CISS 6001 New Security Challenges

Faculty of Arts and

Social Sciences

CISS6001 New Security Challenges

Semester 2, 2011 Unit of Study Outline

Coordinator: Dr Monika Barthwal-Datta

Phone: 02 9351 5739, email: [email protected]

Office: Centre for International Security Studies, Merewether Building, Room 466

Consultation Times: Tuesdays 11am-12pm

Classes

Time: Wednesdays 6-9pm Venue: New Law Lecture Theatre 10

1. Unit of study information

1.1. Faculty Handbook description

This unit considers the evolving nature of security in the context of global politics. It focuses on

a range of non-traditional security challenges and how they affect states as well as non-state

referents of security. In doing so, it acknowledges the relationships between these issues and

traditional security concerns, while opening up the space for the role and concerns of non-state

actors to be considered. The unit explores how issues such as environmental degradation, food

insecurity, conflict over water, migration and Identity, and demographic challenges impact the

security of communities and states, and how policymakers and analysts may best deal with

these challenges in the emerging international environment.

1.2. Aims and context

This is a core unit in the Master of International Security degree program. Commencing in the

1980s but accelerating since the end of the Cold War, much scholarship on international

security has expanded to consider the security significance of non-military issues. This unit

provides students with theoretical and empirical foundations for examining non-traditional

dimensions of security, thereby advancing the CISS strategic objective of encouraging

integrated, multi-disciplinary approaches to security analysis. The content of the unit

complements the core unit GOVT6119 International Security, which focuses on more traditional

security concepts, and its regional emphasis is consistent with the core unit CISS6002 Strategy

and Security in the Asia-Pacific.

2. Learning outcomes, teaching and learning activities & assessment

2.1. Intended learning outcomes

1. Acquire a critical understanding of emerging security issues, drawing on the

interdisciplinary fields of international relations, strategic studies, political science,

economics, environmental studies, law, business, public health, and demography.

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2. Apply and critique different concepts in the field of security studies.

3. Formulate, analyse and evaluate policy options in relation to non-traditional security

challenges.

4. Engage in critical analysis of security studies literature in order to differentiate between

academic and policy writing.

5. Demonstrate a capacity for critical reflection so that the assumptions underpinning

security concepts and policies can be effectively scrutinized.

6. Appreciate the changing nature of the frontiers of knowledge in the realm of security

studies through research; initiate and conduct research in archives, libraries, and using

internet resources.

7. Communicate effectively in verbal, written and group contexts to a professional

standard.

2.2. Learning and teaching activities

Lectures are used to set the scene and show how each topic fits into the overall unit of study

aims. You are strongly advised to actively participate.

Occasional guest lecturers will be invited to provide expert insights.

Seminars are essential for helping you clarify any misunderstandings and apply concepts to

more difficult problems. Participation is strongly encouraged for you to check your

understanding of concepts.

Essential readings are provided for each week and are mandatory. Supplementary

readings act as a further introduction to the topic and point of departure for those doing

essays or group presentations on the topic. Students are expected to conduct their own

library and web searches for additional sources. Also consult the sections on ‘further

reading’ at the end of relevant chapters in the two textbooks mentioned below.

Main Texts to Purchase:

Alan Collins (ed.), Contemporary Security Studies, New York: Oxford University Press,

2007.

Paul D. Williams, (ed.), Security Studies: An Introduction, London: Routledge, 2008.

Other Texts Recommended for Purchase:

Roland Dannreuther, International Security: The Contemporary Agenda, New York:

Polity, 2007.

Terry Terriff, et al., Security Studies Today, Cambridge: Polity Press, 1999.

A site for this unit is available on Blackboard. The site contains an electronic version of this

outline and the cover sheet (under „Assessment‟) for written assessment tasks

2.3. Assessment

Assessment task Weighting Due date Learning outcomes Word length*

1. Participation 10% Ongoing All N/A

1. Seminar paper

40% 7 days after

the relevant

session

1,2,3,5,7 2,000

2. Research essay 50% Oct 12 1,2,4,5,6,7 3,000

Total 100% 5,000


Written assessment tasks should be word-processed with margins adequate for written

comments from the Coordinator. Use double-spacing, number each page, and use a clear,

legible font no smaller than 12 points.

The penalty for late submission is a 2-point reduction of your mark (out of 100) per day late

(weekends included). The Coordinator will grant extensions on a case-by-case basis and will

typically require the applicant to provide a medical certificate. The Coordinator will not accept

written assessment tasks beyond two (2) weeks after the due date.

2.4. Assessment details

Participation: The Coordinator will assess the overall quality (rather than the quantity) of

your preparation for and contributions to weekly meetings.

Seminar paper: At the start of semester, you will select one topic from the list of topics for

the course (see p. 8-9) and work in pairs/ small groups to give a brief presentation (30-40

mins) as Designated Experts. At a minimum, you should be able to engage in critical analysis

of all the essential readings for your topic. Use of relevant and appropriate handouts, audio-

visual aids etc. highly recommended.

Within seven days of the relevant weekly meeting, you must submit a 2,000 word (references

included) paper addressing one of the Discussion Questions for your topic (or another question

approved by the Coordinator).

Research essay: You will answer one question from a list of essay questions distributed in

Week 1. This assessment task is an opportunity for you to:

initiate and conduct research using books, journal articles and electronic resources

demonstrate your familiarity with data and arguments at the frontiers of knowledge in

the realm of security studies

demonstrate your ability to think critically and advance a structured argument

demonstrate your ability to write succinctly in a scholarly style that conforms to

conventions on proper referencing (see, for example, p. 21)

The word limit is 3,000 (references included).

Deadline to submit: By 5pm on October 20 2011

2.5. Workload and minimum requirements

Academic Board guidelines state that one credit point equates to approximately 1.5 to 2

hours of student effort per week for a typical 13 week semester. This means that if you are

an average student seeking to get an average result for this Unit then you should plan to

spend at least 9 hours each week on learning. If you are studying four x 6 credit point UoS

you should plan to spend at least 36 hours each week on your study. These recommended

hours assume that you are actively engaged in learning during this time.

In order to pass this unit, students are required to:

attend at least 11 out of the 13 weekly seminars;

submit all assessment tasks; and

achieve an overall grade of at least 50%


2.6. Feedback

The unit coordinator will return marked assessments within 3 weeks of submission.

3. University policies and services

3.1. Academic honesty

The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is committed to the principles of academic honesty as

set out in the Academic Board Policy: Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism. Students have a

responsibility to familiarise themselves with these principles.

