Summer Timetable
POL380H1S L0101
Topics in International Politics
Contemporary Issues in International Security
Themes
This seminar covers the key foreign policy and security related challenges and developments in the post-Cold War world. Topics include great power competition; contemporary cases of inter-state conflict; conventional, nuclear, and non-traditional warfare; terrorism and other transnational threats; security alliances in Africa and Indo-pacific; disruptive technologies, cyber warfare; and the interrelated problem set associated with climate change and environmental protection as well as energy, water, food, and health security. Departing from the conventional emphasis on military power and security alliances prevalent in mainstream International Relations (IR) literature, the course seeks a more comprehensive understanding of international security and its implications.
January 29, 2024
The winners of the 2022-2023 undergraduate awards were announced at the annual celebration, held this year on the evening of January 25. Presiding over the award ceremony were Undergraduate Director...
January 26, 2023
Congratulations to our 2021/22 undergraduate award & scholarship recipients! Following a two-year hiatus, the department was delighted to return to hosting our undergraduate awards in-person this year to celebrate our...
June 3, 2021
In a bid to motivate her students in what has been a very difficult academic year, Professor Rebecca Kingston decided to give those enrolled in the winter 2021 term of...
May 21, 2020
Congratulations to undergraduate student Cheryl Cheung who has received a University of Toronto Excellence Award (UTEA). Going into her third year majoring in political science, with minors in visual studies...
January 29, 2020
Congratulations to all our amazing undergraduate students who picked up one the department’s twenty-three awards and scholarships at our annual undergraduate awards ceremony. In attendance were Dean of Arts &...