Week 1: Introduction to the course: The idea of security

Week 2: The State as security arrangement

Week 3: National security in the systemic perspective

Week 4: International society as a security arrangement

Week 5: Human Security

Week 6: International Organisations and security community

Week 7: Venus contra Mars: Security strategic culture

Week 8: EU as a security regime

Week 9: American strategy and hegemony

Week 10: America, Europe and China

Week 11: Arms racing, security dilemmas and the ‘old’ security paradigm

Week 12: New security challenges