International Security Policy

This course examines the theories and empirical issues about international security policy. It explores enduring and contemporary issues in international security. Besides introducing the major theories in the field, it surveys policy decisions and tradeoffs among political, social, economic, military, legal, and ethical goals and values, studying the interactions between the states, organizations, institutions, and individuals in policy formulation, implementation, and outcomes. The course has three major objectives: (1) to understand the major theoretical perspectives and paradigms in security studies, (2) to survey the mos salient substantive areas, questions and debates in the field; (3) to apply theories and paradigms to contemporary problems
of international security.