Cultural Implications for Strategy and Analysis
This course explores why and how culture matters in intelligence analysis and surveys the "otherness" of other cultures, particularly non-Western ones of strategic importance to the United States. It is designed to help analysts avoid the common error of "mirror-imaging" and gain true insights about foreign cultures, leaders, policies, and statecraft.
"It is impossible to understand the current national security challenges facing the United States without appreciating the role of culture in counterinsurgency and the fight against terrorism."
-Dr. Juliana Pilon
Semester Available
Summer Semester
Part of
Specialization in Comparative Political Culture (Required) Introductory Courses (Required) Specialization in Intelligence The Art of Intelligence Choose Three of the Following CoursesPrincipal Professor
Juliana Geran Pilon Research Professor of Politics and Culture, Earhart Fellow {read more}
