POL 251 - Peace and Security

This course provides students with a broad theoretical introduction to issues that affect the security of individuals and states. The course is divided into three sections. The first section focuses on international security and specific methods that states use to achieve this security. This often includes investigations in nuclear deterrence, economic sanctions and aid, cyber security and the use of drones. The second section examines causes and results of intrastate violence. This section often examines issues related to civil wars, ethnic conflict, genocide, and immigration/migration. The final section examines terrorism from its definition, to causes, to ways to combat it.

Credit(s): 3
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Social Perspectives course for the Dialogues.