GOVT 85.36 How National Security is Made

For those interested in how national security policy gets made, the course focuses on the practical knowledge and skills necessary to create and manage policy to success. It will move from an initial policy proposal to government-wide acceptance, public announcement, Congressional approval and funding, and finally implementation.  It will provide an understanding of the political, bureaucratic, and fiscal obstacles to national security policymaking as well as strategies and tactics to overcome those obstacles.  Following the study of executive and legislative processes and the uses of intelligence and the media, it will look at a series of case studies on counter-terrorism, pandemics, immigration, drug trafficking, cybersecurity, and development and end with a crisis management exercise. 

Instructor

Beers

Degree Requirement Attributes

Dist:INT or SOC

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