Fall 2008/Katerina Tsoukala

International Security
Syllabus
Katerina Tsoukala
Amazonian tribesmen defend themselves in view of a civilian airlane!
"Security is an illusion! #ife is either a darin$ adventure or it is nothin$ at all!%
Helen Keller
PART I: CONCEPTUALISING SECURITY
Week One Introduction and Overvie o! Cour"e
Oct. 5-11
"&an shall be forced to be free' for this is the necessary condition which( by $ivin$ each
citizen to the nation( secures him a$ainst all ersonal deendence( it is the condition
which shaes both the desi$n and the workin$ of the olitical machine( and which alone
bestows )ustice on civil contracts * without it( such contracts would be absurd( tyrannical
and liable to the $rossest abuse!%
+ean,+a-ues .ousseau( The Social /ontract( 0122
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Highly Recommended Readings:
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&abee( 3! 420056! 7Security Studies and the 8Security State9: Security ;rovision in
<istorical /onte=t!7 >nternational .elations #$426: 05?,0?0!
.isman( @! &! and T! A! ;aul 4200?6! 7Blobalization and the @ational Security State: A
Framework for Analysis 7 >nternational Studies .eview $: 0CC,221!
&ccBwire( &! 420026! 7Shiftin$ the ;aradi$m!7 >nternational Affairs $%406: 0,28
Week Two International Security Studie" and International Relation"
Oct. 12-18 Ca"e Study: T&e 'iddle Ea"t
"The most certain test by which we )ud$e whether a country is really free is the amount
of security en)oyed by minorities!%
#ord Acton
Readings
<aftendorn( <! 40CC06! 7The Security ;uzzle: Theory,3uildin$ and Disciline,3uildin$
in >nternational Security!7 >nternational Studies -uarterly ()406: 5,01!
&essari( @! 420026! 7The State and Dilemmas of Security: the &iddle East and the
3alkans!7 Security Dialo$ue ((4F6: F0?,F21!
3il$in( ;! 4200F6! 7Ghose 9&iddle East9H Beoolitical >nventions and ;ractices of
Security!7 >nternational .elations #%406: 2?,F0!
/ha( A! D! 420006! 7Blobalization and the Study of >nternational Security!7 +ournal of
;eace .esearch ($456: 5C0,F05!
3arkawi( T! and &! #affey 420026! 7The ;ostcolonial &oment in Security Studies!7
.eview of >nternational Studies (*426: 52C,5?2!
Optional Readings:
/halk( ;! 420056! 7@on,&ilitary Security in the Gider &iddle East!7 Studies in /onflict
and Terrorism *+: 0C1,20F!
Questions fo discussion: <as the concet of national security become obsoleteH Ghat
are the advanta$es and flaws re$ardin$ the increasin$ concetualisation of security
studies at the realm of the $lobal/internationalH Ghat is the most useful international
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security aradi$m in the study of security in the &iddle East Ire$ionJ 4if any6H >s the
I$lobalisedJ version of Security Studies ultimately IeurocentricJH
PART II: ACTORNESS IN THE USE O, ,ORCE AN- THE PRO.ISION O,
SECURITY
Week !hee On /ar
Oct. 1"-25
"Either war is obsolete or men are!%
.! 3uckminster Fuller
Readings:
&andelbaum( &! 40CC86! 7>s &a)or Gar KbsoleteH7 Survival 014F6: 20,58!
&acmaster( <! .! 420086! 7Kn Gar: #essons to be #earned!7 Survival )1406: 0C,50!
Freedman( #! 40CC86! 7The /han$in$ Forms of &ilitary /onflict!7 Survival 014F6: 5C,?2!
3arkawi( T! 4200F6! 7Kn the ;eda$o$y of 9Small Gars9!7 >nternational Affairs %1406: 0C,
51!
Kalyvas( S! @! and &! A! Kocher 420016! 7Ethnic /leava$es and >rre$ular Gar: >ra- and
Aietnam!7 ;olitics Society ()426: 085,225 , L0C0,202M
.o$ers( ;! 420056! 79#osin$ /ontrol9 , Gar and the &odern Gorld!7 >nternational
.elations #$406: C1,008!
Optional Readings:
Smith( &! #! .! 420056! 7Buerillas in the &ist: .eassessin$ Strate$y and #ow >ntensity
Garfare!7 .eview of >nternational Studies *2: 0C,51!
