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Contemporary Security Issues and Transatlantic Link: Free Online Seminar Spring 2022

Hosted on Zoom – Register for link

March 2 – May 4, 2022

Wednesdays

12:00pm – 1:30pm Eastern Time

Description: 

This seminar will examine the contemporary security issues that influence international security and provide participants with a better understanding about security challenges facing Europe and the World. In the first part of the seminar, the traditional security agenda and the emerging structure of International Relations will be examined. The second part will focus on the contemporary security issues. The final part of the seminar will focus on responses to security issues and on Europe’s renewed quest for a security identity and defense policy.  

More Information: 

Participants who attend at least 8 complete seminar sessions will receive a certificate of satisfactory completion from the Dean of The New School for Social Research. In order to obtain the certificate, participants must register and log in with the same email address each week.

Registration will remain open for the duration of the seminar. Registrants will receive a reminder email with the Zoom link each week. 

The seminar sessions will be recorded and available to registrants on Vimeo the following week.

 

Seminar Leaders:

Dr. Mehmet Ari

Mehmet Ari is a post-doctoral research fellow of Political Science and Sociology at Bonn University. He holds a Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.D), International Relations and Security Studies from Middle East Technical University

Eyyup Celik

Eyyup Celik is a strategic studies analyst at Aerospacelab. He holds Masters of Science’s from Aerospace Engineering-Control and Dynamics, International Security Studies and Security Studies from University of Houston, Turkish Air War College and Georgetown University

Weekly Sessions:

  1. March 2, 2022: Security after the Cold war and Uncertain Security Environment
  2. March 9, 2022: Emerging Structure of International Relations
  3. March 16, 2022: Nuclear Proliferation
  4. March 23, 2022: Emerging Disrupting Threats (Biosecurity and Cybersecurity)
  5. March 30, 2022: Environmental Security and Demographics (Migrations and Refugees)
  6. April 6, 2022: Global Insurgency and Terrorism
  7. April 13, 2022: Proxy and Hybrid War
  8. April 10, 2022: Addressing Strategic Rivalries and Resolving Conflict (Humanitarian Intervention)
  9. April 27, 2022: Using Soft Power: Globalized Institutions, International Law and Diplomacy
  10. May 4, 2022: Transatlantic Link and Historical Perspective of EU Security

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