson (eds.). Global Counterspace Capabilities: An Open Source Assessment. Secure World Foundation, April 2020. | ||||||||
| 10 | Harrison, Todd. International Perspectives on Space Weapons. Center for Strategic and International Studies, May 2020. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Buzan, B., Wæver, O. and J. Wilde de. Security: A New Framework for Analysis. London, Boulder, 1998. (pēdējais iznākušais izdevums) | ||||||||
| 2 | Starptautiskā drošība. Rakstu krājums, edited by Māris Andžāns, 90-100. Rīga: Latvijas Nacionālā bibliotēka, 2019. (latviešu plūsmai) | ||||||||
| 3 | Uppsala Conflict Data Program. Number of Conflicts 1975-2023. Uppsala University. | ||||||||
| 4 | Uppsala Conflict Data Program. UCDP Charts, Graphs and Maps. Uppsala University. | ||||||||
| 5 | Ukraine conflict updates. Institute of War Studies. | ||||||||
| 6 | Kühn, Ulrich (ed.). Trilateral Arms Control? Perspectives from Washington, Moscow, and Beijing. The Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy, 2020. | ||||||||
| 7 | Erästö, Tytti. “Fifty years of the NPT—cause for celebration or commemoration?” Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Last modified May 23, 2019. | ||||||||
| 8 | NATO. “NATO and Warsaw Pact: force comparisons.” Last accessed September 1, 2020. | ||||||||
| 9 | Preston, Robert, Dana J. Johnson, Sean J. A. Edwards, Michael D. Miller, Calvin Shipbaugh. Space Weapons Earth Wars. RAND Corporation, 2022. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Booth, K. ‘Security and Emancipation’, Review of International Studies, vol. 17(4), 1991, pp. 313-326. | ||||||||
| 2 | Deutsch, K. W. Political Community and the North Atlantic Area: International Organization in the Light of Historical Experience. Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2015. | ||||||||
| 3 | Herz, J. H. ‘Idealist Internationalism and the Security Dilemma’. World Politics, vol. 2(2) 1950, pp. 157-180. | ||||||||
| 4 | Galtung, J. ‘Violence, Peace, and Peace Research’. Journal of Peace Research, vol. 6(3) 1969, pp. 167-191. | ||||||||
| 5 | Mearsheimer, J. J. The Tragedy of Great Power Politics. New York, London, W. W. Norton & Company, 2014. | ||||||||
| 6 | Morgenthau, H. J. Politics Among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace. New York, A. A. Knopf, 2006. | ||||||||
| 7 | Wolfers, A. ‘“National Security” as an Ambiguous Symbol’. Political Science Quarterly, vol. 67(4), 1952, pp. 481-502. | ||||||||
| 8 | Waltz, K. N. Theory of International Politics. Boston, Mass McGraw-Hill, 1979. (pēdējais iznākušais izdevums) | ||||||||
