ITC Curriculum, 2009-2010:
An Era of Complex Challenges

Course Directors: Pal Dunay and Graeme Herd

Term 1		The Security Context Term Leaders: Pal Dunay and Graeme Herd
Week 1	6 October	Introduction and Welcome
Module I: The Security Environment, Concepts and Theories
Week 2	12 October	The Strategic Environment, Grand Strategy
Week 3	19 October	International Relations Theory and Security Concepts
Week 4	26 October	Negotiation Exercise and Antecedents of the Current Era
Module II: Global Issues: Economy, Environment, Media and Law
Week 5	2 November	Economy and Security; Swiss Day
Week 6	9 November	Energy Security and Climate Change; The Role of the Media
Week 7	16 November	Handling Communication/Media Training
Week 8	23 November	International Law and the Laws of Armed Conflict
Module III: The Conflict Management Cycle
Week 9	30 November	Preventing Deadly Conflict and Conflict Management; Post-Conflict Reconstruction and " State-Building"
Week 10	7 December	Peacekeeping Operations
Week 11	14 December	Purple Nile (mission management) Exercise (2.5 days) Core Paper Research and Study Day
**Winter Break: 18 December 2009 - 4 January 2010
Term 2		Security in the Euro-Atlantic Area Term Leaders: Pal Dunay, Graeme Herd and Johan Swennen
Module IV: US, NATO and the EU
Week 12	5 January	The United States
Week 13	11 January	Individual Study Week (and Participant Interviews)
Week 14	18 January	The European Union and Its Member States
Week 15	25 January	The EU as a Security Actor: Capabilities, Operations, Challenges
Week 16	1 February	NATO
Week 17	8 February	Study Trip to International Organisations in Europe
Module V: Wider Europe: Security Policy Issues
Week 18	15 February	The Western Balkans, and the Western NIS
Week 19	22 February	The Russian Federation
Week 20	1 March	Electives Week: (Defence Attaché; Arms Control; Arms Industries and Transfers, Nuclear Disarmament)
Week 21	8 March	Southern Europe and the Mediterranean
Week 22	15 March	The Geneva Games (a strategic decision-making exercise) and Individual Study
Term 3		Global Security Term Leaders: Pal Dunay, Thierry Tardy and Caty Clément
Module VI: Transnational Security Threats and Responses
Week 23	22 March	Migration, Demographic Change, Food and Health Security
	29 March - 2 April 5 - 9 April	Study Break for Core Paper Completion, MAS Work Spring Break
Week 24	12 April	Weapons Proliferation
Week 25	19 April	Terrorism
Week 26	26 April	Organised Crime, Homeland Security, Disaster Response Exercise
Module VII: Regional Security Studies
Week 27	3 May	The Middle East; Electives
Week 28	10 May	Sub-Saharan Africa
Week 29	17 May	China, Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia
Week 30	25 May	Southern Asia
Module VIII: Alternative Futures
Week 31	31 May	Alumni Meeting; The Future of International Security (scenario based exercise)
Week 32	7 June	Final Interviews, Debrief and Graduation Ceremony

ITC Curriculum, 2009-2010: An Era of Complex Challenges

Course Directors: Pal Dunay and Graeme Herd

Term 1

The Security Context

Module I: The Security Environment, Concepts and Theories

Module II: Global Issues: Economy, Environment, Media and Law

Module III: The Conflict Management Cycle

Term 2

Security in the Euro-Atlantic Area

Module IV: US, NATO and the EU

Module V: Wider Europe: Security Policy Issues

Term 3

Global Security

Module VI: Transnational Security Threats and Responses

Module VII: Regional Security Studies

Module VIII: Alternative Futures

ITC Curriculum, 2009-2010:
An Era of Complex Challenges