3urke( A! 4200?6! 7>ra-: Strate$y9s burnt offerin$!7 Blobal /han$e( ;eace N Security
#$426: 0C0,205!
Bray( /! S! 40CCC6! Small Gars and Kther Sava$e Aiolence! &odern Strate$y! K=ford(
K=ford Oniversity ;ress: 215,2C2!
/alwell( /! E!( /! G! Bwynn( et al! 40CCF6! #imited Gar and Develoin$ /ountries! Gar!
#! Freedman! K=ford( K=ford Oniversity ;ress: 500,5?1!
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/lausewitz( /! A! 40C8C6! Ghat is GarH Kn Gar! &! <oward and ;! ;aret! ;rinceton(
;rinceton Oniversity ;ress: 1?,8C!
#o$ie:
The Thin .ed #ine by Terrence &alick
Questions: >s there a holistic definition of warH <as war become obsolete as an
instrument of violence to achieve olitical endsH >s there a state monooly in the wa$P of
wars in contemorary oliticsH Ghat are the roblems as re$ards the tyolo$y of warfare
in >nternational .elationsH
Week %ou -e!ence Policy Analy"i"
&o$. 2'-(1
"Qou can not simultaneously revent and reare for war!%
Albert Einstein
"Ge will bankrut ourselves in the vain search for absolute security!%
Dwi$ht D! Eisenhower
Readings:
<ayward( K! 420006! 7The Blobalisation of Defence >ndustries!7 Survival 0*426: 00?,052!
Kirkatrick( D! 40CC16! 7.isin$ /osts( Fallin$ 3ud$ets and their >mlications for Defence
;olicy!7 Economic Affairs: 00,0F!
<artley( K! and T! Sandler 420056! 7The Future of the Defence Firm!7 KQK#KS )+456:
520,580!
&arkusen( A! 40CCC6! 7The .ise of Gorld Geaons!7 Forei$n ;olicy ##0: F0,?0!
Feiler( B! 40CC86! The &ilitary >ndustries of the Arab Gorld in the 0CC09s in The ;olitics
and Economics of Defence >ndustries! E! >nbar and 3! Rilberfarb! #ondon Frank /ass:
02?,200!
Krause( K! 40CC26! The Subordinate .ole of Arms .eciients in Arms and the State:
;atterns of &ilitary ;roduction and Trade! /ambrid$e( /ambrid$e Oniversity ;ress: 082,
20F!
Optional Readings:
Au$ustine( @! @! 40CC16! Au$ustine9s #aws! .eston( Air$inia( American >nstitute of
Aeronautics and Astronautics!
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#atham( @! 420056! Defence >ndustry in a Blobal /onte=t: ;olicy >mlications for the
Onited kin$dom! #ondon( .oyal Onited Services >nstitute!
&arkusen( A!( Ed! 40CCC6! Armin$ the Future: A Defense >ndustry for the 20st century!
@ew Qork( /ouncil on Forei$n .elations ;ress!
&c/onville( T! and .! <olmes( Eds! 420056! Defence &ana$ement in Oncertain Times!
#ondon( Frank /ass!
Edmonds( &!( Ed! 40C806! >nternational Arms ;rocurement ;er$amon ;olicy Studies on
Security Affairs! K=ford( ;er$amon ;olicy Studies!
Documentary:
&akin$ a Killin$: >nside the >nternational Arms Trade 420026( included on the 2,Disc
Secial Edition DAD of the #ord of Gar 4200?6
Questions: <ow does $lobalisation affect the roduction of weaons and the
or$anisation of defence firms worldwideH Ghat are the conse-uences for the conduct of
future warfareH Do you believe that the increasin$ trend of defence rocurement from
forei$n or trans,national defence firms can $uarantee a stateJs securityH
PART III: CHALLENGES TO INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
Week %i$e -eterrence and Counter34roli!eration in an A5e o! 'a"" -e"truction
&o$. 2-8
"Ge need to de,le$itimise the nuclear weaon( and by de,le$itimizin$!! meanin$ tryin$ to
develo a different system of security that does not deend on nuclear deterrence!%
&ohamed El3aradei
Readings:
Smith( D! D! 420056! 7Deterrence and /ounterroliferation in an A$e of Geaons of
&ass Destruction 7 Security Studies #*4F6: 0?2,0C1!
