Warsaw, Poland

Law and International Security

Bachelor's
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⇑Law and International Security at ARŁ

Language: EnglishStudies in English
Subject area: law
Kind of studies: full-time studies
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University website: www.lazarski.pl/en

⇑Why study Law and International Security at Lazarski University in Warsaw?

Dlaczego warto studiować w Akademii Łazarskiego w Warszawie
Why study it:

Law and International Security is a three-year, full-time bachelor's programme taught in English at Lazarski University in Warsaw. It combines law, security studies, information and new technologies, and is for you if you want to see how legal frameworks work in practice during international crises.

Programme: law applied to a changing world

The programme goes beyond legal theory and shows how law operates during geopolitical tensions, hybrid conflicts and rapid technological change. You study public international law and European Union law, human rights, the law of armed conflict, sanctions and financial security, and disinformation and cyber threats. Geopolitics, geoeconomics and the rivalry between the USA, China, the EU and Russia give you the context, while regional studies cover areas such as the Indo-Pacific, the Middle East and the Arctic.

Specialisation: global law or intelligence and security

Global Law is for those who want to apply law in an international environment, from international organisations and public administration to business, the media and NGOs.

Intelligence and Security Services is for those interested in national security and threat analysis. It covers intelligence and counterintelligence within the rule of law, information security, terrorism, disinformation and contemporary influence operations, together with the role of security services in policy.

Labs: labs and crisis simulations

From the first year you build practical skills in:

  • the OSINT Lab, where you verify information and analyse data
  • the Forecasting Lab, working with scenarios and the Delphi method
  • risk mapping and early warning systems
  • negotiation simulations and crisis-room decision games
  • analytical presentations such as dashboards, maps and policy briefs

Placements: internship and career workshop

An internship in the third year and a career workshop in the final semester help you move from analysis to the job market.

After graduation: administration, institutions, analysis

Graduates can pursue careers in areas such as:

  • public and local administration
  • European Union institutions and international organisations
  • security services and agencies, within legal frameworks and competences
  • compliance, sanctions and risk analysis
  • global companies, media and information analysis
  • think tanks, NGOs and crisis management

Did you know? Graduates leave with concrete outputs to show employers: OSINT reports, risk maps and dashboards, forecasting scenarios and policy briefs.

Based on the programme pages at lazarski.pl.

⇑Test: Is Law and International Security the right fit for you?

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10 questions · two minutes

1. You hear on the news about rising tension between two countries. What do you do?

2. In class you discuss whether governments can limit people’s privacy for the sake of security. What’s your view?

3. How do you approach reading long, precise texts like terms and conditions or contracts?

4. Lectures, international documents and case law will be in English, and you’ll run negotiation simulations with people from many countries. How does that sound?

5. In a school debate you’re given a position you disagree with. What do you do?

6. Which of these topics interests you most?

7. Someone posts alarming news online about a possible attack. How do you react?

8. How do you handle pressure and tough decisions?

9. What do you picture yourself doing in the future?

10. What motivates you most to study Law and International Security?

⇑Definitions and quotes

International
International mostly means something (a company, language, or organization) involving more than a single country. The term international as a word means involvement of, interaction between or encompassing more than one nation, or generally beyond national boundaries. For example, international law, which is applied by more than one country and usually everywhere on Earth, and international language which is a language spoken by residents of more than one country.
Law
Law is a system of rules that are created and enforced through social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior. Law is a system that regulates and ensures that individuals or a community adhere to the will of the state. State-enforced laws can be made by a collective legislature or by a single legislator, resulting in statutes, by the executive through decrees and regulations, or established by judges through precedent, normally in common law jurisdictions. Private individuals can create legally binding contracts, including arbitration agreements that may elect to accept alternative arbitration to the normal court process. The formation of laws themselves may be influenced by a constitution, written or tacit, and the rights encoded therein. The law shapes politics, economics, history and society in various ways and serves as a mediator of relations between people.
Security
Security is freedom from, or resilience against, potential harm (or other unwanted coercive change) from external forces. Beneficiaries (technically referents) of security may be persons and social groups, objects and institutions, ecosystems, and any other entity or phenomenon vulnerable to unwanted change by its environment.
Law
As in elections, the law pretended universal rights, while securing the interests of powerful houses.
David Brin, Glory Season (1993), chapter 27.
Security
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
Helen Keller, The Open Door (1957). This quotation is often contracted into: Security is mostly a superstition... Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. or paraphrased: Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.
Security
No one can build his security upon the nobleness of another person. Two people, when they love each other, grow alike in their tastes and habits and pride, but their moral natures (whatever we may mean by that canting expression) are never welded. The base one goes on being base, and the noble one noble, to the end.
Willa Cather, Alexander's Bridge, Ch. 8 (1912)

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