Syllabi
Weapons Of Mass Destruction Counter Proliferation: Interdiction, Deterrence And Defense
Paris School of International Affairs/Fouad El Khatib Spring 2023 This course examines core issues of the Counter-Proliferation of WMDs. In order to prepare students of this class for real professions in the fields of International Security, most lessons are paired with a case study that helps to understand the dynamics of WMDs, related missile programs, […]
Conflicts in the Digital Age: Information Operations and Cyber Warfare
Dr. Michael Raska/ S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University Singapore Winter 2022/23 This course offers an introductory view on the evolving concepts, processes, and debates of information and cyber conflicts whether in political, military, socio-economic, and intelligence domains that are shaping international security. The goal is to provide students with an overall […]
Issues in nuclear security policy
Prof. Dr. MUSTAFA KİBAROĞLU MEF University Spring 2023 This course introduces undergraduate students of Political Science and International Relations to the existing and emerging threats posed to International Security by Nuclear Weapons and their proliferation. Core topics of this seminar include the proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and their delivery vehicles, the current status of the […]
Fundamentals of Arms Control
James W. Davis Fundamentals of Arms Control University of St. Gallen Spring 2023 This lecture provides an overview about key literature of late 20th-century arms control, aiming to establish a profound understanding of fundamental ideas and strategies that advanced arms control efforts between adversarial nations during the Cold War. Subsequently, the lecture shifts focus to […]
Biodefense Strategy
Gregory D. Koblentz - George Mason University Fall 2023 This lecture introduces students to the most important literature on biodefense that has emerged in recent years. It combines a variety of literary works in the fields of social sciences, global health security and nonproliferation in order to facilitate a contemporary approach to biological warfare and […]
Gender Perspectives, Feminist Theories and Nuclear Weapons
Jannis Kappelmann M.A., Researcher and PhD Student at University of Hamburg Summer 2024 Historically, the Global Governance of Nuclear Weapons has relied on gendered assumptions, practices and speech acts - and it does to this day. Feminist activists, since the very beginning of the so-called ‘nuclear age’, were among the staunchest opposition against nuclear weapons, […]
The Global Governance of Nuclear Weapons
Jannis Kappelmann M.A., Researcher and PhD Student at University of Hamburg Summer 2024 Ever since they were built, the Global Governance of Nuclear Weapons has been a contentious topic both among politicians and political scientists. With realists frequently stressing the deterring power of nuclear weapons, liberal scholars referring to the resilience of the regime of […]
The Purposes of Nuclear Arms Control: Achievements and Failures
Dr. Ulrich Kühn & Tim Thies Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH) Summer 2024 For more than a decade, nuclear arms control is in a crisis that saw the stagnation and even collapse of important arms control processes. At the same time, Russia’s war against Ukraine demonstrates that […]
Seminar Nuclear Weapons
Peace Research Institute Frankfurt Summer 2025 Based on the most-read texts according to our analysis of a large number of curricula. Level: for advanced students with prior knowledge in the areas of arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation Download Syllabus
A Conventional Introduction to Arms Control (update 2025)
Peace Research Institute Frankfurt Summer 2025 This master syllabus offers a classic, primarily realist introduction into contemporary arms control issues. Level: Undergraduate Download Syllabus