In accordance with Academic Board policy, the School‟s definition of academic dishonesty

includes but is not limited to:

plagiarism: for full details see below;

recycling: the resubmission for assessment of work that is the same or substantially the

same, as work previously submitted for assessment in the same or in a different unit of

study;

fabrication of data;

the engagement of another person to complete or contribute to an assessment or

examination in place of the student, whether for payment or otherwise;

communication, whether by speaking or some other means, to other candidates during

an examination;

bringing into an examination forbidden material such as textbooks, notes, calculators or

computers;

attempting to read other student‟s work during an examination; and/or

writing an examination or test paper, or consulting with another person about the

examination or test, outside the confines of the examination room without permission.

copying from other students during examinations

inappropriate use of electronic devices to access information during examinations.

3.2. Plagiarism

Plagiarism is the theft of intellectual property. Students have a responsibility to understand the

full details of the Academic Board Policy: Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism which can be

downloaded from the University‟s Policy online website.

All students are required to include a signed statement of compliance with work submitted for

assessment, presentation or publication certifying that no part of the work constitutes a breach

of the University‟s policy on plagiarism. This statement of compliance is printed on all

assignment/essay cover sheets and written work will not be marked if the compliance

statement is unsigned.

Common forms of plagiarism include but are not limited to:

presenting written work that contains sentences, paragraphs or longer extracts from

published work without attribution of the source;

presenting written work that reproduces significant portions of the work of another

student; and/or

using the structure of another person‟s argument, even if the wording is changed.

Legitimate cooperation between students is permitted and encouraged but students should be

aware of the difference between cooperation and collusion. Discussion of general themes and

concepts is allowed but students are not permitted to read each other‟s work prior to

submission or cooperate so closely that they are jointly selecting quotes, planning essay

structure or copying each other‟s ideas.

While plagiarism is never acceptable, there is a distinction between negligent plagiarism and

plagiarism that involves dishonest intent.

Negligent plagiarism is defined in Academic Board policy as “innocently, recklessly or carelessly

presenting another person‟s work as one‟s own work without acknowledgement of the source‟.

http://www.usyd.edu.au/ab/policies/Academic_Honesty_Cwk.pdf


Where negligent plagiarism is proven, students will be counselled and referred to appropriate

services for assistance. They will also be issued with a written warning explaining the

consequences of any subsequent breaches of the University‟s policy prohibiting

plagiarism. Further action may be taken including requiring the student to resubmit or

undertake another assessment task, undertake remedial action, or in some cases a fail grade

may be applied to the work or part of the work.

Dishonest plagiarism is defined in Academic Board policy as „knowingly presenting another

person‟s work as one‟s own work without acknowledgement of the source‟. Where academic

dishonesty or dishonest plagiarism is proven as not serious enough to constitute potential

student misconduct under Chapter 8 of the University of Sydney By-Law 1999 the student will

be counselled and referred to appropriate services for assistance. They will also be issued with

a written warning explaining the consequences of any subsequent breaches of the University‟s

policy prohibiting plagiarism. Further action may be taken including requiring the student to

resubmit or undertake another assessment task, undertake remedial action, or in some cases

a fail grade may be applied to the work or part of the work.

In cases where academic dishonesty or dishonest plagiarism is proven as serious enough to

constitute potential student misconduct under Chapter 8 of the University of Sydney By-Law

1999 the case will be referred to the Registrar.

Students are encouraged to think for themselves. In assessing students‟ work academic staff

look for evidence of understanding and capacity for independent thought; it is always

disappointing to discover plagiarism. Written work containing plagiarism will be assessed

according to its academic merit, but may fail because it does not meet the minimum standard

required.

3.3. Late work and extensions

Essays and assignments not submitted on or before the due date are subject to penalty.

The Faculty‟s Policy on Late Work for undergraduate units of study states that late work is

penalised at the rate of two marks (out of 100) per working day (ie week day). In this instance,

„two marks‟ means two full points off the awarded mark, not two percent of the awarded mark.

For assignments marked out of a maximum total other than 100, the penalty will apply pro

rata. For example, for assignments marked out of 40, the penalty will be 0.8 marks per

working day.

Only coordinators, either of individual units or of the junior and/or senior curricula have the

authority to grant extensions. Requests for extension must be made via the Faculty‟s online

assessment consideration system at

http://sydney.edu.au/arts/current_students/online_application.shtml

Late essays or assignments will not be accepted (except where applications for special

consideration are lodged) beyond the designated return date for the relevant written work. In

cases where documented misadventure or serious illness prevents students from submitting

work before the designated return date an alternative assessment task will be set.

For further details see the Faculty of Arts Late Work Policy at:

http://sydney.edu.au/arts/current_students/policies.shtml

We understand that students encounter difficulties of various kinds during their study and we

are able to refer you to appropriate counselling services where necessary, but is your

responsibility to contact the Unit of Study Coordinator if you do have problems that affect your

attendance or prevent you meeting assignment deadlines.

Extensions may be granted in the case of illness or misadventure; these must be applied for

via the Faculty of Arts online system for Extensions, Special Consideration and Special

Arrangements.


http://sydney.edu.au/arts/current_students/policies.shtml


3.4. Special consideration: Illness or misadventure

Student requests for special consideration are assessed in accordance with the principles set

out in Part 5 of the Academic Board policy on Assessment and Examination of Coursework.

Students intending to submit an application for special consideration should make themselves

familiar with the full details of this policy.

Applications for Special Consideration must be made as soon as possible and within five

working days of the due date of the assessment. Where circumstances prevent this, a student

may still apply but must provide a reasonable case for the delay in submitting their application.

Only illness or misadventure during a semester or occurring at the time of an examination will

warrant Special Consideration for academic performance. The academic judgement as to

whether Special Consideration will be granted will depend upon both the nature of the illness

or misadventure and its timing with respect to the assessment. For instance a short acute

illness supported by a Professional Practitioner Certificate the day of the examination would

normally be accepted as grounds for Special Consideration, but the same illness occurring

several weeks before an assessment would be unlikely to be considered acceptable grounds.

All applications for Special Consideration must be made via an online system. To access this

system please go to:


If students miss an exam because of illness or misadventure they should first notify the

department concerned and then apply for Special Consideration using the online system.

Requests for Simple Extensions of less than five working days for non-examination based

assessment are also covered by the online system.

3.5. Special arrangements

Special Arrangements may be made available to any student enrolled in a Faculty of Arts and

Social Sciences unit of study, who is unable to meet assessment requirements or attend

examinations, because of one or more of the following situations:

1. essential religious commitments or essential beliefs (including cultural and ceremonial

commitments)

2. compulsory legal absence (e.g. jury duty, court summons, etc),

3. sporting or cultural commitments, including political/union commitments, where the

student is representing the University, state or nation,

4. birth or adoption of a child,

5. Australian Defence Force or emergency service commitments (including Army Reserve),

and

6. Where the Faculty can form the view that employment of an essential nature to the

student would be jeopardise and that the student has little or no discretion with respect to the employment demand

Applications for special arrangements are also handled through the same online system as

Special Consideration (see above).

