Security Studies

This course is a basic introduction to the field of security studies. It will examine contemporary issues in conflict and security studies and current major issues within the European and the Transatlantic security architecture (NATO, the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the EU), and global security issues (role of the UN Security Council, the emerging Responsibility to Protect doctrine in human security, the emergence of the so-called ?new? security agenda) and surveys national security policies in Europe since the end of the Cold War. The course will also examine the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (nuclear weapons, chemical and biological weapons) and international non-proliferation and arms control regimes. The course covers a wide variety of topics to facilitate understanding of the global and regional security issues like current energy security developments and vulnerabilities related to EU, terrorism and counter-terrorism.

Corvinus University of Budapest awards credits based on the ECTS system (2 ECTS credits equals 1 U.S. credit therefore, 6 ECTS credits is equivalent to 3 U.S. credits). At Corvinus University of Budapest, all classes meet for a minimum of 180 minutes per week. Contact hours are calculated through a combination of lecture hours and outside activities which can include (workshops, seminars, fieldwork activities, guest lectures, and independent work) therefore, contact hours may vary on syllabi.