Revolution in Military Affairs

Major essay - 2000 words max, not including bibliography, but including references - due 18 May 2018 at 23.59 - 50% of total grade Choose one of these questions 1. Which theoretical approach to the study of global security best explains the contemporary security challenges faced by states and non-state actors? 2. Was the US-dominated unipolar international order more or less secure than its alternatives? Why? 3. "Nuclear weapons almost made war obsolete, whereas RMA has made war possible again." Has the Revolution in Military Affairs made the West and the Rest more or less secure? 4. ‘More may be better’. Is that right when we are talking about nuclear weapons? If so, why? If not, why not? 5. Should the 'Responsibility to Protect' entail an obligation to bomb? If so, why? If not, why not? 6. "Close to twenty years after 9/11, it is now clear that jihadi terrorism is a far bigger threat to Middle Eastern states and peoples than it ever was to the West." Discuss. 7. "The challenge for Indo-Pacific security is not that China is rising. The challenge is that China is ruled by an increasingly nationalistic, irredentist authoritarian elite." Discuss 8. Will the automation of war bring greater international, national, and human security? 9. What - if anything - is wrong with the privatisation of security? Important information in added file