Applications for Special Arrangements should be made at the beginning of semester with

regard to religious beliefs or commitments relating to moveable feasts, prayer or worship

times, or with regard to other requirements of a student‟s religion. Applications for other types

of commitment should be made as soon as possible after being notified of a requirement to be

absent from the University. With regard to examinations held during University-wide

examination periods, applications should be submitted within two weeks of the examination

timetable.



3.6. Appeals

Faculty policy reflects Academic Board policy on Appeals which can be found at:

http://sydney.edu.au/student_affairs/AcAppealsStudents.shtml.

All care is taken to ensure that marking is consistent and fair and that markers adhere to the

assessment criteria as advertised. In some rare cases, however, a student may feel that the

mark awarded does not reflect the quality of the work done. If you wish to lodge an appeal

against the grade awarded, the first step is to contact the Unit of Study Coordinator to arrange

for a time to discuss the assessment task. This should happen within 15 working days of

marks being made available to students.

If you are not happy with the outcome of this discussion, then you may appeal formally

against the grade awarded. The student should first read the Academic Board Resolution on

„Student Appeals Against Academic Decisions‟. This appeal should be lodged within 15 working

days, of the outcome of discussions at local level as outlined above. The appeal must be

lodged through the Faculty Office (attention Dean of the Faculty of Arts) and include the

following:

Appeal for Reassessment Form (PDF) (available at

http://sydney.edu.au/arts/current_students/undergraduate_forms.shtml)

Written statement outlining the reasons for appeal and any additional supporting

documentation. The written statement should draw attention to such matters as

perceived injustice in terms of bias or inconsistent application of the grade

descriptors published by the Department.

All information concerning your appeal will be confidential

3.7. Learning assistance

Students experiencing difficulties with their written expression, including essay writing style or

structure can seek assistance from the Learning Centre, which runs workshops on a range of

subjects including study skills, academic reading and writing, oral communication, and

examination skills. The centre offers programs specifically designed for students from a non-

English speaking background. The Learning Centre is located on Level 7 of the Education

Building A35 (beside Manning House); contact them on 9351 3853 or

email [email protected] . For further information visit the Learning Centre

website at http://sydney.edu.au/stuserv/learning_centre/ .

Online learning assistance is available via the Write Site, which offers modules on grammar,

sources and structure to help students develop their academic and professional writing skills.

Each module provides descriptions of common problems in academic and professional writing

and strategies for addressing them. Students can view samples of good writing and also do

some practice activities in error correction. For further information visit the Write Site at

http://writesite.elearn.usyd.edu.au .

Learning assistance is also available to Indigenous Australian students via the Koori Centre and

includes academic skills group workshops covering topics such as concentration strategies,

writing for specific disciplines, time management, research and reading strategies, academic

writing styles and referencing. The Koori Centre is located on Level 2 of Old Teachers College

A22; contact 9351 2046 or 1800 622 742 (toll free) or email [email protected]. For

further information visit the Koori Centre website at http://sydney.edu.au/koori .

3.8. Other support services

Disability Services is located on Level 5, Jane Foss Russell Building G20; contact 8627 8422 or

email [email protected] . For further information visit their website at

http://sydney.edu.au/stuserv/disability/ .

http://sydney.edu.au/student_affairs/AcAppealsStudents.shtml

http://sydney.edu.au/arts/current_students/undergraduate_forms.shtml

mailto:[email protected]

http://sydney.edu.au/stuserv/learning_centre/

http://writesite.elearn.usyd.edu.au/


http://sydney.edu.au/koori


http://sydney.edu.au/stuserv/disability/


The Counselling Service is located on Level 5, Jane Foss Russell Building G20; contact 8627

8433 or email [email protected]. For further information visit their website at

http://sydney.edu.au/stuserv/counselling/ .

Note: All Academic Board policies referred to above are available online at

http://sydney.edu.au/policy .

4. Schedule

Week 1 Introduction: A ‘new’ security agenda 27 July

Week 2 Food Security 3 August

Week 3 Environmental Security and Climate Change 10 August

Week 4 Energy Security 17 August

Week 5 Water scarcity, conflict and security 24 August

Week 6 Demographic challenges to security 31 August

Week 7 Migration and Identity 7 September

Week 8 Infectious diseases 14 September

Week 9 Terrorism and the war on terror 21 September

**Mid-semester Break: Monday 26 September to Friday 30 September**

Week 10 Transnational crime 5 October

Week 11 Cyber Security 12 October

Week 12 International laws and institutions 19 October

Week 13 Critical reflections 26 October


http://sydney.edu.au/stuserv/counselling/

http://sydney.edu.au/policy


5. Reading Guide

Week 1 Introduction: the ‘new’ security agenda

Wednesday 27 July

Discussion Questions:

Key topics:

What is „new‟ about the „new‟ security agenda?

Should security studies include the study of these „new‟ challenges?

How should security be defined?

Essential reading:

Alan Collins, „Introduction: What is Security Studies?‟ in Alan Collins (ed.),

Contemporary Security Studies, New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. (Chapter 1)

Pauline Kerr, „Human Security‟ in Alan Collins (ed.), Contemporary Security Studies,

New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. (Chapter 6)

Ralf Emmers, „Securitization‟ in Alan Collins (ed.), Contemporary Security Studies, New

York: Oxford University Press, 2007. (Chapter 7)

Supplementary reading:

Amitav Acharya, „Human Security‟ in John Baylis, Steve Smith and Patricia Owens

(eds.) The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations, 4th

ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. (Chapter 28)

David A. Baldwin, „The Concept of Security‟, Review of International Studies 23, no. 1

(1997): 5-26.

Barry Buzan, People, States and Fear: An Agenda for International Security Studies in

the Post-Cold War Era, 2nd ed., New York: Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1991.

Edward A. Kolodziej, Security and International Relations, Cambridge: Cambridge

University Press, 2005. (Chapter 1)

Michael Sheehan, International Security: An Analytical Survey, Boulder: Lynne Rienner,

2005. (Chapter 4: the Broader Agenda)

Ken Booth (ed.) Critical Security Studies and World Politics, Boulder: Lynne Rienner,

2005.

Jessica Tuchman Mathews, „Redefining Security‟, Foreign Affairs 68, no. 2 (1989): 162-

177.

David Mutimer, „Beyond Strategy: Critical Thinking and the New Security Studies‟ in

Craig A. Snyder (ed.), Contemporary Security and Strategy, London: Macmillan, 1999.

(Chapter 4).

Emma Rothschild, „What is Security?‟, Daedalus 124, no. 3 (1995): 53-98.

