International Strategy and Security Course

Course Schedule and Assigned Readings

Week	Date	Topic	Reading/Assignment (to be read/completed by the start of class)
1	8/29	Syllabus/ Welcome to the course	Syllabus Quiz
	8/31	Intro to Security Studies	No readings
2	9/5	Traditional Approaches to Security	No readings
	9/7	Traditional Approaches to Security	Ayoob, Mohammad. 1983-84. “Security in the Third World: The Worm about to Turn?” International Affairs
3	9/12	Critical Approaches to Security	Eroukhmanoff, Clara. 2018. “Securitization Theory: An Introduction.” E-International Relations
	9/14	Critical Approaches to Security	Galtung, Johan. 1969. “Violence, Peace, and Peace Research.” Journal of Peace Research pgs. 167-173.
4	9/19	Becoming a Critical Consumer of Information	Buckingham, Marcus. 2021. “Becoming a More Critical Consumer of Information.” Harvard Business Review
	9/21	Military Security	Toft, Monica Duffy and Sidita Kushi. 2023. “The Roots of Washington’s Addiction to Force: And How China’s Rise Could Constrain American Interventionism.” Foreign Affairs. Bayer, Lili. 2023. "Let's mot make it official: NATO allies reluctant to increase spending goals" Politico response Paper #1 Due at the start of class.
5	9/26	Terrorism	Center for Preventative Action. 2023. “Violent Extremism in the Sahel.” Council on Foreign Relations Global Conflict Tracker

	9/28	Maritime Security	Nordenman, Magnus. 2015. “The Naval Alliance: Preparing NATO for a Maritime Century.” The Atlantic Council. Baker Institute Contributor. 2017. “The Jones Act: Friend or Foe.” Forbes.
6	10/3	Economic Security	Martin, Bradley, 2021. “Supply Chains and National Security—the Lessons of the COVID-19 Pandemic” Rand Corporation. Eberstadt, Nicholas and Evan Abramsky. 2022. “America’s Education Crisis is a National Security Threat: How a Smarter World is Changing the Balance of Power.” Foreign Affairs
	10/5	Financial Security	Masters, Jonathan, James McBride, and Noah Berman. 2023. “What Happens When Foreign Investment Becomes a Security Risk?” Council on Foreign Relations Backgrounder
7	10/10	Ethics and Religious Conflict	Jazayeri, Karen Bodnaruk. 2015. “Is the Middle East Exceptional? The Power of Identity in Middle East Conflict.” Political Violence At a Glance. Nilsson, Desiree and Isak Svensson. 2018. “What We Know—And Don’t Know—About Religious Civil Wars.” Political Violence At a Glance
	10/12	Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity	Maizland, Lindsay. 2022. “China’s Repression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang.” Council on Foreign Relations Backgrounder
8	10/17	Nuclear Disarmament	“A New Nuclear Age” Why It Matters—Council on Foreign Relations podcast
	10/19	Foreign Intelligence	Zegart, Amy. 2023. “Open Secrets.” Foreign Affairs
9	10/24	Exam #1	No Assigned Readings
	10/26	Energy Security	"What Energy Security Looks Like in the 21st Century.” 2017. Forbes
10	10/31	Transnational Organized Crime	Clapp, Priscilla A. and Jason Tower. 2022. “Myanmar’s Criminal Zones: A Growing Threat to Global Security.” United States Institute of Peace
	11/2	International Arms Trade	“Arms Control.” Amnesty International.
11	11/7	Research Projects- Where to Begin?	“Tackling your first research project.” Routledge
	11/9	Cybersecurity, Robots and Artificial Intelligence	Gordon, Sue and Eric Rosenbach. 2022. America’s Cyber-Reckoning: How to Fix a Failing Strategy. Foreign Affairs "AI Meets World” Why It Matters—Council on Foreign Relations podcast
12	11/14	Locating Sources and Using Appropriate APA Citations	“APA Citation Guide”
	11/16	Refugees and Migration	Bahar, Dany. 2018. “Latin America Is Facing a Refugee Crisis: Why It Matters That We Call Fleeing Venezuelans Refugees, Not Migrants.” Foreign Affairs. Research Topics and Meetings with Professor Due.
13	11/21	Health Security	Faber, Pamela. 2021. “Why Pandemics Are National Security Threats.” The Center for Naval Analyses. Klobucista, Claire and Alejandra Martinez. 2023. “Fentanyl and the U.S. Opioid Epidemic.” Council on Foreign Relations Backgrounder
	11/23	Thanksgiving	No Assigned Readings
14	11/28	Environmental Security	Flavelle, Christopher, Julian E. Barnes, Eileen Sullivan and Jennifer Steinhauer. 2021. “Climate Change Poses a Widening Threat to National Security.” The New York Times. Outline of final research project due with Bibliography.
	11/30	Food and Water Security	Welsh, Caitlin. 2023. “Russia, Ukraine, and Global Food Security: A One Year Assessment.” Center for Strategic & International Studies. Klobucista, Claire and Kali Robison. “Water Stress: A Global Problem that is Getting Worse.” Council on Foreign Relations Backgrounder.
15	12/5	Demographic Security	“Japan’s Population Problem” Why It Matters—Council on Foreign Relations podcast.
	12/7	Exam #2	No Assigned Readings
16	12/12	Extra Office Hours for Final Projects	No Assigned Readings
	12/14		Final Papers Dur