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NATIONAL SCHOOL OF POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE STUDIES

DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

NATIONAL SCHOOL OF POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE STUDIES FACULTY: Department of International Relations and European Integration SPECIALIZATION: Security and Diplomacy DISCIPLINE SYLLABUS Course title The Theory and Practice of Security
Study year I Semester * I Type of final evaluation** (Es / Ec) Es Type of discipline (Compulsory, Associate, Compulsory No. Of credits 7 Optional) Total of class hours 28+28 Total of 119 Total hours per semenster 175 according to the teaching hours of schedule individual study Taught by Prof.univ.dr. Ioan M.Pascu * If the discipline strectches over more semensters, a Disciplene Syllabus is filled in for each semester. ** Es summative evaluation, at the end of the semester, (may be undertaken as writen test (S), oral examination (O) or a combination thereof (SO)); Ec continuous evaluation, throughout the semester. Faculty Department for International Relations and European Studies International Relations International Relations and European Studies Security and Diplomacy Total no. of study hours according to the teaching schedule Total 175 120 C** 28 28 S 28 14 L P S.I. 119 78

Office Field Specialization

* C- course, S-seminar, L-laboratory, P-roject or applied studies, S.I. individual study Specific competencies and abilities (general competencies are mentioned in the Specializations Syllabus) 1. Knowledge and understanding Knowledge of security development concept and the scope of security studies; Comprehensive understanding of the different levels of security analysis; Understanding the relationship between security theory and practice; 2. Explanation and Interpretation Explaining levels of security analysis; Background on historical data to the common defense and security institutions of post-war world order; Understand how the organization of national security, regional and international 3. Instrumentally applied Presentation of international security decision-making and conceptual differences between levels of practice and international security; Understand a model for international security decision: the invasion of Iraq (2003) vs intervention in Afghanistan (2001) 4. Attitude Adequate understanding of the triangle: the national-interest threats optimal counterstrategy

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DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION Understand the importance of security and military alliances, and diplomacy and international law in the current international environment In establishing the final mark,we consider Percentage of mark ( %) (Total = 100%) 80% 0 0 0 20% 0

- answers in the final evaluation - answers to applied papers in the seminar/laboratory - periodic testing through writen tests - continuous testing throughout the semester - activities such as reports, papers, tests, etc - other activities (such as)................................................... ............................................................................................. . Describe the method of evaluation, (Es/Ec): writen semester paper (free topics) and oral examination Minimum requirements for 5 A Sufficient understanding of the topic and a mediocer report/semester paper

Minimum requirements for 10 A correct, clear and complete understanding of the topic

References
Paul Williams, Security Studies: An Introduction, Routledge, 2008. Michael C. Williams, Culture and Security. Symbolic Power and the Politics of International Security , Routledge, 2008. Dan Caldwell, Seeking Security in an Insecure World, Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2006. Emanuel Adler i Michael Barnett, Security Communities, Cambridge University Press, 1998. Kenneth Waltz, The Origins of War in Neorealist Theory, in Rotberg and Rabb , The Origin and Prevention of Major Wars, pp. 39-52. Robert O. Keohane and Joseph S. Nye, Power and Interdependence, in Betts, Conflict After the Cold War, pp. 121-127. Roland Paris, Human Security: Paradigm Shift or Hot Air? International Security (Fall 2001), pp. 87102. Yuen Foong Khong, Human Security: a Shotgun Approach to Alleviating Human Misery? Global Governance (2001), pp. 231-236. United Nations, A More Secure World: Our Shared Responsibility, pp. 1-19. John J. Mearsheimer, The Tragedy of Great Power Politics, Ch. 3, pp. 5582. Robert J. Art, The Fungibility of Force, in Robert Art and Kenneth Waltz, eds., The Use of Force: Military Power and International Politics, pp. 322. Joseph Nye, Soft Power, Chapters 1,3, pp. 1-32, 73-98. Shibley Telhami, The Return of the State, The National Interest (Summer 2006), pp. 109- 113. Christopher Clapham, The Global-Local Politics of State Decay, in Robert Rotberg, ed., When States Fail: Causes and Consequences, 77-93. Scott Sagan, Why Do States Build Nuclear Weapons? Three Models in Search of a Bomb, International Security, Winter 1996-97, pp. 54-86. William C. Potter and Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova, Divining Nuclear Intentions: A Review Essay, International Security (Summer 2008), pp. 139-169. Stephen John Stedman, UN Transformation in an Era of Soft Balancing, International Affairs (September 2007), 933-944.

NATIONAL SCHOOL OF POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE STUDIES


DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION James Cockayne and Christoph Mikulaschek, Transnational Security Challenges and the UN: Overcoming Sovereign Walls and Institutional Silos , International Peace Academy (February 2008), pp. 1-14. Thomas Carothers, Promoting Democracy and Fighting Terror, Foreign Affairs (January/February 2003), 84-97. Francis Fukayama and Michael McFaul, Should Democracy be Promoted or Demoted? Washington Quarterly, (Winter 2008), pp. 23-45. Azar Gat, The Return of Authoritarian Great Powers, Foreign Affairs (July/August 2007), 59-70. Daniel Deudney and G. John Ikenberry, The Myth of the Autocratic Revival, Foreign Affairs (January/February 2009), pp. 77-93. Estimate the total no. of hours (per semester) of individual study for the student 1. Study of course 2. Study of handbooks 3. Study of minimal references 4. Library documentation 5. Specific activities to prepare for the seminars and laboratories 6. Reports, papers,translations, etc. 7. Preparation of writen tests 5 1 5 3 0 1 5 1 2 1 0 5 8. Preparation of oral examinations 9. Preparation of final examination 10. Tutoriat 11. Documentation in the field 12. Documentation on the internet 13. Other activities ....... 5 10 2 15

