International Conflict and Co-operation

Entry requirements

Months of entry

September

Course content

Delivered by our experienced practitioners and leading scholars, our master's degree in International Conflict and Cooperation prepares you to address a variety of challenges facing the international community today. The course looks at the dynamics of international conflict and cooperation considering major events such as the war in Ukraine, the Syrian civil war, the rise of China, the Gaza/Israel conflict and the relationship between global climate change and conflict.

We take a thematic approach to conflict resolution and the role of international organisations in order to focus on conflict prevention and management in specific geographical areas. The course also explores the development and regulation of conflict in relation to factors like natural resources and migration.

Contemporary dilemmas surrounding the politics of climate change negotiations, environmental and resource conflicts, civil war and ethnic tensions, human rights, humanitarian intervention, global security and international political economy provide some of the raw material for this course, which are studied in-depth over the course of the academic year.