Fall 2021 - IS 808 G200

Special Topics in Governance and Conflict (4)

Global Security Governance

Class Number: 5610

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Thu, 8:30–11:20 a.m.
    Burnaby

Description

COURSE DETAILS:

This course focuses on whether, how and why states and organizations engage within a fledgling global security architecture.  We will examine how norms are debated and agendas and programs are introduced or not on a variety of security issues. The topics that will be examined in the Fall of 2021 will include the following:  disinformation and cyber threats, hybrid conflicts, human trafficking, and outerspace security.

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

This course aims to familiarize students with the academic literatures on foreign policy analysis and aspects of global governance (and the lack thereof). It will help them to identify and evaluate links between the two. Students will learn to critically assess the evolving, declining and emerging roles of global security agents (or “global governors”) and analyze when, how and why norms, diplomacy, power and cooperation evolve over time.

Grading

  • Participation, including critical reading outlines and major oral presentations 40%
  • Research essay, including proposal and first draft 60%

NOTES:

Students will be required to submit their written assignments to Turnitin.com in order to receive credit for the assignments and for the course.

The School for International Studies strictly enforces the University's policies regarding plagiarism and other forms of academic dishonesty. Information about these policies can be found at: http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/teaching.html.

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Illustrative Books (These are not for purchase: Readings for the course, journal articles and otherwise, will be made available via the SFU Library, Canvas or otherwise online)

Patrick Cottrell: The Evolution and Legitimacy of International Security Institutions, CUP, 2016

Ed Andrew Cooper, Global Governance and Diplomacy. Worlds Apart? Palgrave, 2008

Chris Hill, The National Interest in Question: Foreign Policy in Multicultural Societies (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013).

Chris Hill, The Changing Politics of Foreign Policy, 2002

Kjell Engelbrekt, High Table Diplomacy, Reshaping International Security Institutions, 2016

Bruce D Jones, The Risk Pivot; Great Powers, International Security and the Energy Revolution, 2014

Fredrik Bynander, Stefano Guzzini Eds, Rethinking Foreign Policy, Routledge 2013

Knud Erik Jørgensen, Werner Link, Gunther Hellmann Theorizing Foreign Policy in a Globalized World, Palgrave, 2015

Ed Christopher Daase, Rethinking Security Governance, The Problem of Unintended Consequences, 2010

Ed Scott Jasper, Conflict and Cooperation in the Commons, 2012

Shahar Hameiri and Lee Jones, Governing borderless threats: non-traditional security, CUP 2015

Abraham Denmark et.al, Contested Commons; The Future of American Power Center for New American Security, 2010

Ed James Sperling, Handbook of Governance and Security, 2014

Deborah Avent and Oliver Westerwinter, The New Power Politics; Networks and Transnational Security Governance, OUP, 2016.


Graduate Studies Notes:

Important dates and deadlines for graduate students are found here: http://www.sfu.ca/dean-gradstudies/current/important_dates/guidelines.html. The deadline to drop a course with a 100% refund is the end of week 2. The deadline to drop with no notation on your transcript is the end of week 3.

Registrar Notes:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS

SFU’s Academic Integrity web site http://www.sfu.ca/students/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating.  Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.

Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the University community.  Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the University. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the University. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html

TEACHING AT SFU IN FALL 2021

Teaching at SFU in fall 2021 will involve primarily in-person instruction, with approximately 70 to 80 per cent of classes in person/on campus, with safety plans in place.  Whether your course will be in-person or through remote methods will be clearly identified in the schedule of classes.  You will also know at enrollment whether remote course components will be “live” (synchronous) or at your own pace (asynchronous).

Enrolling in a course acknowledges that you are able to attend in whatever format is required.  You should not enroll in a course that is in-person if you are not able to return to campus, and should be aware that remote study may entail different modes of learning, interaction with your instructor, and ways of getting feedback on your work than may be the case for in-person classes.

Students with hidden or visible disabilities who may need class or exam accommodations, including in the context of remote learning, are advised to register with the SFU Centre for Accessible Learning (caladmin@sfu.ca or 778-782-3112) as early as possible in order to prepare for the fall 2021 term.