TOTAL no. of individuaal study hours (per semester) = 119

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NATIONAL SCHOOL OF POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE STUDIES


DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

COURSE SYLLABUS
Title: Theory and Practice of Security

Taught by: prof. univ. dr. IOAN MIRCEA PACU No. credits 7 No. course hours/week 2+2 Year I Semester I

Compulsory conditions to participate in the course


Credits obtained in previous cources/laboratories: No Course attending: Compulsory Other conditions

The overall objective of the course:


Knowledge and understanding of the concept of security and development of its various levels of analysis

Objectives:
Knowledge of developments in the security concept and the scope of security studies; Comprehensive understanding of the different levels of security analysis; Understanding the relationship between security theory and practice; Explaining levels of security analysis; Background on historical data to the common defense and security institutions of post-war world order; Understand how the organization of national security, regional and international Presentation of international security decision-making and conceptual differences between levels of practice and international security; Understand a model for international security decision: the invasion of Iraq (2003) vs intervention in Afghanistan (2001) Understand proper triangle national interests, threats optimal counter-strategy

NATIONAL SCHOOL OF POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE STUDIES


DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

Understand the importance of security and military alliances and diplomacy and international law in the current international environment

Means of course and seminar teaching :


Lectures, writen semester papers,debates

Student evaluation: Written semester paper and oral examination

NATIONAL SCHOOL OF POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE STUDIES


DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

Topics
1. Key security concepts: a balance of power b. collective security c. neutrality d. nonalignment 2. Security a collective; a common defense; a security indivisibility National security Regional security International Security Organizations and International Security Institutions Alliance regional security complexes and security communities Security and Globalization Security Tools I

NATIONAL SCHOOL OF POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE STUDIES


DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

a. war - total war, war of low intensity, implementation of peace, conflict management and conflict solution; b. military operation other than war (peacekeeping, humanitarian intervention, intervention to limit the negative consequences of crises and disasters) 3. Security Tools II diplomacy an international law Comprehensive Security and Human Security The main security problems at the systemic level I 4. Nuclear Proliferation International terrorism and failed states The main security problems at the systemic level II 5. Cyber Security Organized crime and transnational non-state actors The main security problems at the systemic level III: economic security

References:
Paul Williams, Security Studies: An Introduction, Routledge, 2008. Michael C. Williams, Culture and Security. Symbolic Power and the Politics of International Security, Routledge, 2008. Dan Caldwell, Seeking Security in an Insecure World, Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2006. Emanuel Adler i Michael Barnett, Security Communities, Cambridge University Press, 1998. Kenneth Waltz, The Origins of War in Neorealist Theory, in Rotberg and Rabb, The Origin and Prevention of Major Wars, pp. 39-52. Robert O. Keohane and Joseph S. Nye, Power and Interdependence, in Betts, Conflict After the Cold War, pp. 121-127. Roland Paris, Human Security: Paradigm Shift or Hot Air? International Security (Fall 2001), pp. 87-102. Yuen Foong Khong, Human Security: a Shotgun Approach to Alleviating Human Misery? Global Governance (2001), pp. 231-236. United Nations, A More Secure World: Our Shared Responsibility, pp. 1-19. John J. Mearsheimer, The Tragedy of Great Power Politics, Ch. 3, pp. 5582.

NATIONAL SCHOOL OF POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE STUDIES


DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

Robert J. Art, The Fungibility of Force, in Robert Art and Kenneth Waltz, eds., The Use of Force: Military Power and International Politics, pp. 322. Joseph Nye, Soft Power, Chapters 1,3, pp. 1-32, 73-98. Shibley Telhami, The Return of the State, The National Interest (Summer 2006), pp. 109- 113. Christopher Clapham, The Global-Local Politics of State Decay, in Robert Rotberg, ed., When States Fail: Causes and Consequences, 77-93. Scott Sagan, Why Do States Build Nuclear Weapons? Three Models in Search of a Bomb, International Security, Winter 1996-97, pp. 54-86. William C. Potter and Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova, Divining Nuclear Intentions: A Review Essay, International Security (Summer 2008), pp. 139-169. Stephen John Stedman, UN Transformation in an Era of Soft Balancing, International Affairs (September 2007), 933-944. James Cockayne and Christoph Mikulaschek, Transnational Security Challenges and the UN: Overcoming Sovereign Walls and Institutional Silos , International Peace Academy (February 2008), pp. 1-14. Thomas Carothers, Promoting Democracy and Fighting Terror, Foreign Affairs (January/February 2003), 84-97. Francis Fukayama and Michael McFaul, Should Democracy be Promoted or Demoted? Washington Quarterly, (Winter 2008), pp. 23-45. Azar Gat, The Return of Authoritarian Great Powers, Foreign Affairs (July/August 2007), 59-70. Daniel Deudney and G. John Ikenberry, The Myth of the Autocratic Revival, Foreign Affairs (January/February 2009), pp. 77-93. Andrei Miroiu, Balan i Hegemonie. Romnia n politica mondial, 1913-1989, Ed. Tritonic, Bucureti, 2006.

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