Certificate in National Security Affairs
This certificate is designed to provide an understanding of the elements of the theory and practice of national security policy, process, and implementation both at the level of grand strategy as well as on the tactical level. Significant parts of this certificate program address a number of vital current policy issues. Only one area course may be taken with this specialization.
Required Courses
Area-study course (One required)
- Chinese Grand Strategy
- The Contemporary Balkans
- Islam and Geopolitics in Eurasia
- Russian Politics and Foreign Policy
- U.S.-African Relations
- U.S.-Latin American Relations
Elective Courses (Choose two)
- Economic Statecraft and Conflict
- Foreign Propaganda, Perceptions and Policy
- Immigration and National Security
- Information Warfare and Information Operations
- Intelligence and Policy
- Military Intelligence and Modern Warfare
- Military Strategy: An Overview of the Theorists of Warfare
- Nuclear Weapons Proliferation
- Political Warfare: Past, Present, and Future OR Public Diplomacy and Political Warfare
- Terrorism and Counterterrorism
- Theory and Practice of U.S. Counterinsurgency