Ole Waever, „Securitization and Desecuritization,‟ in Ronnie Lipschutz (ed.), On

Security, Columbia University Press, 1995. (Chapter 3)

James J. Wirtz, „A New Agenda for Security and Strategy?‟ in John Baylis, James Wirtz,

Colin S. Gray and Eliot Cohen (eds.) Strategy in the Contemporary World, 2nd ed.,

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. (Chapter 16)


Week 2 Food Security

Wednesday 3 August


What are the links between food security and global security?

What are the causes of food insecurity?

What kind of domestic and foreign policies do states need in order to ensure food

security at the state and global levels?

Essential reading:

Alan Dupont and Mark Thirlwell „A New Era of Food Insecurity?‟, Survival, Vol. 51, no. 3

(2009), pp. 71-98

Walter P. Falcon and Rosamond. L. Naylor, „Rethinking Food Security for the Twenty-

First Century‟, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 87, No. 5, Proceedings

Issue (Dec., 2005), pp. 1113-1127.

„The 9-billion people question – A special report on feeding the world‟, The Economist,

February 26 2011.


Philip McMichael and Mindi Schneider, „Food Security Politics and the Millennium

Development Goals‟, Third World Quarterly, Vol. 32, no. 1 (2011), pp. 119-139.

Joseph Schmidhuber and Francesco N. Tubiello, „Global Food Security under climate

change‟, PNAS, Vol. 104 no. 5 (December 11 2007), pp. 19703-19708.

Ray Bush, „Food Riots: Poverty, Power and Protest‟, Journal of Agrarian Change, Vol. 10

no. 1 (January 2010), pp. 119–129.

Benjamin Shepherd, „Redefining food security in the face of foreign land investors: The

Philippines Case‟, NTS-Asia Research Paper no. 6 (2011). Available at

http://www.rsis.edu.sg/nts/HTML-Newsletter/Report/pdf/NTS-Asia_Ben_Shepherd.pdf

Tim Siegenbeek van Heukelom, „A Human Approach to Food Security: Land Grabs in the

Limelight‟, Journal of Human Security, Vol. 7, No. 1 (2011), pp. 6-20.

H. Charles J. Godfray et al, „Food Security: The Challenge of Feeding 9 Billion People‟,

Science, Vol 327, no 5967 (February 12 2010), pp. 812-818

Mark W. Rosegrant and Sarah A. Cline, „Global Food Security: Challenges and Policies‟,

Science, Vol. 302, no. 5652 (12 December 2003), pp. 1917-1919. Available at

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/302/5652/1917.full

Ismail Serageldin, „Biotechnology and Food Security in the 21st Century‟, Science, Vol.

285 no. 5426 (16 July 1999), pp. 387-389. Available at


http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy2.library.usyd.edu.au/action/doBasicSearch?Query=au%3A%22Walter+P.+Falcon%22&wc=on

http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy2.library.usyd.edu.au/action/doBasicSearch?Query=au%3A%22Rosamond+L.+Naylor%22&wc=on

http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy2.library.usyd.edu.au/stable/3697686?&Search=yes&searchText=Food&searchText=security&list=hide&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoAdvancedSearch%3Fq0%3DFood%2Bsecurity%26f0%3Dti%26c1%3DAND%26q1%3D%26f1%3Dti%26acc%3Don%26wc%3Don%26Search%3DSearch%26sd%3D2005%26ed%3D2011%26la%3D%26jo%3D&prevSearch=&item=21&ttl=49&returnArticleService=showFullText

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http://www.rsis.edu.sg/nts/HTML-Newsletter/Report/pdf/NTS-Asia_Ben_Shepherd.pdf

http://www.sciencemag.org/search?author1=Mark+W.+Rosegrant&sortspec=date&submit=Submit

http://www.sciencemag.org/search?author1=Sarah+A.+Cline&sortspec=date&submit=Submit


http://www.sciencemag.org/search?author1=Ismail+Serageldin&sortspec=date&submit=Submit



Week 3 Environmental Security and Climate Change

Wednesday 10 August

Guest Lecturer: Prof Alan Dupont, Director, CISS


What is the security significance, if any, of climate change?

Is there a relationship between environmental degradation and violent conflict? Explain.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of framing the environment in security

terms?

Essential reading:

Jon Barnett, „Environmental Security‟ in Alan Collins (ed.), Contemporary Security

Studies, New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. (Chapter 11)

Marc A. Levy, „Is the Environment a National Security Issue?‟ International Security 20,

no. 2 (1995): 35-62.

John Podesta and Peter Ogden, „The Security Implications of Climate Change‟, The

Washington Quarterly 31, no. 1 (Winter 2007-08): 115-138.


Daniel Deudney, „The Case against Linking Environmental Degradation and National

Security‟ Millennium: Journal of International Studies 19, no. 3 (1990): 461-476.

Alan Dupont, „The Strategic Implications of Climate Change‟, Survival 50, no. 3 (2008):

29-54.

Evelyn Goh, Developing the Mekong: Regionalism and Regional Security in China-

Southeast Asia Relations, Adelphi Paper 387, London: IISS, 2007, pp.17-39.

Thomas Homer-Dixon, Environment, Scarcity, and Violence, London: Princeton

University Press, 1999.

Peter Hough, Understanding Global Security, 2nd ed., London: Routledge, 2008.

(Chapters 6 and 8)

Tim Huxley, „The Tsunami and Security: Asia‟s 9/11?‟, Survival 47, no. 1 (2005): 123-

132.

Christopher Jasparro and Jonathan Taylor, „Climate Change and Regional Vulnerability

to Transnational Security Threats in Southeast Asia‟, Geopolitics 13, no. 2 (2008): 232-

256.

Richard A. Matthew, „In Defense of Environment and Security Research‟ ECSP Report,

Issue 8 (2002): 109-124.

Carolyn Pumphrey (ed.), Global Climate Change: National Security Implications,

Carlisle: Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College, 2008.

Michael Renner, „Environmental Security: the Policy Agenda‟, Conflict, Security and

Development 4, no. 3 (2004): 313-334.

Paul J. Smith, „Climate Change, Mass Migration and the Military Response‟, Orbis (Fall

2007): 617-633.

Lisa Burke, „Floods, Tsunamis and Earthquakes‟ in Eckert, A. E. and Sjoberg, L. (eds.)

Rethinking the 21st Century: ‘New’ Problems, ‘Old’ Solutions, London: Zed Books, 2008.


Week 4 Energy Security

Wednesday 17 August


Is energy a „security‟ issue, or is „energy security‟ just an energy issue?

Where and why does energy resource scarcity generate tension between states?

Can competition for energy lead to violent conflict? Explain.

Essential reading:

Michael T. Klare, „Energy Security‟ in Paul D. Williams, (ed.), Security Studies: An

Introduction, London: Routledge, 2008. (Chapter 32)

Mathew Burrows and Gregory F. Treverton, „A Strategic View of Energy Futures‟,

Survival 49, no. 3 (2007): 79-90.

