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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.

Introductory Courses


  National Security Policy Process (Required)
  U.S. National Security Strategy and Emerging Threats (Required)

Choose One of the Following Courses


  Chinese Grand Strategy: Foreign and Military Policy
  The Contemporary Balkans
  Islam and Geopolitics in Eurasia
  Islam in Contemporary Global Politics
  Russian Politics and Foreign Policy
  U.S.-African Relations
  U.S.-Latin American Relations: Threats and Opportunities

Choose Two of the Following Courses


  Economic Statecraft and Conflict
  Foreign Propaganda, Perceptions and Policy
  Immigration and National Security
  Information Operations and Information Warfare
  Intelligence and Policy
  Military Strategy: An Overview of the Theorists of Warfare
  Nuclear Weapons Proliferation
  Political Warfare: Past, Present and Future
  Public Diplomacy and Political Warfare
  Terrorism and Counterterrorism

U.S. National Security Strategy and Emerging Threats

This course reviews the principles and processes of U.S. national security planning, examines the arms control approaches of recent administrations, analyzes the current global security environment, and proposes new arms control and defense approaches for the new century.

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