Blaser( /! #! 40CC86! 7The Flawed /ase for @uclear Disarmament!7 Survival 01406: 002,
028!
.ussell( +! A! 420026! 7;eerin$ into the Abyss: @on,State Actors and the 2002
;roliferation Environment 7 The @onroliferation .eview #(456: 2F?,2?1!
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Flibbert( A! 4200F6! 7After Saddam: .e$ional >nsecurity( Geaons of &ass Destruction(
and ;roliferation ;ressures in ;ostwar >ra- 7 ;olitical Science Suarterly ##%4F6: ?F1,?21!
Ktional .eadin$s:
<untley( G! #! 420026! 7.ebels without a /ause: @orth Korea( >ran and the @;T!7
>nternational Affairs %*4F6: 125,1F2!
/arranza( &! E! 420026! 7/an the @;T SurviveH The Theory and ;ractice of OS @uclear
@on,roliferation ;olicy after Setember 00!7 /ontemorary Security ;olicy *$456: F8C,
?2?!
<anson( &! 420026! 7@uclear Geaons as Kbstacles to >nternational Security!7
>nternational .elations #+: 520,51C!
#o$ie:
Dr! Stran$elove or: <ow > #earned to Sto Gorryin$ and #ove the 3omb by Stanley
Kubrick 40C2F6
Questions: >s nuclear deterrence a valid concet to think about international security in a
multi,olar worldH >s nuclear non,roliferation feasibleH Ghat are the limitations
re$ardin$ the theory and ractice of the @on ;roliferation TreatyH Do non,state actors
deconstruct its validityH Does the re,emtive use of force on states susected of
ossessin$ nuclear weaons reresent a shift in the ractice of ost,cold war deterrence
and does it ultimately enhance international securityH
Week )i* 'i""ile -e!ence
&o$. "-15
">t9s true that the war in >ra- oened a distance in relations between art of Euroe and
the O!S! $overnment( but our basic ties are stron$er than that! Ge share democracy( free
markets and a commitment to Gestern security! Ge differ on how to $uarantee that
security!%
+ose #uis Raatero
There can be no security where there is fear!
Feli= Frankfurter
Readings:
3owen( G! S! 420006! 7&issile Defence and the Transatlantic Security .elationshi!7
>nternational Affairs $$456: F8?,?01!
Seaboyer( A! and K! Thranet 420026! 7Ghat &issile ;roliferation &eans for Euroe!7
Survival 0%426: 8?,C2!
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Slocombe( G! 3! 420086! 7Euroe( .ussia and American &issile Defence!7 Survival
)1426: 0C,2F!
#ebovic( +! <! 420026! 7The #aw of Small @umbers: Deterrence and @ational &issile
Defense!7 +ournal of /onflict .esolution 0+4F6: F??,F85!
3radley( T! 420026! 7Ghy a 3allistic &issile Defense ;ro$ram is the Gron$ ;ath to OS
@ational Security!7 Defense N Security Analysis **406: C?,CC!
Samson( A! 420086! 7Siralin$ Kut of /ontrol: <ow &issile Defense9s Ac-uisition
Strate$y is Settin$ a Dan$erous ;recedent!7 Defense N Security Analysis *0426: 205,200!
#arrabee( F! S! 420086! 7Ghither &issile DefenceH7 The >nternational Sectator 0(426: ?,
05!
Suestions: Ghy has the deloyment of ballistic missile defence been a controversial issue
since the 10JsH Does it reresent a rift on transatlantic security culturesH /an &issile
Defence Deterrence enhance $lobal securityH >s it worth the costH >s it technically
feasibleH
Week )e$en Ener5y Security
&o$. 1'-22
Readings:
/haman( D! and @! Khanna 420026! 7The ;ersian Bulf( Blobal Kil .esources( and
>nternational Security!7 /ontemorary Economic ;olicy *04F6: ?01,?0C!
Gilliams( ;! A! 420026! 7;ro)ections for the Beoolitical Economy of Kil after Gar in
>ra-!7 Futures (%: 001F,0088!
<arks( E! 420026! 7The /onundrum of Ener$y Security , Bas in Eastern and Gestern
Euroe!7 The >nternational Sectator: F1 , ?8!