William T. Tow, „Strategic Dimensions of Energy Competition in Asia‟, in Michael Wesley

(ed.), Energy Security in Asia, London: Routledge, 2007 (chapter 9).

Xu Yi-chong, „China's Energy Security‟ Australian Journal of International Affairs 60, no.

2 (2006): 265-286.


Michael Wesley, Power Plays: Energy and Australia’s Security, Canberra: Australian

Strategic Policy Institute, 2007. Available at Available at

http://www.aspi.org.au/publications/publication_details.aspx?ContentID=142

Anthony Bubalo and Mark Thirlwell, „New Rules for a New „Great Game‟: Northeast

Asian Energy Insecurity and the G-20‟, Policy Brief, Sydney: Lowy Institute for

International Policy, 2006. Available at

http://www.lowyinstitute.org/PublicationGet.asp?i=508

Anthony Bubalo, Michael Fullilove and Mark Thirlwell, Fuelling Confrontation: Iran, the

US and the Oil Weapon, Analysis, Sydney: Lowy Institute for International Policy, 2006.

Available at http://www.lowyinstitute.org/Publication.asp?pid=384

David A. Deese and Joseph S. Nye (eds.), Energy and Security, Cambridge MA:

Ballinger, 1981.

Christopher Dent, „Economic Security‟ in Alan Collins (ed.), Contemporary Security


Jan H. Kalicki and David L. Goldwyn (eds.) Energy and Security: Towards a New Foreign

Policy Strategy, Washington DC: Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 2005.

Susanne Peters, „Coercive Western Energy Security Strategies: „Resource Wars‟ as a

New Threat to Global Security‟, Geopolitics 9, no. 1 (2004): 187-212.

Lawrence Saez, „U.S. Policy and Energy Security in South Asia: Economic Prospects and

Strategic Implications‟, Asian Survey 47, no. 4 (2007): 657-678.

Frank Verrastro and Sarah Ladislaw, „Providing Energy Security in an Interdependent

World‟, The Washington Quarterly 30, no. 4 (2007): 95-104.

Zha Daojiong, „China‟s Energy Security: Domestic and International Issues‟, Survival

48, no. 1 (2006): 179-190.

Zhang Xuegang, „Southeast Asia and Energy: Gateway to Stability‟, China Security 3,

no. 2 (2007): 18-35.


Week 5 Water scarcity, conflict and security

Wednesday 24 August

Guest lecturer: Christopher Baker, CISS

Discussion Questions

Could water scarcity lead to conflict between countries?

How is water linked to other „new‟ security issues?

Essential reading:

Peter M. Gleick, „Water and Conflict: Fresh Water Resources and International Security‟,

International Security, Vol. 18, no. 1 (1993): 79-112.

Thomas F. Homer-Dixon, „Environmental Scarcities and Violent Conflict: Evidence from

Cases‟, International Security Vol. 19, no. 1 (1994): 5-40.

Michael T. Klare, „The New Geography of Conflict‟ Foreign Affairs Vol. 80, no. 3 (May-

June 2001): 49-61.

Alex Liebman, „Trickle Down Hegemony? China‟s „Peaceful Rise‟ and Dam Building on

the Mekong‟, Contemporary Southeast Asia, Vol. 27 no. 2 (2005): 281-304.

„Managing the Mekong: Conflict or Compromise?‟ The New Security Beat – Woodrow

Wilson International Centre for Scholars, (12 January, 2010). URL:

http://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2010/12/managing-mekong-conflict-or-

compromise.html

John Vidal, „International Special Report: Water Security – Global Disputes: Water Wars

Loom as Demand Grows‟, The Guardian, (26 June, 2010).


Wendy Barnaby, „Do Nations go to War Over Water?‟ Nature, Vol. 458, (19 March,

2009): 282-283.

Nina Behrman ed.), „The Waters of the Third Pole: Sources of Threat, Sources of

Survival‟, China Dialogue/Humanitarian Futures Program/Aon Benfield, London: Kings

College, 2010. URL: http://www.humanitarianfutures.org/hfpubs/futures/thirdpole

Alex Evans, „Resource Scarcity, Climate Change and the Risk of Violent Conflict‟, World

Development Report 2011: Background Paper, World Bank (9 September,2010), URL:

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTWDR2011/Resources/6406082-

1283882418764/WDR_Background_Paper_Evans.pdf

Peter M. Gleick, „Watch Peter Gleick on Peak Water‟, The New Security Beat – Woodrow

Wilson International Centre for Scholars, (2 May, 2009). URL:

http://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2009/02/video-peter-gleick-on-peak-water.html

Gleick, „Water Conflict Chronology‟, The World's Water,

http://worldwater.org/chronology.html.

Miriam R. Lowi, „Bridging the Divide: Transboundary Resource Disputes and the Case of

the West Bank Water‟, International Security Vol. 19, no. 1 (1994): 113-138.

Jeroen F. Warner and Mark Zeitoun, „International Relations Theory and Water Do Mix:

A Response to Furlong‟s Troubled Waters, Hydrohegemony and International Water

Relations‟, Political Geography, Vol. 27 (2008): 802-810.

http://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2010/12/managing-mekong-conflict-or-compromise.html

http://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2010/12/managing-mekong-conflict-or-compromise.html

http://www.humanitarianfutures.org/hfpubs/futures/thirdpole

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTWDR2011/Resources/6406082-1283882418764/WDR_Background_Paper_Evans.pdf

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTWDR2011/Resources/6406082-1283882418764/WDR_Background_Paper_Evans.pdf

http://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2009/02/video-peter-gleick-on-peak-water.html

http://worldwater.org/chronology.html


Week 6 Demographic challenges to security

Wednesday 31 August

Guest Lecturer: Prof Peter Curson (TBC)


What is the security significance, if any, of youth and old age?

How will current demographic trends impact on international security?

What are the key linkages between population and security? Are they important?

Essential reading:

N. Eberstadt, „Strategic Implications of Asian Demographic Trends‟, in J.Ellings, A.l

Freidberg and M.Wills(Eds), Strategic Asia 2003-04. Fragility and Crisis, 2003 : 453-485.

C.C. Fair et.al, „Demographics and Security:The Contrasting Cases of Pakistan and

Bangladesh‟, Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, XXV111 (4) Summer

2003 : 53-76.

G.McNicholl, „Demographic factors in East Asian Regional Integration‟. Working Paper

No 158. Population Policy Research Division. Population Council. 2002.

B.Nichiporuk,et al, „Demographics and Security in Maritime Southeast Asia‟,

Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, Winter/Spring 2006 : 83-91.


Valerie M. Hudson and Andrea M. den Boer. Bare Branches: The Security Implications of

Asia's Surplus Male Population, Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 2004.

