GLOBAL PEACE, SECURITY & STRATEGIC STUDIES (GPSSS) 10 - DAY INTENSIVE ONLINE SUMMER SCHOOL 28 June - 9 July, 2021
6 ECTS / 3 U.S. CREDITS Co-organized by the Global Governance Institute (GGI) Brussels & The Belgian Royal Military Academy (RMA) Students receive a 6-ECTS/3-US Credit Certificate of Completion upon successfully passing all assignments
Aim & Goals Learning Objectives
Europe and the wider world face complex, To this end, the Global Governance Institute (GGI) Understand the basics of peace, security, strategic studies and geopolitics multifaceted and fundamental security challenges - an independent international think tank based in at an ever-expansive scale. Whether it is ‘new threats’ Brussels - the Belgian Royal Military Academy and Understand the history, functioning and impact of the major international organizations such as EU, such as cyber security, the impact of environmental a network of senior scholars and policy-makers NATO and United Nations degradation on security and livelihoods, the from international organizations (such as NATO, societal impacts of the impending ‘robotics and ar the European Union and the United Nations) have Explore the issues that are relevant for international security today and how these will shape tificial intelligence revolution’ or the resurgence teamed up to deliver a unique 10-day intensive international environments of the future of ‘classical threats’, such as nuclear proliferation, summer school in the heart of Europe. arms races, regional conflicts, information warfare, Expand professional networks through interaction with fellow student academics, senior policy- hybrid warfare and the challenges of peacekeeping, This summer school brings together theoretical and makers, military experts and peace activists peacebuilding and conflict resolution, the next policy-oriented perspectives from peace studies, generation of students and analysts must be literate security studies and strategic studies. Students will Engage closely with leading practitioners and learn from their Brussels experience in the analytical tools and policy-oriented solutions learn first hand from some of the leading scholars and to a wide range of security problems. senior practitioners about major security challenges Test, develop and apply the acquired knowledge in real-life scenarios and active simulations and how to apply concrete policy solutions in an integrative manner. Discover exclusive insights from the capital of global policy-making with a rich history and culture
10-DAY INTENSIVE SUMMER SCHOOL GLOBAL GOVERNANCE INSTITUTE 2021 Programme
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Interactive Interactive Problem Solving Practitioner Lecture Lecture Activity Discussion
Introduction to Keynote and discussion: Mon, 28 Peace Studies & Security Applied Issues of GPSSS 2021 Studies: an introduction Peace and Security The Future of Peace Programme (GGI & RMA) (Koops) (Koops) (Johan Galtung) will also explore more recent issues, such as Content cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and the Strategic Studies: Geopolitics: an Applied Issues of Current Challenges robotics revolution as well as environmental Tue, 29 an introduction introduction Geopolitics and Strategy of Geopolitics security, the migration-security nexus and the (RMA - Troch) (RMA – Alexandre) (RMA) (RMA) Theoretical perspectives: an introduction impact of populism and extremism on security. Counterinsurgency During the foundation sessions, students will discuss Military and Non-Traditional Security Threats Potential solutions & practical skills & Military Crisis NATO’s Role in Global the major theories in the fields of security, peace Wed, 30 including Health Security Management Peace and Security and strategic studies and will acquire the ability to (RMA) (RMA – Alxandre, Missiroli, Hill) analyze, assess and evaluate major assumptions The summer school will challenge students (RMA - Troch) behind core paradigms and policy decisions. to not only ask the right questions, but also to collectively think about innovative, yet Technology & Global Sessions on peace, security and strategic studies Technology, Peace and Security: implementable policy solutions. Senior Security: AI and Cybersecurity combined with an introduction to geopolitics will Thu, 1 (ISGA - Shires) Threats and Opportunities (RMA) allow students to conduct a thorough analysis of practitioners and think tank experts will share Robotics (RMA) contemporary security issues from a European and their insights into their policy work, scenario- building and ‘blue sky’ thinking. Students will Global perspective. Diplomacy also receive training on diplomatic mediation The EU’s Role in Global EU - Russia Relations EU’s CSDP & the (Jan Melissen in and negotiation, media training as well as rare Peace & Security & the ENP (NEAR - Integrative Approach The institutions: the major actors Fri, 2 conversation with (Koops) Mathernova) (Koops) insights into the inner workings of international Fernando Guimaraes) With the help of a variety of lecturers and in-depth policy-making. expert seminars, students will be given both a critical academic and honest internal perspective Active learning and simulation: deepening Daily Lunch Break (12:00-13:00) on the history, policies and outcomes of the major and applying knowledge to real scenarios international organizations present in Brussels The Protection of The UN’s Role in Global UN Peacekeeping, UN Practitioner that deal with European and global security issues. At the end of the intensive 10 days, students Civilians in Mon, 5 Peace & Security: an Peace Enforcement & Conflict Zones Roundtable Students will understand that almost every will apply and test their knowledge and Introduction (Koops) Peacebuilding (GGI) (ISGA - Schroeder) (GGI - Otobo) organization tries to tackle a large number of understanding with the help of an