National Security Decision Making

Catalog description

National Security Decision Making uses recent foreign policy crises to illustrate the challenges and dilemmas confronting U.S. national security practitioners. After an initial week discussing U.S. national security strategy, the remainder of the course is broken into three modules, each three weeks long. The modules cover the U.S. decision to withdraw from Afghanistan, the U.S. response to Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, and efforts by the United States to maintain peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. In addition to completing required readings and actively engaging in course discussions, students are responsible for contributing to short group papers related to each of the modules. This course is offered in person in Washington, D.C. only to students who are participating in the Bing Stanford in Washington Program.