At the end of this course, the students; 1) Develop a different perspective and question current events with a different view. 2) Understand the transformation in "Security" thinking. 3) Comprehend the turning from classic security understanding to critical security studies.
MODE OF DELIVERY
Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
No recommended optional programme components.
COURSE DEFINITION
In this course, the changes Security Studies, a sub-branch of the discipline of International Relations, have experienced will be assessed. Security Studies, which have been dominated by positivist paradigms, particularly by realism during the Cold War period, have been affected by new perspectives, have gained new aspects and have started to develop in other places than the USA after the Cold War. The concept of security has also undergone a crucial transformation during this period. At the end of the course, students are expected to have the knowledge of different approaches to security studies, to know the historical process, to be able to comment on different definitions of security and to be able to interpret contemporary security problems within this framework.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
The actors in international arena and international system: Analysis of international arena
2nd Week
Power and power struggle in international arena and the concept of state
3rd Week
Concepts regarding security
4th Week
The changing nature of war, concept of security and its dimensions
5th Week
Reviewing the concept of security with a theoretical perspective
6th Week
World security in the pre-9/11 and post-9/11 eras
7th Week
World Security, and the United Nations
and the NATO
8th Week
Mid-term
9th Week
Relations between Nuclear Armament or Nuclear Disarmament and security
10th Week
Security problems in Europe, Middle East and Africa
11th Week
Security problems in the Asia-Pacific region
12th Week
Turkey and international security
13th Week
Possible risks and threats that might emerge today and in the future, and their possible effects on world security
14th Week
Student Presentations
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
Edward Halett Carr (1964) The Twenty Years Crisis, NY: Harper Perennial, ss.102-130.
Oktay F. Tanrısever (2007) ?Güç?. Atilla Eralp (der.) Devlet ve Ötesi: Uluslararası İlişkilerde Temel Kavramlar, 3. Baskı, ss.53-71.
John Baylis (2008) "Uluslararası İlişkilerde Güvenlik Kavramı". Uluslararası İlişkiler Dergisi 5(18): 69-85.
Ole Waever (1995) Securitization and Desecuritization, in: Ronnie Lipschutz (Ed.), On Security, New York: Columbia University Press.
Barry Buzan, Ole Waever and Jaap de Wilde (1998) Security. A New Framework For Analysis, Boulder/London: Lynne Rienner.
Pınar Bilgin (2003) "Individual and Societal Dimensions of Security" International Studies Review, Volume 5, Issue 2, June.
Barry Buzan (2015) ?Askeri Güvenliğin Değişen Gündemi? Mustafa Aydın (der.) Uluslararası İlişkilerde Çatışmadan Güvenliğe, (2. Baskı), İstanbul: Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, ss.323-335.
Başar Baysal ve Çağla Lüleci (2015). Kophenag Okulu ve Güvenlikleştirme Teorisi. Güvenlik Bilimleri Dergisi 11(22), ss.61-96.
Kenneth Boulding (1978) Stable Peace. Austin: University of Texas Press.
Johan Galtung (1969) Violence, Peace, and Peace Research. Journal of Peace Research 6 (3).
Ken Booth (1999) Nuclearism, Human Rights, and Constructions of Security (Part I). International Journal of Human Rights 3 (2).
Haluk Karadağ (2019) ?Turkey and UN Peacekeeping Missions?. Alpaslan Özerdem and Matthew Whiting (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Turkish Politics. Ny: Routledge.
Haluk Karadağ (2021) Küresel Rekabetin Bölgesel Güvenliğe Yansımaları: Çin Denizi'nde ABD-Çin Mücadelesi. Çukurova Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi; 30(1):166-174.
Haluk Karadağ ve İsmail Sıkı. (2021) Divergent Nature of Terrorism: A Comparative Analysis on PKK and ISIS/ISIL. Akademik Hassasiyetler; 8 (15):341-360.??
