The aim of this module is to provide students with an advanced understanding of theories concerning global security challenges.

The aim of this module is for students to critically examine and reflect upon the ethics of some of the central security issues of the 21st Century in national and international arenas, including the rules of war and the use of military technologies and artificial intelligence.

Contemporary issues in security are played out differently in the Global South. This module introduces students to key security issues in the Global South, identifies historical, political, social, and economic reasons underlying them, and demonstrates their complex interactions in local contexts. It provides students with conceptual tools on how to think about security in the Global South in the 21st century, and studies security through paradigmatic contemporary case studies.