Week 1 - Security after the Cold War

Question 1

Robert Cox Quote

Answer 1

Theory is always for someone and for some purpose

Question 2

Critical Approach - Securitisation

Answer 2

The act of political elites securitizing issues (turning something into an act of security in order to gain political capital)
When there is a security aspect for an issue, political leaders are more willing to put policy and money into it (justifies the provision of extra resources and the suspension of rights)

Question 3

Postcolonialism

Answer 3

Investigate the historical processes of European colonials and how this impacts contemporary security issues (immigration, globalization, and nation-building)

Question 4

Frantz Fanon’s work

Answer 4

Examines the racial underpinnings with colonialism (political, economic, social and psychological)
Exploring American racial dynamics which result in feelings of dependency and internalized inferiority complex

The colonized can regain humanity through dignity and violent resistance

Question 5

Edward Said’s Orientalism

Answer 5

Highlights how colonial was massively gender with woman on the side of colonizer’s desire, but on the outside in all other matters of social existence

Question 6

Neo-Gramscian Theory

Answer 6

Antonio Gramsi - theorized about culture, power, and the role of intellectuals in society (critical approach to IR)
How economic structures shape power dynamics

International organizations as a tool to maintain Global North dominance