Module Information
Course Delivery
Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
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Seminars / Tutorials | 16 Hours. (8 x 2 hour) |
Lecture | 18 Hours. 18 x 1 hour) |
Assessment
Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
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Semester Assessment | 2 x Seminar Presentation | 20% |
Semester Assessment | 1 x 2000 word essay | 30% |
Semester Exam | 2 Hours | 50% |
Supplementary Exam | Students may, subject to Faculty approval, have the opportunity to resit this module, normally during the supplementary examination period. For further clarification please contact the Teaching Programme Administrator in the Department of International Politics. |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
- demonstrate an understanding of the key concerns of strategic studies since 1945, and of the assumptions underpinning strategic thought.
- critically discuss the theory of nuclear deterrence and the development of nuclear strategy
- discuss the new forms and dynamics of post-Cold War military force
- assess emerging trends in strategic relations and their significance.
- analyze the relationship between strategy and cultural contexts
- assess the questions surrounding nuclear proliferation.
Brief description
This module is concerned with the development and nature of strategic thinking in the nuclear age.
Aims
- provide students with a thorough understanding of the key strategic theories developed during the nuclear age, of the assumptions underpinning them, and of some of the questions raised by the attempt to transfer these theories into practice.
- Examine the cultural and political dynamics affecting strategic practices
- Examine the shifting forms and strategies of contemporary conflict
Content
This module is concerned with the development and nature of strategic thinking in the nuclear age. The syllabus involves a consideration of: the nature, concerns and problems of strategic studies; the relationship between strategy and its social contexts; deterrence and nuclear strategy; the post-Cold War development of strategic relations ranging from the role of nuclear weapons, to questions surrounding proliferation, to the impact of new technologies upon strategic relations, to new and emerging forms and structures of conflict.
Transferable skills
10 ECTS Credits
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6