R.P Cincotta, R. Engelman & D. Anastasion, The Security Demographic: Population and

Civil Conflict After the Cold War. Washington DC. Population Action International. 2003.

N. Eberstadt, „Some Strategic Implications of Asian/Eurasian Demographic Trends‟,

Working Paper Series, Vol.14 (8). Havard Center for Population & Development Studies.

Nov.2004.

J.A.Goldstone, „Population and Security: How Demographic Change can Lead to Violent

Conflict‟, Journal of International Affairs, 56 (1) Fall 2002: 1-22.

L.Mastny and R.P.Cincotta, „Examining the Connections between Population and

Security‟, in State of the World – Global Security 2005. London. Worldwatch Report.

Earthscan. 2005.

B. Nichiporuk, The Security Dynamics of Demographic Factors, RAND, 2000.

N.Weiner and M.S.Teitelbaum, Political Demography; Demographic Engineering. New

York, Berghahn. 2001.


Week 7 Migration and identity

Wednesday 7 September


When and why is migration framed as a security issue?

Under what circumstances might cultural identity be a security issue?

How important are „values‟ to national security?

Essential reading:

Paul Roe, „Societal Security‟ in Alan Collins (ed.), Contemporary Security Studies, New

York: Oxford University Press, 2007. (Chapter 10)

Fiona B. Adamson, „Crossing Borders: International Migration and National Security‟,

International Security 31, no. 1 (2006): 165-199.

Tara Magner, „A Less than „Pacific‟ Solution for Asylum Seekers in Australia‟

International Journal of Refugee Law 16, no. 1 (2004): 53-90.


Alan Collins, „Securitization, Frankenstein‟s Monster and Malaysian Education‟, Pacific

Review 18, no. 4 (2005): 567-588.

Melissa Curley and Siu-lun Wong, Security and Migration in Asia: the Dynamics of

Securitisation, London, Routledge, 2008.

Richard Dagger, „Politics, Rights, and the Refugee Problem‟ in Peter A. French and Jason

A. Short (eds.), War and Border Crossings: Ethics when Cultures Clash, Lanham MD,

Rowman & Littlefield, 2005.

Roxanne Lynne Doty, „States of Exception on the Mexico-U.S. Border: Security,

“Decisions,” and Civilian Border Patrols‟, International Political Sociology 1, no. 2

(2007): 113-137.

Charlotte Epstein, „Guilty Bodies, Productive Bodies, Destructive Bodies: Crossing the

Biometric Borders‟, International Political Sociology 1, no. 2 (2007): 149-164.

Bill McSweeney, „Identity and Security: Buzan and the Copenhagen School‟, Review of

International Studies 22 (1996): 81-93.

Nana Poku and David T. Graham, Redefining Security: Population Movements and

National Security. Westport, Conn: Praeger, 1998.

Steve Ratuva, „The Paradox of Multiculturalism: Ethnopolitical Conflict in Fiji‟ in M. Anne

Brown (ed.), Security and Development in the Pacific Islands: Social Resilience in

Emerging States, Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2007. (Chapter 10)

Christian P. Scherrer, Ethnicity, Nationalism and Violence: Conflict Management, Human

Rights, and Multilateral Regimes, Aldershot, Burlington, 2003.

Myron Weiner, „Bad Neighbors, Bad Neighborhoods: An Inquiry into the Causes of

Refugee Flows‟, International Security 21, no. 1 (1996): 5-42.


Week 8 Infectious diseases



In what ways do infectious diseases relate to military endeavours?

What forms of national and international action are required in response to an influenza

pandemic?

Is HIV/AIDS a security issue? Why or why not?

Essential reading:

Stefan Elbe, „HIV/AIDS and Security‟ in Alan Collins (ed.), Contemporary Security


Elizabeth M. Prescott, 'SARS: a Warning', Survival, 45, no. 3 (2003): 207-226.

US Homeland Security Council, National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza:

Implementation Plan, 2006. Chapter 1 – Executive Summary. Available at

http://www.whitehouse.gov/homeland/pandemic-influenza-implementation.html


Jennifer Brower and Peter Chalk, The Global Threat of New and Reemerging Infectious

Disease: Reconciling U.S. National Security and Public Health Policy. Santa Monica CA,

RAND, 2003.

Mely Caballero-Anthony, „Combating Infectious Diseases in East Asia: Securitization and

Global Public Goods for Health‟, Journal of International Affairs, 59, no. 2 (2006): 105-

127.

Christian Enemark, Disease and Security: Natural Plagues and Biological Weapons in

East Asia, London: Routledge, 2007.

D.P. Fidler, Germs, Norms and Power: Global Health's Political Revolution (Law, Social

Justice & Global Development Online, 4 June 2004). Available at

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/elj/lgd/2004_1/fidler/

Colin McInnes and Kelley Lee, „Health, Security and Foreign Policy‟, Review of

International Studies, 32, no. 1 (2006): 5-23.

M. B. A. Oldstone, Viruses, Plagues, and History, New York: Oxford University Press,

1998.

Susan Peterson, „Epidemic Disease and National Security‟, Security Studies, 12, no. 2

(2002/3), 43-81.

Andrew T. Price-Smith, The Health of Nations: Infectious Disease, Environmental

Change, and Their Effects on National Security and Development, Cambridge MA: MIT

Press, 2002.

Gwyn Prins, „AIDS and Global Security‟ International Affairs 80, no. 5 (2004): 931-952.

Jeffrey K. Taubenberger and David M. Morens, „1918 Influenza: the Mother of All

Pandemics‟, Emerging Infectious Diseases 12, no. 1 (2006): 15-22.

Jonathan B. Tucker, Scourge: the Once and Future Threat of Smallpox, New York:

Atlantic Monthly Press, 2001.

Hans Zinsser, Rats, Lice, and History, London: Routledge, 1935.


Week 9 Terrorism and the War on Terror



What is „terrorism‟?

Does the killing of Osama Bin Laden constitute victory‟ in the War on Terror? Discuss.

Is it useful to talk about „state terrorism‟? Why or why not?

Essential reading:

David Rapoport, “The Four Waves of Modern Terrorism”, UCLA, Burkle Center for

International Relations. May 5, 2006:

http://www.international.ucla.edu/cms/files/Rapoport-Four-Waves-of-Modern-

Terrorism.pdf

Brenda Lutz and James Lutz, „Terrorism‟ in Alan Collins (ed.), Contemporary Security


Neil Renwick, „Southeast Asia and the Global „War on Terror‟ Discourse‟, Cambridge

Review of International Affairs 20, no. 2 (2007): 249-266.


Isabelle Duyvesteyn, „How New is the New Terrorism?‟, Studies in Conflict and

Terrorism 27, no. 5 (2004): 439-454.

