IWP 601 / IWPO 601
4 credits
This course is an introduction to the design, administration and management of U.S. national security – the foundation, structure, functions and processes among competing branches of government, departments and agencies, and personalities that all exist within a common framework to secure the nation, but whose perspectives and methods frequently clash. Policies often emerge after following a long and tortuous path. When they emerge, they sometimes do so with only a bare resemblance to the original plan; at times they do not emerge at all. We will examine why. Many courses on U.S. national security concentrate primarily on the results of a policy but rarely on how a policy is made, maintained or modified. This course introduces students to those critical but largely ignored aspects of how U.S. national security policies are not only developed, but also decided upon, implemented, executed and reviewed within the government – and frequently influenced beyond it.
An appreciation of how national security policies are developed, and, more importantly, implemented, is surprisingly overlooked in most schools that teach a course like this.
-S. John Tsagronis
Professor
Semester Available
Fall
Spring
Additional Information
This course may be taken as a part of the following programs:
- Master of Arts in Statecraft and National Security Affairs
- Master of Arts in Statecraft and International Affairs
- Master of Arts in Strategic and International Studies (Professional)
- Master of Arts in Statecraft and Strategy (Online)
- Professional Master of Arts in Statecraft and Strategy (Online)
- Certificate in Corporate Statecraft
- Certificate in Cyber Statecraft
- Certificate in Economic Statecraft
- Certificate in Homeland Security
- Certificate in National Security Affairs
- Certificate in Statecraft (Online)
- Continuing Education Program