TRAINING COURSE
20 APRIL-12 JUNE 2015
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16TH NEW ISSUES IN SECURITY COURSE
Course Director
8-week programme
Mapping the Contemporary Security Environment to Meet Future Challenges The New Issues in Security Course (NISC) examines the evolution of security with a special focus on human security, transnational global threats and regional security challenges. The NISC deepens participants’ understanding of contemporary security threats in order to prepare and empower them to have greater strategic impact in building a better security environment for the future.
Dr Christina Schori Liang Dr Schori Liang is a Programme Advisor and Senior Fellow at the Emerging Security Challenges Programme at the GCSP. She regularly lectures at universities and defence academies, including at the NATO Defense College. She is former Adjunct Professor at Boston University.
GCSP The Geneva Centre for Security Policy is an international foundation with 45 member states from across the globe that provides forwardthinking and innovative solutions for leaders and policymakers concerned with international affairs and security in today’s complex, globalised world.
Key benefits for you The course will enable you to: • Acquire knowledge about the contemporary and future global security challenges; • Develop perspectives on the evolution of security issues and their interlinkages across the threat spectrum; • Enhance skills to map and respond cooperatively and effectively to contemporary security challenges, based on multilateral and multicultural teamwork; and • Access an extensive network of expertise in international affairs and security as GCSP alumni.
Faculty profiles The course teaching staff includes GCSP’s international faculty composed of academics and practitioners with broad experience in international affairs, security policy, diplomacy and military affairs, as well as high-level international guest speakers from civil society, government, academic and international organisations.
Participant profile Open to mid-career professionals working in national ministries and international organisations. Candidates must have a relevant university degree and exposure to peace and security issues. Serving officers must have completed an advanced military staff course.
Why you should attend
Alumni community
This course offers a unique opportunity to interact with senior professionals from various countries, government ministries, armed forces and civilian organisations. Since 2000, the NISC responds to the need for a more people-centric focus in new and emerging security challenges arising from a rapidly globalising security environment. The NISC has become a truly global course that has trained almost 400 participants from more than 74 countries from all 5 continents. Participants will network with over 100 academics, practitioners and institutional experts.
Upon completion of the course, you become part of the expanding GCSP alumni network and enjoy continued access to our events. Security policy conferences enable current and past participants to meet, debate policy issues and share ideas and experiences in an informal setting.
Course focus Week 1: Human Security and the Sources of Insecurity Week 2: Migration, Climate Change and Urban Security Week 3: Cyber Security and Security Implications of Emerging Technologies
Week 5: Geopolitics and Geostrategy Week 6: Asia Pivot: Politics, Economics and Energy Week 7: Humanitarianism, Peace Operations, Peacebuilding Week 8: State Building and Transition
Week 4: Terrorism and Transnational Organised Crime
Course design The NISC is highly interactive and employs numerous teaching methodologies including top-down lectures, participantled sessions and skills enhancement exercises. The NISC is based on three reinforcing pillars: 1. Transfer of knowledge of current and emerging security challenges, as well as their potential impact on security policy. Knowledge is shared and co-created by the GCSP’s global network of experts, GCSP faculty, and among the participants themselves. 2. Skill development exercises in areas such as, communication, crisis management, negotiation and mediation, intelligence analysis, gender awareness and media. A key element is the inclusion
of multinational and multicultural perspectives to strengthen participants‘ ability to operate in a global environment. 3. Network building between course participants, the GCSP, International Organisations, academics and alumni. This community enables participants to share perspectives and to maintain open channels in time of crisis. This pillar includes visits to international organisations based in Geneva such as: UNOG, UNHCR, IOM, ICRC, OMM, CERN and WTO and study trips.
Admission For further details about the course and the application process, please contact: nisc.admin@gcsp.ch +41 (0)22 730 96 29 Application deadline: Monday, 15 January 2015 Tuition fees: The NISC is offered free of tuition charges for all participants as part of Switzerland’s contribution to the Partnership for Peace Programme. Travel costs between the home country and Geneva, as well as living expenses and accommodation in Geneva, are the responsibility of the respective sending government or organisation. Language requirements: Participants must be proficient in both spoken and written English, the course’s working language. Venue: GCSP Maison de la paix Chemin Eugène-Rigot 2D P.O. Box 1295 CH-1211 Geneva 1 www.gcsp.ch Connect with us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn