International Security has developed into one of the core research strengths in PAIS. With several recent academic appointments in this area building on already existing research expertise, PAIS has developed into one of the key centres of International Security research in the UK. Added to this over a dozen PHD students working on topics in International Security, two new MA programmes in this area and a series of collaborative research projects, seminars, workshops and even social activities around the International Security theme, Warwick is one of the leading places to study International Security in the country.

Research Projects Research Activities      Teaching      Research Expertise    Policy Links  

What is International Security?

Research Projects

• Staff Research Projects in International Security
• PhD Research Projects in International Security

Research Activities  

• Seminars
• Film Club
• Reading Group

Teaching

MA Programmes

• International Security, Director Trevor McCrisken

MA Modules in International Security (module descriptions available here)

• Concepts and Theories of International Security
• New Security Challenges
• Asia-Pacific Security 
• Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency
• Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism

Undergraduate Modules in International Security (module descriptions available here)

• International Security (2nd year)
• The Vigilant State: Intelligence and the Security Services (3rd year)
• Ethnic Conflict and Political Violence (3rd year)
• United States Foreign Policy (3rd year)
• Britain and the War in Iraq (3rd year)
• Critical Security Studies (3rd year)

Staff with Expertise in International Security

Richard J. Aldrich

Professor in International Security. Research interests/ areas of possible supervision in International Security include intelligence and security services, low intensity conflict, communications technology, international history, war diaries, declassification and open government

James Brassett

Assistant Professor in Politics/ RCUK Fellow in the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation. Research interests/ areas of possible supervision in International Security include ethics and international security; resistance in global politics.

Chris Browning

Associate Professor in International Security. Research interests/ areas of possible supervision in International Security include critical approaches to security; the construction of Europe and the West; Nordic/Baltic foreign and security policies; the role of margins and borders in international relations .

George Christou

Associate Professor in European Politics. Research interests/ areas of possible supervision in International Security include the EU in Conflict resolution (in particular Cyprus, Turkey); the European Neighbourhood Policy and its representation and impact in the eastern and southern dimensions.

Stuart Croft  

Professor in International Security. Research interests/ areas of possible supervision in International Security include critical and cultural approaches to security; US and UK security policy; NATO policy; war on terror.

Rita Floyd

ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow (from March 2008). Research interests/ areas of possible supervision in International Security include critical approaches to security; environmental security; English School theory.

Chris Hughes

Professor in International Relations. Research interests/ areas of possible supervision in International Security include Japanese security policy; US-Japan alliance; US security policy in East Asia;  security in the Asia-Pacific; globalisation and security; North Korea's external relations; missile defence, technology and strategy.  

Steven Kettell

Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations. Research interests/ areas of possible supervision in International Security include Britain's participation in the war in Iraq; and Britain's participation in the 'war on terror'.

Trevor McCrisken

Associate Professor in US Politics and International Relations. Research interests/ areas of possible supervision in International Security include US foreign and security policy; Religion, culture and US politics; the political content of Hollywood films; the US military and the ‘Vietnam syndrome’.

Matt McDonald

Associate Professor in International Security. Research interests/ areas of possible supervision in International Security include critical approaches to security; security and environmental change; construction of the ‘war on terror’; Australian foreign and security policy; critical security in the Asia-Pacific.

Nicola Pratt

Associate Professor in the International Politics of the Middle East. Research interests/ areas of possible supervision include critical approaches to understanding Middle East politics and international relations; conflict and resistance in the Middle East; human security in the Middle East; feminist approaches to security (particularly in the Middle East).

Tim Sinclair

Associate Professor in International Political Economy. Research interests/ areas of possible supervision in International Security in the Political Economy of Military Organization and Warfare.

Links to Policy

Staff Research links to government, international organisations and non-governmental organisations: Click Here. 

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