Not open to students who elect this as concentration in the MA in Military Studies

Upon completion of this certificate students will be able to:

• Discern and assess the domestic and international contexts that shape the behavior of state and non-state actors, and affect the formulation of national security policies.
• Explain the history of strategic developments and geopolitical concerns that are influencing military planning and execution from the mid-20th Century through the modern era.
• Compare and contrast the defense policies of nations in Europe and Asia that have had to deal with enormous changes following the East bloc's collapse.
• Compose an analysis of the characteristics of leadership common to great military leaders and appraise the decision making skills that are inbred and/or learned by the great leaders.
• Assess the conventional and unconventional joint warfare of the future in light of technological change and the information age, non-state military threats, rogue regimes, and clashes of culture between regions

NS504 / NSS 504 - International Security
MS674 / INR 600 - Strategic Geography and Geopolitics
MS641 / INR 605 - Comparative Defense Policies
LW501 / MIL 600 - Great Military Leaders
LC505 / MIL 620 - Studies in Future War