International Security System 2751-IP-S2-1-ISS

The course analyses alliances, collective security, regional security, and security communities as alternative order architectures. It also explores security governance by international organisations and regional arrangements, and addresses the changing character of conflict, including hybrid tactics and cyberattacks. It examines arms control and non-proliferation regimes as tools to manage insecurity and reduce worst-case dynamics, as well as international organisations' actions against terrorism. Last but not least, students analyse human security and transnational risks, including migration pressures, pandemics, and environmental stress.

W cyklu 2026/27L:

The course analyses alliances, collective security, regional security, and security communities as alternative order architectures. It also explores security governance by international organisations and regional arrangements, and addresses the changing character of conflict, including hybrid tactics and proxy wars. It examines arms control and non-proliferation regimes as tools to manage insecurity and reduce worst-case dynamics, as well as international organisations' actions against terrorism. Last but not least, students analyse human security and transnational risks, including migration pressures, pandemics, and environmental stress.

Całkowity nakład pracy studenta

2 ECTS points= 60 hours Contact hours with a teacher - 15 hours of course meetings+15 hours spent on individual consultations, explanation of problems, feedback, and examination. Hours spent on learning - 20 hours on reading literature and preparation for discussion before each meeting, 10 hours spent on learning for the final written test

Efekty uczenia się - wiedza

Knowledge Student: K1: has profound knowledge related to security studies, especially of selected threats for international security and the ways to combat them – K_W01 K2: has systematic knowledge of political and military international relations, especially the most important organizations competent in this area – K_W02

Efekty uczenia się - umiejętności

Skills Student: S1: can search for, select, analyse and process information about security issues from written and electronic sources – K_U01 S2: can analyse the role of particular organisations in ensuring security – K_U04 S3: has language skills – speaks and writes coherently and transparently at the B2 level of the European System of the Description of Language Education about the issues connected with the subject of the course and can justify his/her own opinions – K_U05

Efekty uczenia się - kompetencje społeczne

Social competence Student: SC1: is ready to evaluate the information and express own opinions concerning international relations and cooperation in security – K_K01 SC2: is open to new challenges – K_K03 SC3: thinks in a creative manner – K_K05

Koordynatorzy przedmiotu

Justyna Maliszewska-Nienartowicz

Metody dydaktyczne

Exploratory teaching methods: - project work - seminar/discussion - case study - work in groups Expository teaching methods: - participatory lecture with multimedia presentations -

Metody dydaktyczne podające

- wykład konwersatoryjny

Metody dydaktyczne poszukujące

- projektu
- seminaryjna
- referatu
- studium przypadku

Wymagania wstępne

Not required

Kryteria oceniania

Assessment methods:
1. Presence and activity of the students during meetings, including participation in the discussion on the given topics (basic materials in English will be given by the lecturer, and they should be read before class) (30 points; 3 points are given for the activity during one meeting) – S2, S3, SC1
2. Preparation of a short presentation during the meeting based on the given material (40 points) – S1, S3, SC1, SC2, SC3
3. Short final test (30 points): K1, K2, K3
Assessment criteria:
systematic assessment of the activity during classes, assessment of the presentation and the final test
The students will get points for all these tasks and they will be added at the end.
There will be a range of points for the proper marks:
fail (2)- 0-51 pts (51 %)
satisfactory (3) - 52-60 pts (52-60 %)
satisfactory plus (3+)- 61-69 pts (61-69 %)
good (4) – 70-82 pts (70-82 %)
good plus (4+)- 83-91 pts (83-91 %)
very good (5) – 92-100 pts (92-100%)

Praktyki zawodowe

Not applicable

Literatura

1. Buzan and Hansen (2009) THE EVOLUTION OF INTERNATIONAL
SECURITY STUDIES, Cambridge University Press, https://ir101.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/buzan-the-evolution-of-international-security-studies-compressed.pdf
2. Warren P. T. (2010) Alliance History and the Future NATO:
What the Last 500 Years of Alliance Behavior Tells Us about NATO’s Path Forward, 21st CENTURY DEFENSE INITIATIVE POLICY PAPER, available at: https://www.brookings.edu/articles/alliance-history-and-the-future-nato-what-the-last-500-years-of-alliance-behavior-tells-us-about-natos-path-forward/
3. Augustín M. (2024) THE OSCE ON THE EDGE OF A CLIFF: FROM THE ROOTS OF THE CURRENT CRISIS TO THE FUTURE OF COOPERATIVE SECURITY IN EUROPE, available at: file:///C:/Users/JM/Downloads/zbornk_development_of_cooperative_security-1.pdf
4. Wessel R. A. et al. (2021) The future of EU Foreign, Security and Defence Policy: Assessing legal options for improvement, European Law Journal
Volume 26, Issue 5-6, pp. 371-390, https://doi.org/10.1111/eulj.12405
5. Congressional Research Service (2026) Arms Control and Nonproliferation:
A Catalog of Treaties and Agreements, available at https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/RL/PDF/RL33865/RL33865.65.pdf
3.

W cyklu 2026/27L:

1. Buzan and Hansen (2009) THE EVOLUTION OF INTERNATIONAL
SECURITY STUDIES, Cambridge University Press, https://ir101.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/buzan-the-evolution-of-international-security-studies-compressed.pdf
2. William Epstein (1982) The United Nations and international security, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 38:6, 37-40, DOI: 10.1080/00963402.1982.11455753.
3. Warren P. T. (2010) Alliance History and the Future NATO:
What the Last 500 Years of Alliance Behavior Tells Us about NATO’s Path Forward, 21st CENTURY DEFENSE INITIATIVE POLICY PAPER, available at: https://www.brookings.edu/articles/alliance-history-and-the-future-nato-what-the-last-500-years-of-alliance-behavior-tells-us-about-natos-path-forward/
4. Augustín M. (2024) THE OSCE ON THE EDGE OF A CLIFF: FROM THE ROOTS OF THE CURRENT CRISIS TO THE FUTURE OF COOPERATIVE SECURITY IN EUROPE, available at: file:///C:/Users/JM/Downloads/zbornk_development_of_cooperative_security-1.pdf
5. Wessel R. A. et al. (2021) The future of EU Foreign, Security and Defence Policy: Assessing legal options for improvement, European Law Journal
Volume 26, Issue 5-6, pp. 371-390, https://doi.org/10.1111/eulj.12405
6. Congressional Research Service (2026) Arms Control and Nonproliferation:
A Catalog of Treaties and Agreements, available at https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/RL/PDF/RL33865/RL33865.65.pdf
3.

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