Christian Enemark and Christopher Michaelsen, „Just War Doctrine and the Invasion of

Iraq,‟ Australian Journal of Politics and History 51, no. 4 (2005): 545-563.

Natasha Hamilton-Hart, „Terrorism in Southeast Asia: Expert Analysis, Myopia and

Fantasy‟, Pacific Review 18, no. 3 (2005): 303-325.

Bryn Hughes, „Securitizing Iraq: The Bush Administration‟s Social Construction of

Security‟, Global Change, Peace and Security 19, no. 2 (2007): 83-102.

Michael Ignatieff, The Lesser Evil: Political Ethics in an Age of Terror. Edinburgh:

Edinburgh University Press, 2004.

Edward Newman, „Weak States, State Failure, and Terrorism‟, Terrorism and Political

Violence 19, no. 4 (2007): 463-488.

Bradley E. Smith, „America‟s First Response to Terrorism: the Barbary Pirates and the

Tripolitan War of 1801‟, Military Review, November-December 2005: 65-69.

Leonard Weinberg, Ami Pedahzur and Sivan Hirsch-Hoefler, „The Challenges of

Conceptualizing Terrorism‟, Terrorism and Political Violence 16, no. 4 (2004): 777-794.

Paul D. Williams, „Security Studies, 9/11 and the Long War‟ in Alex Bellamy, Roland

Bleiker, Richard Devetak and Sara Davies (eds.), Security and the War on Terror,

London: Routledge. (Chapter 1)

http://www.international.ucla.edu/cms/files/Rapoport-Four-Waves-of-Modern-Terrorism.pdf

http://www.international.ucla.edu/cms/files/Rapoport-Four-Waves-of-Modern-Terrorism.pdf


Week 10 Transnational crime

Wednesday 5 October


At what point, if ever, does a crime problem become a security problem?

Is transnational organised crime a greater threat to human security or to state security?

What form of transnational organised crime is most harmful? Why?

Essential reading:

Jeanne Giraldo and Harold Trinkunas, „Transnational Crime‟ in Alan Collins (ed.),


Ralf Emmers, „ASEAN and the Securitization of Transnational Crime in Southeast Asia‟,

Pacific Review 16, no. 3 (2003): 419-438.

Peter Grabosky and John McFarlane: “The Potential of Crime to Undermine Australia‟s

National Security” in Security Challenges 3, no. 4 (2007): 131-150 Available at

http://www.securitychallenges.org.au/SC%20Vol%203%20No%204/vol%203%20no%

204%20Grabosky%20and%20McFarlane.pdf


Australian Crime Commission, Organised Crime in Australia, 2007. Available at

http://www.crimecommission.gov.au/content/publications/Other_Publications/080117_

Organised_Crime_In_Australia.pdf

Alan Dupont, East Asia Imperilled: Transnational Challenges to Security, Cambridge,

Cambridge University Press, 2001. (Chapter 9: Transnational Crime)

Richard M. Gibson and John B. Haseman, „Prospects for Controlling Narcotics Production

and Trafficking in Myanmar‟, Contemporary Southeast Asia 25, no. 1 (2003): 1-19.

Peter Gill and Adam Edwards, Transnational Organised Crime: Perspectives on Global

Security London: Routledge, 2003.

Peter Hough, Understanding Global Security, 2nd ed., London: Routledge, 2008.

(Chapter 10: Criminal threats to security)

John McFarlane: “Transnational Crime and Asia-Pacific Security” in Sheldon W. Simon

(Ed.), The Many Faces of Asian Security, Lanham, Boulder, New York, Oxford: Rowman

and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2001, pp. 197-229.

Emmanuel Obuah, „Combating Global Trafficking in Persons: the Role of the United

States Post-September 2001‟, International Politics 43, no. 2 (2006): 241-265.

Louise L. Shelly, „Transnational Organised Crime: An Immanent Threat to the Nation-

State?‟, Journal of International Affairs 48, no. 2 (1995): 464-489.

S. Joshua. „Narcotics and the National Security of Producer States‟, Journal of Conflict

Studies 16, no. 1 (1996): 100-133.

Phil Williams, „Transnational Criminal Organizations and International Security‟, in

Michael T. Klare and Yogesh Chandrani (eds.), World Security: Challenges For A New

Century, New York: St. Martin‟s Press, 1998.


Week 11 Cyber Security

Wednesday 12 October


What do we mean by cybersecurity and who is responsible for it?

What are the major threats faced in the cyber realm and how to they impact on the way

we govern, do business and interact with each other?

What are the key characteristics of the Internet and what are the challenges in

achieving global cybersecurity?

Essential reading:

• Pfleeger C & Pfleeger S 2007, “Chapter 1: Is There a Security Problem in Computing?” in

Security in Computing, 4th Edition, Prentice-Hall, New Jersey

• Nye J 2011, “Cyberspace Wars,” The New York Times, 27 February, 2011,

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/28/opinion/28iht-ednye28.html

• “War in the Fifth Domain,” Economist, Vol.396 Issue 8689, 1 July, 2010.


• Brown, I & Peter S 2011, “Reducing Systemic Cybersecurity Risk,” in OECD/IFP Project on

Future Global Shocks, pp 1 – 33., http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/57/44/46889922.pdf

• Clark, R & Knake R 2010, “Chapter 3: The Battlespace” in Cyber War: The next threat to

national security and what to do about it, HarperCollins, New York.

• Deibert, R, 1997, “Chapter 5: Transformation in the Mode of Communication: The Emergence

of the Hypermedia Environment,” in Parchment, Printing and Hypermedia - Communication in

World Order Transformation, Columbia University Press, New York.

• Pfanner, E 2011, “Apocalypse in Cyberspace? It‟s Overdone,” The New York Times, 16

January,2011, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/17/technology/17cache.html

• Center for Strategic and International Studies 2011, Significant Cyber Incidents Since 2006,

compiled by the Center for Strategic and International Studies., last modified, 9 March, 2011,

http://csis.org/files/publication/110309_Significant_Cyber_Incidents_Since_2006.pdf


Week 12 International laws and institutions



What are the implications of the „new security agenda‟ for international law?

Are existing international institutions adequate to deal with the issues on this agenda?

Is human security more or less important than state sovereignty?

Essential reading:

United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report, New York:

Oxford University Press, 1994. Available at

http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr1994/

The National Security Strategy of the United States of America, 2002. Available at

http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/nss.html

A More Secure World: Our Shared Responsibility, Report of the High-Level Panel on

Threats, Challenges and Change. New York: United Nations, 2004. Available at

http://www.un.org/secureworld/report3.pdf


A Safer Future: Global Public Health Security in the 21st Century, Geneva, World Health

Organization, 2007. Available at http://www.who.int/whr/2007/en/index.html

The Responsibility to Protect. Report of the International Commission on Intervention

and State Sovereignty, 2001. Available at http://www.iciss.ca/report-en.asp

Desmond Ball and Brendan Taylor, „Regional Security Cooperation‟ in Robert Ayson and

Desmond Ball (eds.), Strategy and Security in the Asia-Pacific, Sydney: Allen and

Unwin, 2006. (Chapter 18).