interactive security problems but that none of them can deal simulation. Students will be guided by experts with all these problems on their own, necessitating from the field and will work in groups on a Introduction to Environmental Security Global Migration, Displacement & comprehensive and integrative approaches. major issue related to global peace, security Tue, 6 Global Governance and Peacebuilding and strategy-making, through the lenses (GGI - Cotroneo) (IEP - Stroobants) Protection of Refugees (UNHCR) Major issues & challenges of governments, NGOs and international organizations. Once students have understood core theoretical The SDGs and Global Global Justice and Skills Lab Human Rights in a explanations as well as the opportunities and Peer learning, socialisation & Brussels insights Wed, 7 Positive Peace Mediation and Diplomacy limitations of the major actors and tools, a variety (GGI - Fischer) Populist Era (SAIS Johns Hopkins - Sinisa Vukovic) (GGI - Fischer) of interactive lectures, seminars and exercises will Experiential learning and networking will be provided to allow students to analyze the main accompany each session and peer learning Energy Transitions peace, security and strategic challenges that policy- will be faiclitated throughout the programme. Thu, 8 and Conflict Simulation Game: Comprehensive Conflict Analysis makers face today and will in all likelihood face in the Students will get get ample opportunities to (Andreas Goldthau) near future. engage in meaningful discussions and debates with lecturers, Brussels-based practitioners, and Ranging from ‘traditional’ challenges, such as fellow students alike, and will have the chance war and conflict, geopolitical rivalries, terrorism, to build new long-lasting networks. Fri, 9 Final Negotiations Conclusions Graduation and Closing Ceremony global economic governance, the summer school
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KATARINA MATHERNOVA (EU) Deputy Director of DG NEAR (Directorate-General for Neighbourhood For the ful list of teaching faculty, please visit our website and Enlargement Negotiations, European Dates Entry Requirements & Application Commission) Former Senior Advisor, World Bank and Chief Institutional and Policy Advisor to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for HORST FISCHER (GGI) The programme is open to undergraduate and graduate Economic Affairs, Slovakia. Senior Resident Fellow at GGI’s Global Justice Summer School 2021 - 28 June - 9 July students, currently enrolled at a recognized higher and Human Rights Section and Professor of education institution or recently graduated, as well as International Law at Leiden Uni versity and School Begins - Monday, 29 June (09:00 Brussels time) practitioners. Applications should be submitted via DR. FERNANDO ANDRESEN GUIMARAES (EU) Adjunct Professor at Columbia University. Former www.globalgovernance.eu (PhD,London School of Economics) Head of the German International Cooperation School Ends - Friday 9 July, closing ceremony & graduation European External Action Service. Previously, (GIZ) Office in Brussels Deadline for applications: 15 June 2021 he was the Diplomatic Advisor of Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso as well as the High Representative for EU Foreign Policy, Catherine MR. KOEN TROCH (RMA) Online pedagogical approach Tuition Ashton. Major in the Royal Military Academy; MA KU Leuven, Adjunct Professor of International Affairs at Vesalius College. Focus on: Military approaches All learning and social activities are designed and Before 1 May | Early Bird - 800 € PROFESSOR JOACHIM KOOPS to security; grand strategy delivered with a focus on engagement and continuous Price for those paying in full before 1 May 2021 (BA University of Oxford; MA University of Turku; interaction among students, lecturers and invited LPC University of Oxford;PhD University of Kiel) After 1 May | Regular - 950 € speakers. The programme provides ample opportunities Chair of Security and Director of the Institute Price for those paying in full after 1 May JOHAN GALTUNG for exchange and peer learning, exclusive insights from of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA), University The principal founder of the discipline of peace officials and practitioners, and a combination of active of Leiden and member of the board of the and conflict studies. He has had an international learning methods that will ultimately deliver a unique Please note that if you are offered a place, the final Global Governance Institute. Focus on: United academic career spanning 70 years, five learning experience. deadline for payment is 15 June 2021. Nations peacekeeping, EU crisis management continents, a dozen major positions and over 30 and diplomacy, inter-organizational relations in Visiting Professorships, 160 books and more than security governance 1,600 published monographs and articles. Credits Scholarship
SERGE STROOBANTS (EIP) Director of Operations for Europe & MENA of the MR. MICHAËL ALEXANDRE (RMA) The Royal Military Academy and GGI will award 6 ECTS Scholarships of up to 25% reduction are available for Institute for Economics and Peace. Twenty-five Senior-Captain in the Royal Military Academy; credits for successful completion of the summer school. outstanding students. Please contact the Admissions years of military operational service in the field MAUL Limerick, Chair of World Politics, Royal This can be achieved if students attend all sessions, take Office for further information. of multinational logistics. Engaged in several Military Academy. Focus: Military approaches to part in the final simulation and complete one written military operations in the Balkans and Africa. security, geopolitics assignment in the form of a policy paper. Students’ institutions will decide whether the credits can be Admission office: integrated in an educational program. [email protected]