MSc Diplomacy and Security Studies

What you'll learn
The debates between those seeking to retain the discipline’s focus purely on military conflict and those who argue that in a globalised world Security Studies needs to be expanded to a consideration of economic, environmental as well as social issues.
What intelligence and analysis really mean, their overall role, and their application to security-related issues of criminology and the domain of public protection.
The central debate about the nature of diplomacy in the twenty-first century.
Counter-terrorism and other responses by the state, the security services and the police.
The increasingly cross-border interactions that are reshaping regions, states and societies.
The emerging paradigms within counter-terrorism safety and security at both local and global levels, and to explore some justifications for the increasing ‘securitisation’ of social life