IPM0360 - INTELLIGENCE, SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

Module Identifier	IPM0360
Module Title	INTELLIGENCE, SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
Academic Year	2001/2002
Co-ordinator	Dr Len Scott
Semester	Semester 2 (Taught over 2 semesters)
Other staff	Dr Peter Jackson
Course delivery	Seminar	1 x two hour seminar per week over two semesters
Assessment	Essay	2 x 2,500 essays - 20% each	40%
	Exam	3 Hours	40%
	Project work	2 x 1,000 word projects - 10% each	20%

Objectives

By the end of the module students should be able to:

understand key terms and debates in intelligence studies
assess the role of espionage and intelligence in the twentieth century
understand the relationship between intelligence and counterintelligence
evaluate the efficacy and morality of 'covert operations' in international security
assess the implications of the end of the Cold War for intelligence and intelligence services
evaluate methodological and historiographical problems in the study of intelligence

Aims

This module is the core module for students on the MScEcon Degree or Diploma (S Pathway) in Intelligence and Strategic Studies.

Intelligence has been described as the 'missing dimension' of international affairs. Yet the twentieth century has seen the growth of intelligence organisations whose activities have played an often crucial role in policy-making, and international relations. The advent of the Cold War and the development of nuclear weapons have provided context and pretext for the growth of modern intelligence organisations. In recent years intelligence studies has emerged as a significant field of scholarship, casting light on key events and issues in twentieth century international security. Yet the study of intelligence faces considerable methodological challenges. The aim of the module is to explore these various issues and to examine the role of intelligence in national security policy making. This is done by focusing on key events and issues in international relations in which intelligence and intelligence organisations played a vital role.