Foundations
Class 1: Introduction
Class 2: The Global and Domestic Context
Class 3: The Constitution and National Security
The Actors and the Process
Class 4: The President
Class 5: Congress
Class 6: The Courts
Class 7: The Interagency Process and National Security Decision-making
- Quiz #1
Class 8: The Interagency Process and National Security Decision-Making, cont’d
- Class time to organize policy memo teams
Class 9: The U.S. Military
- Class time to work on policy memos
Class 10: The U.S. Military, cont’d
Class 11: Focus Area #1 – Responding to the Rise of China
- In-class discussion on writing best practices
Class 12: The Intelligence Community
- Class time to work on policy memos
Class 13: The Intelligence Community, cont’d
- Policy memos due
Class 14: Focus Area #2 – Covert Action
- Policy memo presentations
Class 15: The State Department and U.S. Diplomacy
- Policy memo presentations
Class 16: Focus Area #3 – The U.S. Response to Russia’s War in Ukraine
Class 17: Focus Area #4 – The War in Afghanistan
- Guest Speaker, Dr. Theo Milonopoulos, U.S. Naval War College
Class 18: Sanctions, Tariffs, and Economic Statecraft
Class 19: Focus Area #5 – Confronting Nuclear Proliferation
Class 20: In-class midterm
Class 21: Focus Area #6 – Countering Global Terrorism
Influences on the Policy Process
Class 22: Lobbyists and NGOs
Class 23: International Law, International Institutions, and Allies
Class 24: Public Opinion
Class 25: Focus Area #7 – The Crisis in Haiti
- Quiz #2
Class 26: The National Security Budget
Concept Application
Class 27: National Security Council Simulation
Class 28: National Security Council Simulation
- Short form analytic articles due
