International Security

The conduct of international security is changing. This is in response to new technologies, tactics and challenges. ‘Security’ itself is a contested term, with stark disagreements on its use. Join this International Security course at University of Sussex to gain a rigorous understanding of contemporary and emerging security challenges. 

You explore the many different understandings of ‘security’, their histories and futures. You look at how they matter to war, insurgency and foreign policy today.

You learn to produce informed analysis of a range of issues including:

• imperial and civil wars
• rising powers and military intervention
• violence against civilians
• terrorism and new technologies of war
• intelligence and resilience
• weapons of mass destruction andbiosecurity.

The university hosts the specialisedSussex Centre for Conflict and Security Research,theCentre for Advanced International Theory, theCentre for Global Health Policyand theCentre for Global Political Economy.You’ll learn through their multidisciplinary environment, interdisciplinary approach, cutting-edge research, international faculty and distinctive program of events.

Careers

• The International Security course at University of Sussex is ideal for you if you’re hoping to pursue a professional career in international security, or in the analysis of current international security affairs as a policy adviser, journalist or researcher. It’s also a good basis for postgraduate research in international security.

Courses include:

• Genocide, Colonialism, and the International
• Global Ethics and International Relations
• Rethinking Imperialism
• Russia, Eurasia and the Crisis of the Liberal West
• The Middle East in Global Order
• The Political Economy of Development
• Violence and (In)security: Feminist, Queer and Anti-colonial perspectives
• War and the Politics of (Counter) Insurgency
• War in World Politics