Introduction to International Security
POLS 263
200-Level Courses
Winter 2027
3 Units
In-person
one-way Exclusions
Course Description
This course introduces students to current theoretical and policy debates about the nature of 'international security.' In addition to addressing the meaning of this contested concept, we will examine three principal ways in which security has been organized by states, specifically: collective security, collective defence, and security communities.
Image: One nation under CCTV. Banksy, 2008