MA Global Security & Strategy

International Security (Online)

Strategic Studies (Online)

Muslim Minorities in a Global Context (Online)

The module aims to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the UN and the UN system. It examines the context provided by situating the UN within other International Organisations (IOs).

Global Diplomacy: Global Citizenship and Advocacy.

Global Energy and Climate Policy.

The Global Public Policy module teaches a core set of skills required of policy professionals in the public, corporate and not-for-profit sectors at international and national levels. The module covers key concepts and theories that enable critical analysis of a given policy space and the complex and fractious processes by which policy is formulated, adopted, and implemented.

This module provides students with an understanding of three interrelated elements of Diplomacy. The first is the key concepts of diplomacy, the second is the institutional development from the Renaissance to World War II, and the third looks at the development of Consular Services and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

This course offers students a broad understanding of a range of issues that the study of global media raise in regard to the changing nature of diplomacy. The course starts by situating the rise of global media within processes of globalization.

This module will provide an interdisciplinary social science foundation to the study of the region of South Asia.  By engaging with a series of key debates related to economic, political and social change, students will gain an understanding of the underlying and overarching processes which are shaping societies, polities, and economies in the region.

This course provides a grounding in analytical approaches to the political economy of violence, conflict and development. It will discuss empirical trends, difficulties of data collection and the importance of categorization and boundaries to matters of violence before moving onto some of the foundational theories on conflict and violence including gender perspectives, debates about the origins of human violence, and the role of violence in historical change.

This module provides students wilth an interdisciplinary social science foundation to the study of the Middle East North Africa (MENA). It will provide students with an overview of the key topics that diplomats in MENA need to be acquainted with, for example security and diplomacy in the region, modern history and the effects of colonization, gender, religion and political economy among others.

This module explores the varied roles that religion plays in international politics and diplomacy. It examines how nation-states handle and construct 'religion' and 'secularism' internally; how they manage domestic religious diversity; and the different ways in which they use religious symbols, rituals, ideas and language to pursue their interests internationally. It considers the historical legacy of colonialism in shaping these issues. The module also considers the role of religion among non- or supra-state actors, for example the role of religious NGOs in international development. Students will approach such themes as states' internal handling of religion and secularism in education; their counter-terrorism strategies with relation to religion; religious nationalism and state engagement in sectarian or gender / sexuality politics with a focus on both conflict and cooperation. The module will consider different religious traditions with a strong focus on Islam and Muslim communities and their relations with nation states.

This module addresses a crucial element of contemporary Diplomacy and international affairs, the role of digital technologies in practices, processes and language of diplomacy. As such, it will respond to rapidly changing environments for diplomacy and international relations. It will ask whether, how and in which days does the use of digital technologies in public diplomacy, soft power, propaganda, influence and persuasion and link these questions to trends and changes in policies and decision making. In addition, it will adopt a holistic view of processes and practices, considering how both state and non-state actors are using the expanding digital spaces and platforms and what these mean for conventional understanding of diplomacy.

This module offers insight into key issues in the study of gender and conflict in the Middle East. It provides a focus for students interested in women’s studies, feminism, sexuality and gender, while also offering a gendered approach to the study of conflict in the Middle East.

This module aims to introduce students to key themes in investment, the role of capital in changing historical investment paths to underpin a sustainable and low carbon economic framework and the development of climate finance.

Indian Foreign and Security Policy.

Multinational Corporations in the Global Economy.

Political History, Culture and Diplomacy in Iran (Online)

This module will provide an interdisciplinary foundation in the study of Pakistan. Through the various topics, which will cover its security paradigm, politics, economy, state, society and religion, you will understand the factors that shape the state and influence its behaviour.

The Middle East has long been an area of interstate conflict and an important area for proxy conflict of global great powers as well as regional actors. This module will investigate the Diplomacy and Power politics of key regional and Global actors in the Middle East region and how they leverage these to achieve their national objectives. This module will also engage with key international organisations such as the UN and Arab League. It will focus on the region from the End of the Cold War to the present day.

This course will look at the changes in warfare from the beginning of the Revolutionary wars of the late 18th centery  to COIN operations that followed Operation Enduring Freedom and investigate new forms of warfare such as Cyber warfare and  space conflict.