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The Staff Team MA International Relations – staff profiles

Entry Requirements Usually a good/ 2:1 honours degree (or equivalent) and/or relevant professional experience. Candidates for whom English is not a first language will be expected to demonstrate a certified level of proficiency of at least IELTS 6.5 or equivalent.

Teaching Teaching follows a practice-based approach through role-play, scenarios and brief writing. In addition to the core teaching by lecturers with a background/expertise in the field, there are cutting-edge lectures and seminars from prestigious guest speakers, practitioners, diplomats, and strategists. Additionally, there are opportunities to undertake internships, placements and visits to a wide range of organisations (which may include UN seminars, EU -various departments, Government bodies, think tanks, media agencies, Janes defence and others) and to study in Paris with international diplomats and strategists (and possibly Dusseldorf in future). We also have links to Cambridge University’s CRASSH (Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities).

Ian Shields OBE – Security and Strategy, Military Ethics, Air and Space Power, the Media, Civil-Military Relations. Former RAF commanding officer and Vulcan bomber pilot, Member of the UK’s Chief of the Defence Staff’s Strategic Forum.

Caroline Jaine – Communications and new media, media perceptions, strategic communications, conflict transformation, diaspora diplomacy, public diplomacy, cross-government strategy. Former Head of Communications at the Foreign Office.

Carina O’Reilly – European security and organised crime, and local policing and local governance. Freelance defence and security analyst, formerly editor and analyst at Janes, global country risk analyst for Cambridge International Research on Current Affairs.

Dr Anna Markovska – Transitional countries, serious crime, corruption, drug abuse.

Dr Samantha Lundrigan – Criminological profiling systems, profiling serial offenders, research methods.

Colleen Moore – Violent crime, comparative criminology, terror as crime.

Bill Tupman – Global security, cross-border responses to organised crime and terrorism, terrorist financing and the political economy of terrorism.

Professor Bronwen Walter – Irish diaspora studies, identity and hybridity, genealogy and citizenship.

All core teaching takes place on the Cambridge campus, with excellent library facilities, bookshops and other facilities close at hand. In addition to the taught modules, the Department and the Faculty run a series of research seminars to which staff and postgraduate students are invited.

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Assessment Forms of assessment will include: Role-play scenarios, briefs, written reports, poster presentations, group projects, dissertation, longer essays, case studies, research proposal, short analyses of global events, short review papers, practical data gathering exercises, short abstracts of core course readings.

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MA International Relations

How the MA is Organised

The MA International Relations focuses specifically on the pragmatic, real-world application of international relations theory to policy and strategy, and the rigorous examination of practical problems, building close relations with outside bodies including think tanks and NGOs. The course examines the theory and definition of the state and relations between states, but also the roles of other institutions and organisations, including multinational companies and transnational crime organisations. You will study theoretical foundations in the discipline, but also explore more pragmatic concerns, with a strong vocational emphasis on how theory affects and is affected by events on the ground.

The MA consists of four taught modules taken over one year by full-time students, or two years for part-time students. The Major Project is completed at the end of the taught part of the course. Teaching runs over two semesters of 12 weeks each, September to December and February to May. Weekly sessions of three hours usually take place Monday 3 to 6pm and Thursday 3 to 6pm.

This course is distinct in offering: • A practice-based approach through role-play, scenarios and brief writing • Teaching by lecturers with a background/expertise in: international strategic planning and security, defence analysis, UN training, conflict communications, Foreign Office, new media, risk analysis • Cutting-edge lectures and seminars from prestigious guest speakers, practitioners, diplomats, and strategists • Opportunities to undertake internships, placements and visits to a wide range of organisations (which may include UN seminars, EU -various departments, Government bodies, think tanks, media agencies, Janes defence and others) • Opportunities to study in Paris with international diplomats and strategists (and possibly Dusseldorf in future) • Links to Cambridge University, international speakers and seminars at CRASSH (Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities).

In addition to studying the historical and theoretical background of international relations you will also have the opportunity to explore a wide range of topics and themes; please see the module descriptions for more information. The emphasis is on decision-making, planning and debate, and you will be encouraged to participate in interactive sessions, respond to specific scenarios, write to briefs and undertake critical analysis.

You will also have opportunities to develop or enhance research methods skills.

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Major Project This module enables you to demonstrate your ability to raise and investigate significant questions in relation to your specialist research area either through empirical research or sustained theoretical investigation. Based on your initial project proposal you will be expected to negotiate a learning contract with your supervisor, which outlines title, research question, assessment weighting and criteria, and the form of the project.

Optional Modules Semester 1

Semester 2

Compulsory Modules International Relations Theory in Context (30 credits)

Compulsory Modules International Institutions and Policy (30 credits)

Postgraduate Major Project (60 credits) Optional Modules War, Peacekeeping and Military Intervention (30 credits) or Policing Transnational Crime (30 credits) or Postgraduate Research Methods (30 credits) or Independent Learning Module (30 credits)

Optional Modules Conflict and Communication (30 credits) or Terrorism, Insurgency and Asymmetric War (30 credits) or Postgraduate Research Methods (30 credits) or Independent Learning Module (30 credits)

MODULES Compulsory Modules International Relations Theory in Context Examines the theory and key concepts of international relations and the development of the state, grounding them in their historical context, and exploring their policy implications. It begins by examining what we have come to know as International Relations and questions where the boundaries of the discipline might lie, before looking at debates over the role of theory in explaining International Relations. The module will provide detailed explanations of the key competing theories within the discipline, placing the theory firmly in the context of 20th century events.

International Institutions and Policy Critically analyses the origins, evolution and role of international institutions in the global order over the course of the 20th and 21st century. The aim is to understand why these institutions have developed, and why states choose, or do not choose, to use these institutions as a means to achieve their objectives.

War, Peacekeeping and Military Intervention Examines state-dominated war in the modern world, including the democratic peace theory and the changing strategic problems and limits of Western force. It looks at the history of peacekeeping since 1945 including during the Cold War and after its end and also examines the contemporary status of peacekeeping, military humanitarian intervention, and the ‘responsibility to protect’.

Policing Transnational Crime Explores the concept of the risk society in a global, abstract context, in relation to prevention and minimisation.

Contemporary forms of policing and security will be evaluated against the backdrop of societies that are built on the notion of risk, its quantification and avoidance. Risk from the perspective of corruption within organisations tasked with managing cross border and transnational crime will also be considered.

Conflict and Communication Explores historical and thematic approaches to reporting on conflict and also how communication functions in a crisis.

It also examines the reciprocal relationships between the military, governments and the media, including how the media can be used to legitimise conflict, and the changing role of social media in building consensus and protest, including the use of Twitter and Facebook to organise demonstrations and undermine the power of state-dominated discourses.

Terrorism, Insurgency and Asymmetric War Explores the definitional problems surrounding the concept of terrorism and political violence, and will examine the emergence of terrorism in the 19th century, as well as more recent developments in the 20th and 21st century. This includes nationalist, political and religious terrorism and the concept and practice of radicalisation.

Postgraduate Research Methods This module will provide you with the research skills and techniques needed both to critically evaluate the literature you will be using during the course and in your own dissertation. It will explore the methodologies and methods applied in contemporary social-science research to enable you to select an appropriate range for your own needs.

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