Emerging threats and new challenges for internationale security - Einzelansicht

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the global bi-polar power structure, priorities in international security have been shifting from classic inter-state conflicts towards emerging security threats. These are different from and sometimes more difficult to grasp than the more familiar type of threat the international system has been trying to address since the end of the second World War. This seminar is intended to shed light on these new challenges and threats that seem to increase and outweigh traditional inter-state conflicts. Starting from a theoretical point of view based on concepts and theories such as collective security, securitization, or human security we will analyze and discuss several phenomena that increasingly appear in the public debate on international security. Based on theoretical and empirical literature we will cover topics such as “new” wars, cyber security, terrorism, transnational crime, global health, or climate change. We will investigate institutional responses to these threats on an international level and learn how the global perspective has been changing from a focus on traditional inter-state wars to a more diverse and multi-facetted perception of international security.