LECTURE NOTES FOR INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL SECURITY STUDIES
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1. (Week 1) The Academic Field of Security Studies
    1a. Securitization: What Makes Something a Security Threat
    1b. A Synopsis of Three Primers on International Relations
2. (Week 2) Post-Cold War Military Threats (****Secure Login Required)
    2a. International Arms Restraint
    2b. The Laws of War and Just War Theory
3.  (Week 3) Terrorism and Globalization
    3a. Comparative Homeland Security
4. (Week 4) Economic Security and Political Economy (****Secure Login Required)
    4a. Ethno-National Identity Conflicts and Terrorism
    4b. Introduction to Development Studies
5. (Week 5) Environmental and Ecological Security
    5a. Food Insecurities and Water Conflicts
6. (Week 6) World Health Problems and Global Health Security
    6a. Population Growth, Urbanization, and Migration
7. (Week 7) Overview of Natural and Man-made Disasters
    7a. An Introduction to Planetary Defense
8. (Week 8) Transnational Crime and Comparative Justice
    8a. International Human Rights Violations
    8b. Crimes Against Humanity

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