This programme provides a good grounding in the study of approaches to, and issues in, international security and the challenges of national security planning in the era of increased concerns about terror. It examines how state, non-state and supra- national actors behave and interact in managing or causing threats to international security and peace. It deals with issues such as the emerging synergy between national and international security and the use of non-military tools to combat terrorism and the infringement of civil liberties and problems of social cohesion in national security planning.

Course content

• International Security in a Changing World
• Terrorism and National Security
• Philosophy and Methodology of Politics and International Relations
• Three other modules from those taught within the School
• Dissertation

The programme is also offered in a two-year, 120 ECTS credit format, comprising nine taught modules followed by a dissertation. A double award version of this programme with Virginia Tech University, Alexandra campus near Washington DC, will run from September 2013.

Assessment

Assessment is by coursework plus the dissertation.

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Roxanne Devine
School of Politics and International Relations, Rutherford College,
University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NX, UK
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Michael Sewell
Brussels School of International Studies,
University of Kent at Brussels, Boulevard de la Plaine 5, 1050, Brussels, Belgium
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