Advanced Topics in International Security

This course will concentrate on an in-depth review of recent scholarship in the area of International Security. Specifically, we will consider recent works on the issues surrounding Unipolarity, Terrorism, Asymmetric Conflict, Civil War, Ethnic Conflict, and modern Alliance Politics among others. The goal behind this seminar will be to provide students with the tools to understand, and potentially contribute to, contemporary scholarly discussions on the nature of international conflict and cooperation.