• This MA will give students the confidence to turn their ideas into action – they’ll learn the techniques involved with managing crises, including making decisions, dealing with consequences and achieving resolution. This programme will give students transferable knowledge and skills for a wide variety of careers, but especially in fields such as the military, security and risk analysis.
  • The process by which military power is translated into policy effect is strategy. This degree covers theory and practice of strategy, including land, sea and air power; terrorism and insurgency; nuclear strategy; technology and war; and ethics. The theory of strategy is tested against historical and contemporary case studies, which include Alexander the Great, Napoleon, the First and Second World Wars, Vietnam and the war in Afghanistan.
  • This MA covers the history and concepts of the strategic studies discipline. You’ll study strategic theory, using historical and contemporary case studies to clarify what theoretical concepts mean in practice. You’ll also learn up-to-date approaches to strategic studies, along with more general skills in writing, research, public speaking and logical analysis.