MAS International and European Security 2019
Information
Period
7 October 2019 - 29 May 2020Language
EnglishFormat
On-siteContact
Location
GenèveContribution to the SDGs
Objectives
- Prepare participants for leadership roles in international security policy through knowledge, skills and networking
- Educate and exercise the capacity for critical intelligence
- Address the challenges created by the current evolution of security actors
- Devise concrete policies and collaborative solutions in response to global strategic challenges
Audience
Programme
5 modules:
- The Evolving Dimensions of Security Policy
- 21st Century Security Challenges
- A World of Regions?
- Issues and Concepts in International Security
- Research Paper Process
Director(s)
Prof. René SCHWOK, Global Studies Institute (GSI), University of Geneva and Dr. Siobhan MARTIN, Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)
Coordinator(s)
Partnership
Accreditation
Description
Provides an overview of the current international security environment and its leadership through an analysis of the different concepts (power, interests, values…) and dimensions (history, strategy, economics, law, governance…) necessary to understand the dynamics of foreign and security policy.
Description
Focuses on the evolution of warfare, sustainable peace, emerging and re-emerging security challenges.
Description
Allows participants to explore security challenges and actors in multiple regions including the Euro-Atlantic Area, Sub-Saharan Africa; the Middle East and North Africa; Latin America, and developments in the Asia-Pacific.
Description
Provides a series of conceptual lectures to complement and reinforce, through a theoretical approach, the more policy-orientated approach of the first three Modules on subjects including critical theories, geo-economics, international law, political philosophy, theories of European integration, religion and international security.
Description
Allows participants to develop their research and analytical capacity through a 10'000-12'000 word thesis. Participants attend a number of research methods seminars throughout the process to support their progress.
Pedagogical method
This intensive 8 month course engages you through academic workshops, classroom analysis, peer to peer networking, and individual skills enhancement.
Diploma awarded
Admission criteria
- A university degree or equivalent
- At least several years of professional experience, ideally in a security policy-related field
- Proficiency in English, the working language of the course
Contribution to the SDGs