This course will analyze U.S. national security policy and process from the viewpoint of the National Security Council staff. Students will:
· Examine the organization and structure of the U.S. national security apparatus and the national security decision-making process, including individual and political factors.
· Assess central threats to U.S. and international security and develop and discuss policy options to deal with those threats.
· Undertake a major policy review on a specific national security challenge facing the United States, including analysis and recommendations.
· Produce products, both written and oral, crucial to national security policy making (e.g., concise information and action memorandum), and put themselves in the position of national security leaders as part of a policy simulation.