Master in International and Security Politics

The politics of violence and uncertainty

The master’s degree in International and Security Politics focuses on key international security issues generated by armed conflict, terrorism, climate change, and transnational migration across the world. At the intersection of defense policy, economics, peacekeeping, and international relations, this training program provides a strong understanding of how public and private actors address these issues and try to solve them, as well as expertise for analyzing contemporary forms of conflicts and hostility, locally as well as globally.

Overview

In addition to being an absolute priority for governments across the world, security has colonized our language as much as our everyday lives. Not a day goes by without politicians and media outlets mentioning yet another ‘security issue’. The master’s program in International and Security Politics asks what this tells us about our contemporary world and whether our world has really become more dangerous and uncertain than before.

An der Schnittstelle zwischen internationalen Beziehungen, Sicherheits- und Verteidigungsstudien, politischer Theorie, Soziologie und Geschichte vermittelt dieses Programm ein tiefes Verständnis davon, wie sich Sicherheit und internationale Sicherheit sowohl konzeptionell als auch praktisch in einer zunehmend vernetzten und sich schnell verändernden Welt verändern. Dies geschieht durch die Analyse der Rolle verschiedener Akteure bei der Gestaltung und Bewältigung von Sicherheitsproblemen, die sich über den einzelnen Handlungsrahmen der Staaten hinaus entwickeln. Das Programm zielt darauf ab, den Studierenden die notwendigen kritischen Fähigkeiten zu vermitteln, um die soziopolitischen Mechanismen zu verstehen und anzugehen, die sicherheitsbezogene Probleme (von transnationalen bewaffneten Konflikten und Gewalt bis hin zu Umwelt- und IT-Sicherheit) und die damit verbundene wachsende Unsicherheit vorantreiben.

This program in International and Security Politics will enable students to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to diagnose security problems and design appropriate security policy solutions, and to occupy key professional positions in national administrations as well as international and non-governmental organizations. Students will not only benefit from the academic environment of the School, but also from the practical knowledge of security practitioners and experts within various seminars such as a joint seminar with the French Army Command (based in Lille) and the research seminars co-organized with the Collaborative Observatory on Terrorism, Antiterrorism, and Violence (OCTAV).