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EXAM PAPER 15PFFC016 International Security A21-22 August 2022

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Week 1 An Introduction to International Security Studies

Williams - Security Studies: An Introduction - Chapter 1

Barry Buzan and Lene Hansen, 'Defining ISS' and 'Key Questions in ISS', in The Evolution of ISS (Cambridge: CUP, 2009)

Moore - Avoiding a Thucydides Trap

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Week 2 Theoretical Approaches: Realism, Liberalism, and Constructivism

Morgenthau, Chapter 1 only (link opens up the pdf, pp. 3-16)

Jervis, "Cooperation Under the Security Dilemma" article, pp. 187-214. (link takes your to jstor, sign in through your SOAS acct).

Hopf T. (1998) The Promise of Constructivism in International Relations Theory, International Security, Vol. 23 No. 1, pp. 171-200

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Week 3 Re-thinking Security: Securitisation and Critical Theory

Barkawi T. and Laffey M. (2006) The Postcolonial Moment in security Studies, Vol. 32 No. 2, pp. 329-352

Stritzel H. (2007), Towards a Theory of Securitization, European Journal of International relations, Vol. 13 No. 3, pp. 357-383

Buzan &amp; Waever macrosecuritisation and security constellations reconsidering scale in securitisation theory

Additional Readings:

Paul Roe, “Actor, Audience(s) and Emergency Measures: Securitization and the UK’s Decision to Invade Iraq,” Security Dialogue 39, no. 6 (December 2008): 615–35, https://doi.org/10.1177/0967010608098212.

Postcolonialism - Siba Grovogui

Week 4 Changing World Order (Collapse of the so-called Liberal World Order?)

G John Ikenberry, ‘The End of Liberal International Order?’, International Affairs, 94 (1), January 2018

Astrid H M Nordin and Mikael Weismann, ‘Will Trump make China great again? The belt and road initiative and international order’, International Affairs, 94 (1), March 2018

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Week 5 New Wars?

Kalyvas S. (2001), New and Old Civil Wars: A Valid Distinction?, World Politics, Vol. 54 No. 1 pp. 98-118

Cramer C. (2006), Angola and the Theory of War, in Civil war is not a Stupid Thing, (Hurst &amp; Co: London), pp. 139-168

Mats Berdal, 'How "New" Are "New Wars"? Global Economic Change and the Study of Civil War', Global Governance, 9 (4), 2003

Additional reading

Week 6 War, Society, and Statemaking

Taylor B. D. and Botea R. (2008), Tilly Tally: War-Making and State Making in the Contemporary Third World, International Studies Review, Vol. 10 No. 1, pp. 27-56

Ayoob M. (1991), Review: The Security Problematic of the Third World. World Politics, Vol. 45 No. 2, pp. 257-283

Wendt A. and Barnett M. (1993), Dependent State Formation and Third World Militarisation, Review of International Studies, Vol. 19 No. 4, pp. 321-347

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Week 7 Ethnicity, Language, and Religion

Kilcullen D. (2005), Countering Global Insurgency, Journal of Strategic Studies, Vol. 28 No. 4, pp. 597-617

Beloff J. (2015) The Historical Relationship Between Religion and Government in Rwanda, in: Rectenwald et al, Global Secularisms in a Post-Secular Age (De Gruyter: Berlin), pp. 205-234

Pamini S. N. (2013) The Crisis of the Rohingya as a Muslim Minority in Myanmar and Bilateral Relations with Bangladesh, Journal of Muslim Minorities, Vol 33 No. 2, pp. 281-297

Additional reading

Week 8 Economic Drivers of Conflict

Collier P. (2007) The Natural Resource Trap, in: The Bottom Billion (Oxford University Press: London), pp. 38-52)

Keen D. (1998) The Economic Benefits of Civil War, in: The Economic Functions of Violence in Civil Wars, (IISS; Adelphi Paper 320), pp. 15-22

Avant D. (2005) State Capacity and Contracting, in: The Market for Force: The Consequences of Privatising Security (Cambridge University Press: London), pp. 49-72

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Week 9 Environmental and Health Security

Schlling, et al, "A local to global perspective on resource governance and conflict"

Seagle, "Environmental (In)Security in the Middle East"

Angelica Faotto, "Environmentalism in IR Theory."

Week 10 Migration, Displacement, Security

Fiona Adamson, 'Crossing Borders: International Migration and National Security', International Security, 31 (1), Summer 2006, 165-199

Sarah K Lischer, 'Security and Displacement in Iraq: Responding to Forced Migration Crisis', International Security, 33 (2), Fall 2008, 95-119

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Week 11 The History and the Present of COIN and Privatisation of Security

Kilcullen D. (2006) Counter Insurgency Redux, Survival, Vol. 48 No. 4, pp. 111-130

Khalili L. (2011) Gendered Practices of Counter Insurgency, Review of International Studies, Vol. 37 No. 4, pp. 1471-1489

McFate M. (2005) Anthropology and Counter Insurgency, Military Review, Mar/Apr, pp. 24-38

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Week 12 The Changing Nature of Peacekeeping and R2P in an Age of New Wars

Hunt C. (2017) All Necessary Mans to What End?, International Peacekeeping, Vol. 24 No. 1, PP. 108-131

Sandler, International Peacekeeping Operations: Burden Sharing and Effectiveness

Curran D. (2017) Muddling on Through: Cosmopolitan Peacekeeping and the Protection of Civilians, International Peacekeeping, Vol 24 No. 1, pp. 63-85

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Week 13 Conflict Prevention and Termination Since the End of the Cold War

Bellamy, Alex J. (2008), 'Conflict Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect', Global Governance, Vol. 14, pp. 135-156

Sisk Timothy D.(2013) 'Power Sharing in Civil War: Puzzles of Peacemaking and Peacebuilding', Civil Wars, Vol. 15 No. S1, pp. 7-20

Kivimaki, T. (2012), 'Southeast Asia and Conflict Prevention: Is ASEAN running out of steam?', Pacific Review, Vol. 25 No. 4, pp.403-427

Week 14 Gender and Security Since the End of the Cold War

Hudson, Peacebuilding Through a Gender Lens and the Challenges of Implementation in Rwanda and Côte d'Ivoire

Chinkin C. and Kaldor, M. (2013) ‘Gender and New Wars’, Journal of International Affairs, 67(1), pp.167-187

Shepherd L. (2013), The Secretary Generals's Reports, in Gender Violence and Security: Discourse as Practice, (Zed Books: London), pp. 79-106

Buzan & Waever macrosecuritisation and security constellations reconsidering scale in securitisation theory

Cramer C. (2006), Angola and the Theory of War, in Civil war is not a Stupid Thing, (Hurst & Co: London), pp. 139-168

Jiang & Fu 2018 Chinese Social Media and Big Data: Big Data, Big Brother, Big Profit?