Alex J. Bellamy, „Responsibility to Protect or Trojan Horse? The Crisis in Darfur and

Humanitarian Intervention after Iraq.‟ Ethics & International Affairs 19, no. 2 (2005):

31.

Sara E. Davies, „International Law and the State of Exception‟ in Alex Bellamy, Roland

Bleiker, Richard Devetak and Sara Davies (eds.), Security and the War on Terror,

London: Routledge. (Chapter 5)

Jürgen Haacke, ASEAN’s Diplomatic and Security Culture: Origins, Development and

Prospects, London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2003.

David M. Jones and Mike L. Smith, „The Changing Security Agenda in Southeast Asia:

Globalization, New Terror, and the Delusions of Regionalism‟, Studies in Conflict and

Terrorism 24, no. 4 (2001): 271-288.

Alexander Kelle, 'Securitization of International Public Health: Implications for Global

Health Governance and the Biological Weapons Prohibition Regime', Global Governance,

13, no. 2 (2007), 217-35.

Ben Saul, „The Dangers of the United Nations‟ “New Security Agenda”: “Human

Security” in the Asia-Pacific Region‟, Asian Journal of Comparative Law 1, no. 1 (2006).

Available at http://www.bepress.com/asjcl/vol1/iss1/art10/


Week 13 Critical reflections



Is it necessary to extent the concept of security beyond the military sphere? Why or

why not?

Which „new security challenges‟ are genuinely new?

Should these emerging security challenges be tackled differently from how states have

dealt with military threats to their security? Explain.

Essential reading:

David Mutimer, „Critical Security Studies: A Schismatic History‟ in Alan Collins (ed.),


Ole Waever and Barry Buzan, „After the Return to Theory: the Past, Present, and Future

of Security Studies‟ in Alan Collins (ed.), Contemporary Security Studies, New York:

Oxford University Press, 2007. (Chapter 21)

Ralph Pettman, „Human Security as Global Security: Reconceptualising Strategic

Studies‟, Cambridge Review of International Affairs 18, no. 1 (2005): 137-150.


Roland Paris, „Rational and Irrational Approaches to Human Security: A Reply to Ralph

Pettman‟, Cambridge Review of International Affairs 18, no. 3 (2005): 479-481.

Nicholas Thomas and William T. Tow, „The Utility of Human Security: Sovereignty and

Humanitarian Intervention‟, Security Dialogue 33, no. 2 (2002): 177-192.

Alex J. Bellamy and Matt McDonald, „`The Utility of Human Security‟: Which Humans?

What Security? A Reply to Thomas & Tow‟, Security Dialogue 33, no. 3 (2002): 373-

377.

Nicholas Thomas and William T. Tow, „Gaining Security by Trashing the State? A Reply

to Bellamy and McDonald‟, Security Dialogue 33, no. 3 (2002): 379-382.

Johan Eriksson, „Observers or Advocates? On the Political Role of Security Analysts‟,

Cooperation and Conflict 34, no. 3 (1999): 311-330.

Mike Fell, „Is Human Security our Main Concern in the 21st Century?, Journal of Security

Sector Management 4, no. 3 (2006): 1-11.

Gary King and Christopher J. L. Murray, „Rethinking Human Security‟, Political Science

Quarterly 116, no. 4 (Winter 2001-02): 585-610.

Edward Newman, „Human Security and Constructivism‟, International Studies

Perspectives 2, no. 3 (2001): 239-251.

Holger Stritzel, „Towards and Theory of Securitization: Copenhagen and beyond‟,

European Journal of International Relations 13, no. 3 (2007): 357-383.

Michael C. Williams, „Words, Images, Enemies: Securitization and International Politics‟,

International Studies Quarterly 47, no. 4 (2003): 511-531.

Multiple authors, special issue of Security Dialogue 35, no. 3 (2004): 275-392.


1. Guide to referencing

You need to use references (either footnotes at the bottom of the page or endnotes at the end

of the paper) in your written assessment tasks. You also need to include a bibliography which

lists in alphabetical order the sources you have used.

Examples:

Book

1. Footnote/endnote:

Alan Dupont, East Asia Imperilled: Transnational Challenges to Security, Cambridge:

Cambridge University Press, 2001, p. 84.

(NB: If you are referring to a particular book more than once, subsequent references should be

shortened: i.e. Dupont, East Asia Imperilled, p.100.)

2. Bibliographic entry

Dupont, Alan, East Asia Imperilled: Transnational Challenges to Security, Cambridge:

Cambridge University Press, 2001.

Journal article

1. Footnote/endnote:

Christian Enemark, „Infectious Diseases and International Security: the Biological Weapons

Convention and Beyond‟, Nonproliferation Review 12, no. 1 (2005): p. 113.

(NB: If you are referring to a particular article more than once, subsequent references should

be shortened: i.e. Enemark, „Infectious Diseases and International Security‟, p.120.)

2. Bibliographic entry

Enemark, Christian, „Infectious Diseases and International Security: the Biological Weapons

Convention and beyond‟, Nonproliferation Review 12, no. 1 (2005): pp. 107-125.

Chapter in an edited book

1. Footnote/endnote

Roderic Alley, „The NPT since 1995: relapse or refurbishment?‟, in Carl Ungerer & Marianne

Hanson (eds.), The Politics of Nuclear Non-Proliferation, St Leonards NSW: Allen & Unwin,

2001, p. 55.

(NB: If you are referring to a particular chapter more than once, subsequent references should

be shortened: i.e. Alley, „The NPT since 1995?‟, p.58.)

2. Bibliographic Entry

Alley, Roderic, „The NPT since 1995: relapse or refurbishment?‟, in Carl Ungerer & Marianne

Hanson (eds.), The Politics of Nuclear Non-Proliferation, St Leonards NSW: Allen & Unwin,

2001, pp. 54–71.

Internet references

When referencing from the internet, your entry needs to include the author and the name of

the document, the date of the document, the URL and preferably the date you accessed it. For

example:

Alexander Downer, „The Spread of Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Weapons: Tackling the

Greatest Threat to Global Security – The Sum of All Our Fears‟, Speech to the Sydney

Institute, Sydney, 17 February 2003, at

http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/speeches/2003/030207_sydinst.html, [accessed 4 March

2003].

(NB: If you are referring to a particular internet source more than once, subsequent references

should be shortened: i.e. Downer, „The Spread of Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Weapons‟,

URL cited.)

Documents

CISS 6001 New Security Challenges