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.

I skjæringspunktet mellom internasjonale relasjonsstudier, sikkerhets- og forsvarsstudier, politisk teori, sosiologi og historie, gir dette programmet en dyp forståelse av hvordan sikkerhet og internasjonal sikkerhet transformerer både konseptuelt og praktisk i en stadig mer sammenkoblet og raskt skiftende verden. Den gjør det ved å analysere rollen til forskjellige aktører i å forme og adressere sikkerhetsspørsmål som utvikler seg utenfor statens eneste handlingsramme. Programmet søker å gi studentene de nødvendige kritiske ferdighetene for å forstå og adressere de sosialpolitiske mekanismene som driver sikkerhetsrelaterte spørsmål (fra transnasjonale væpnede konflikter og vold til miljø- og IT-sikkerhet), og den økende usikkerheten knyttet til dem.

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).