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Master of Letters Strategic Studies


Master of Letters Strategic Studies
Code Module name Credits
IR5800 Modern War and Strategy 30 AND
IR5801 Strategic Thought 30 AND
View list 60 credits from Module List: IR5000 - IR5999 (except compulsory IR MLitt modules and Dissertations), HI5010 AND
IR5007 Terrorism and Liberal Democracy 30
IR5029 Conflict and Peace in Post-Communist Eurasia 30
IR5030 Religion and International Politics 30
IR5032 Strategic Studies 30
IR5034 Political Communities, Political Violence 30
IR5035 The 'Traditional' Security Agenda in the Twenty-first Century 30
IR5038 International Politics of Nuclear Weapons 30
IR5039 Political Economy of Conflict 30
IR5040 Emergent Great Powers 30
IR5042 Gender and Terrorism 30
IR5043 Carl von Clausewitz: Life, Work and Reception 30
IR5044 The Changing Face(s) of Diplomacy: Emotions, Power and Persuasion in International Relations 30
IR5045 Security and Insecurity in Contemporary Russian Politics 30
IR5046 Migration and Political Theory 30
IR5051 Human Rights, Politics and Power 30
IR5053 The First World War and its impact on the Global System 30
IR5055 Agency and Strategy in Non-Western Political Thought 30
IR5059 Political Order and Violence in the Middle East 30
IR5061 Security and Justice Institutions in World Politics 30
IR5062 Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction in Latin America 30
IR5063 Spaces of Securitization 30
IR5064 The Military in Politics 30
IR5065 The Geopolitics of Energy in the Caspian Region 30
IR5066 The Global Politics of Everyday Life 30
IR5067 The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 30
IR5403 Political Philosophy and World Order 30
IR5404 Post-Positivism and International Theory 30
IR5406 Theories of Friendship and Enmity 30
IR5407 Rethinking Human Rights 30
IR5408 Global Constitutionalism 30
IR5409 Empire and Civilisation in International Political Theory 30
IR5411 African Political Thought 30
IR5412 'Reason of State': Origin, Nature and Career of a Concept 30
IR5413 Topics in International Political Thought 30
IR5414 Politics After The Death of God: Evil and Tragedy in Modern Politics 30
IR5415 Social Movements and Ideologies 30
IR5510 Central Asia in World Order 30
IR5518 Conflict in the Middle East 30
IR5520 International Relations of the Modern Middle East 30
IR5527 Conflicts, Security and Democracy in the Greater Caucasus (30) 30
IR5528 Social Movements, Revolutions and Authoritarianism in North Africa 30
IR5529 International Society and Central Asia 30
IR5530 Introductory Uzbek 15
IR5531 Intermediate Uzbek 15
IR5533 The Political Lives of Objects in Eurasia 30
IR5702 Case Studies in Conflict and Field Work Component 30
IR5729 Genocide Studies 30
IR5730 Security and Development in East Asia 30
IR5821 The influence of seapower on history 1805-present 30
IR5822 The American Way of War 30
IR5901 Fundamental Issues and Structures of Terrorism 30
IR5904 Terrorism and Theories of Collective Action 30
IR5921 Fundamentals of Terrorist Violence 30
IR5922 Terrorism after 1945 30
IR5923 State Responses to Terrorism 30
IR5924 Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict 30
IR5956 Critical Infrastructure Electives 10
IR5957 Terrorism and the Internet Elective 10
IR5958 Transition to Post Graduate Study 10
HI5010 Directed Reading in the History of War and Strategy 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above
View list 60 credits from Module List: IR5099, ME5099, MO5099
IR5099 Dissertation for MLitt Programme/s 60
ME5099 Dissertation for MLitt Programme/s 60
MO5099 Dissertation for MLitt Programme/s 60
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 180 credits in academic year