Contemporary international security

Write 1500 words in answer to ONEof the following questions: (please choose whichever one you find best for you) 1. Are national security and human security necessarily conflicting security claims? 2. Should the United Nations institutionalise humanitarian intervention as a norm and practice in international relations (e.g. R2P), or should intervention remain an exception to the norm of state sovereignty? Discuss the main dilemmas associated with this debate in your answer. 3. Is geopolitical threat construction still relevant today? 4. How can migration become a security problem? 5. Is terrorism a risk, a threat or a catastrophe and, what are the implications for security governance? 6. In what ways and to what extent is the West and Russia in a ‘New Cold War’? Your essay can draw on the material we looked at in class but you must make sure that you also back up your information with information drawn from a number of academic sources. As a bare minimum, you should reference at least 8-10 sources.