84-736 Analytical Social Science and National Security
6 units, Carnegie Mellon University
Seminar on Emerging Challenges in National Security. This course applies leading theories, ideas, historical analyses and policyoriented research in the examination of emerging challenges in national security. In particular, the course addresses the following why so many people in the United States and elsewhere thought the end of the Cold War would usher in an era of international peace the emergence and evolution of global terrorism military revolutions, transformations, and offsets cyber threats in peace and war the reemergence of state threats emerging technologies and war and the enduring need for hard power. Understanding emerging trends in the global security environment requires assessing contemporary ideas from thought leaders in the field. Thus, this course focuses on arguments that have shaped the thinking of policy makers at key turning points in the postCold War environment and some of the most influential arguments shaping the national security policy debate today.
Prerequisites: none listed
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