issues of security and defense

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

Lecturer

André Dumoulin

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

After examining the concepts around security (keywords), will be discussed to address the different types (conflicts, peacekeeping operations, crisis management, asymmetric wars, disarmament, irenology, war studies, deterrence) in the form of concrete examples and case studies to control the semantics of "objects" selected. Several issues around security and defense will be combined with, among others, military sociology, asymmetric warfare, risk taking, geostrategy, nuclear, media and public opinion, terrorism and resilience, technology and defense, the economy of conflicts, values ¿¿and underlying ethics, great strategists.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

-Control specific vocabulary and concepts of security in order to facilitate the reading of the geopolitical, geostrategic and military events related to past events, present and prospective field.
-Determine The elements of conflict types, operations, disarmament and irenology.
-Promote understanding by the student of themes related to the security, defense, international crises.
-Associate the theories of security in the dialectic of major international institutional and organizational actors such as the EU, NATO,  UN, ...
-Prepare Students to master the vocabulary associated in master 2 on "European Security and Defence Policy".

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Nothingness

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Thematic Research

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

The lessons is essentially on Thursday PM from Fébruary 2021.

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

Recommended or required readings

Coursebook and PowerPoint

Assessment methods and criteria

Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.

Any session :

- In-person

written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )

- Remote

written work

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred in-person


Additional information:

Work written in second session.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

André Dumoulin, Senior Research in IRSD ; Lecturer in Department of political science, European Studies Unit, University of Liège.


GSM : 0496.38.06.56.
Courriel : adumoulin@ulg.ac.be ou andredumoulin@skynet.be

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