3ah$at( B! 420026! 7Euroe9s Ener$y Security: /hallen$es and Kortunities!7
>nternational Affairs %*4?6: C20,C1?!
/orrel)e( A! and /! v! d! #inde 420026! 7Ener$y Suly Security and Beoolitics: A
Euroean ;ersective!7 Ener$y ;olicy (0: ?52,?F5!
+affe( A! &! and .! A! &annin$ 40CCC6! 7The &yth of the /asian 9Breat Bame9: The
.eal Beoolitics of Ener$y!7 Survival 014F6: 002,02C!
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+! Burura)a 420056! 7Ener$y for Sustainable Develoment: .eview of @ational and
>nternational Ener$y ;olicies!7 @atural .esources Forum *$: ?5,21!
Ktional .eadin$s:
Stulber$( A! @! 420016! 79Fuellin$9 Transatlantic Entente in the /asian 3asin: Ener$y
Security and /ollective Action!7 /ontemorary Security ;olicy *)426: 280,500!
+haveri( @! +! 4200F6! 7;etroimerialism: OS Kil >nterests and the >ra- Gar!7 Antiode: 2,
00!
Suestions: Ghy has the framework of steady suly of mutually a$reed rices to the
;ersian Bulf roducers and western consumers been so si$nificant for Blobal SecurityH
Ghat are the main roblems of $as suly in EuroeH >s it misleadin$ to consider the oil
natural reserves in central /aucasus and the /asian 3asin a anacea to lon$,term ener$y
security in the GestH
Week eight 6In7Hu8anitarian 6Non7Intervention
&o$. 2(-2"
"Theory cannot be acceted as conclusive when ractice oints the other way%
/harles E! /allwell( Small Gars 40C026
"E=cessive dealin$s with tyrants are not $ood for the security of free states!%
Demosthenes
Readings:
3ellamy( A! +! 420056! 7<umanitarian .esonsibilities and interventionist claims in
>nternational Society!7 .eview of >nternational Studies *2: 520,5F0!
&ednicoff( D! &! 420026! 7<umane GarsH >nternational #aw( +ust Gar Theory and
/ontemorary Armed <umanitarian >ntervention!7 #aw( /ulture and the <umanities *:
515,5C8!
Geller( &! 420006! 7The OS( >ra- and the Ose of Force in a Oniolar Gorld!7 Survival
0#4F6: 80,000!
Geiss( T! B! 4200F6! 7The Sunset of <umanitarian >nterventionH The resonsibility to
;rotect in a Oniolar Era 7 Security Dialo$ue ()426: 05?,0?5!
Thomas( @! and G! T! Tow 420026! 7The Otility of <uman Security: Soverei$nty and
<umanitarian >ntervention!7 Security Dialo$ue ((426: 011,0C2!
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Questions: Ghat are the main tenets of the )ust war thesisH >s humanitarian intervention a
contradiction in termsH >s human security a useful concet to redefine and re,
conte=tualise the theory and ractice of humanitarian interventionH /ritically comare
and contrast the effectiveness of military interventions in your readin$s!

Week &ine Inter3national Terror3i"8
+ec.
"Qour security is not in the hands of Kerry( 3ush or al,Saida! Qour security is in your
own hands%!
Ksama bin #aden
Readings:
Shairo( >! 420086! 7A Blobal .esonse to Terrorism!7 The >nternational Sectator 0(456:
21,5F!
Kowalski( &! 420086! 7Blobal >nsur$ency or Blobal /onfrontationH /ounter,>nsur$ency
Doctrine and the 7#on$ Gar7 on Terrorism!7 Defense N Security Analysis *0406: 2?,10!
Abrahms( &! 420086! 7Ghat Terrorists .eally Gant: Terrorist &otives and
/ounterterrorism Strate$y!7 >nternational Security (*4F6: 18,00?!
;ae( .! 420056! 7The Strate$ic #o$ic of Suicide Terrorism!7 American ;olitical Science
.eview 2$456: 5F5,520!
Frey( 3! S! and S! #uechin$er 4200F6! 7Decentralization as a Disincentive for Terror!7
Euroean +ournal of ;olitical Economy *1: ?0C,?0?!
Stevenson( +! 420026! 7Demilitarisin$ the 9Gar on Terror9!7 Survival 0%426!
Questions: >s terrorism a $lobal henomenonH Does it re-uire a $lobal resonseH >s
counter,insur$ency doctrine effective in resolvin$ the Ilon$ warJ in >ra- and
Af$hanistanH Does the solution to terrorism reside in resolvin$ its olitical utilityH >s
there a strate$ic lo$ic in suicide terrorismH Ghy is the use of force so much more
redominant in counter,terrorism strate$yH Are there any other 4non,military6 measuresH
Week !en Po"t3/ar Re3Con3"truction
+ec.

"> believe that the $overnment that $overns best is a $overnment that $overns least( and
by these standards we have set u a fabulous $overnment in >ra-!%
Stehen /olbert
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"The O!S! cannot imose freedom( security( and unity in >ra- by force! Establishin$ a
firm timeline for brin$in$ our troos home could accelerate the develoment of >ra-i
security forces and deeen their commitment to defendin$ their own country and their
own $overnment!%
;eter DeFazio
Readings:
Krause( K! and K! +utersonke 4200?6! 7;eace( Security and Develoment in ;ost,/onflict
Environments!7 Security Dialo$ue (+4F6: FF1,F22!
.athmell( A! 7;lannin$ ;ost,/onflict .econstruction in >ra-: Ghat /an Ge #earnH7
>nternational Affairs %#4?6: 0005,0058!
Dobbins( +! 420026! 7;rearin$ for @ation,3uildin$!7 Survival 0%456: 21,F0!
Sorensen( B! 420006! 7Gar and State,&akin$: Ghy doesn9t it Gork in the Third GorldH7
Security Dialo$ue (*456: 5F0,5?F!
Francois( &! and >! Sud 420026! 7;romotin$ Stability and Develoment in Fra$ile and
Failed States!7 Develoment ;olicy .eview *0426: 0F0,020!
+ocumentay: ;ost,Gar .econstruction: >ra- for Sale: The Gar ;rofiteers 4*11+6
#o$ie: /harlie GilsonJs Gar
Questions: Ghat are the roblems of the contemorary ractice of ost,conflict
eacebuildin$H Ghy does >ra- reresent the most ambitious lan of ost,conflict
reconstruction in recent yearsH Do you believe that international intervention is a
necessary art of the rocess of nation,buildin$H Ghy has the Onited States erformed so
inade-uately in >ra-H
Week ,le$en Hu8an and Environ8ental Security
+ec.
">n the lon$ course of history( havin$ eole who understand your thou$ht is much
$reater security than another submarine!%
+! Gilliam Fulbri$ht
"The heart of the security a$enda is rotectin$ lives , and we now know that the number
of eole who will die of A>DS in the first decade of the 20st /entury will rival the
number that died in all the wars in all the decades of the 20th century!%
Al Bore
Readings:
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Kaldor( &!( &! &artin( et al! 420016! 7<uman Security: A @ew Strate$ic @arrative for
Euroe!7 >nternational Affairs %(426: 215,288!
Fo=( &! +! 4200F6! 7Birl Soldiers: <uman Security and Bendered >nsecurity!7 Security
Dialo$ue ()4F6: F2?,F1C!
@uruzzaman( &! 420026! 7;aradi$ms in /onflict: The /ontested /laims of <uman
Security( /ritical Theory and Feminism!7 /ooeration and /onflict: +ournal of the
@ordic >nternational Studies Association 0#456: 28?,505!
K93rien( K! 420026! 7Are Ge &issin$ the ;ointH Blobal Environmental /han$e as an
>ssue of <uman security 7 Blobal Environmental /han$e #+: 0,5!
Floyd( .! 420086! 7The Environmental Security debate and its si$nificance for /limate
/han$e!7 The >nternational Sectator 0(456: ?0,2?!
Durant( .! F! 420026! 7Ghither Environmental Security in the ;ost,Setember 00th EraH
Assessin$ the #e$al( Kr$anizational and ;olicy /hallen$es for the @ational Security
State!7 ;ublic Administration review +*: 00?,025!
Questions: Does human security deconstruct the traditional realist security aradi$mH
Ghat are its flaws and inade-uaciesH Ghat are the imlications of the war on terrorism
for the ro$ress made to date and the likely future of environmental security efforts in the
national security stateH
Week !-el$e Revi"ion
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