DHP P239: Nuclear Weapons: Technology, Strategy, and Policy
Tufts graduate course
What are the causes and consequences of nuclear weapons? How do nuclear weapons and related capabilities work from a scientific and technological perspectives? What is the physical impact of a nuclear explosion? What are the technical elements of delivery systems and what is the likelihood that one nuclear-armed state could disarm another? Will nuclear weapons be used in our lifetimes? Why do states sometimes pursue nuclear weapons and why do they sometimes stop that pursuit? What can gender, sex, race, and religion teach us about the politics of nuclear weapons? Can the use or even the mere possession of nuclear weapons ever be legally, ethically, and morally justified? How will emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and cyber weapons impact nuclear weapons? How should the United States and other nuclear-armed states structure their nuclear forces and design their nuclear strategies? Students will explore these issues from both technical, historical, and contemporary perspectives. The course will also touch briefly on more general issues related to international politics, international organizations, and science and technology.
DHP P232: Technological Innovation and International Security
Tufts graduate course
Technological innovation has long had important implications for international security, from the longbow and the internal combustion engine to the aircraft and the carrier. This class studies the impact of technological innovations on international security. The aim of the course is to equip students with analytical frameworks useful for thinking about the causes and consequences of technological innovation for international security, technical literacy in key legacy and emerging military technologies, and an understanding of the impact of these technologies for patterns of interstate conflict, competition, and cooperation.
DHP D272: U.S.-China Security Relations
Tufts graduate course
China’s rise is arguably the most important development of the 21st century and relations between the United States and China touch on every aspect of international affairs, from addressing climate change and responding to global pandemics to limiting the spread of nuclear weapons and promoting economic development. Relations between these two countries have the potential to touch every element of international affairs. In recent years, U.S.-China relations have become increasingly “securitized,” meaning that security considerations dominate. This course provides a survey of these relations today. While the course includes historical elements and considers how both China and the United States interact with the rest of the world, this course is strongly focused on contemporary security issues in the bilateral relationship.
NSDM: National Security Decisionmaking
U.S. Naval War College graduate course
Theater Security Decision Making (TSDM) is designed to engage intermediate-rank students in the complexities of today's national and international security environment with a strong emphasis on U.S. decision making challenges and processes at the theater-strategic level of the geographic combatant commands. These eight-credit hour courses provide a broad interdisciplinary foundation in contemporary security studies including international relations, regional studies, foreign policy analysis and decision-making. The curriculum consists of two sub-courses and a culminating exercise: International Security, Foreign Policy Analysis, and Capstone Exercise.
TSDM: Theater Security Decisionmaking
U.S. Naval War College graduate course
National Security Decision Making (NSDM) is designed to engage senior-rank students in the current and future complexities of a rapidly evolving national and international security environment. The course offers a broad interdisciplinary curriculum in contemporary security studies that encompasses a diverse spectrum of global and regional issues and perspectives, but with emphasis on U.S. decision-making challenges and processes at the national strategic level. These eight-credit hour courses provide a broad interdisciplinary foundation in contemporary security studies including international relations, regional studies, foreign policy analysis, and decision making. The curriculum consists of two sub-courses and a culminating exercise: International Security, Foreign Policy Analysis, and Capstone Exercise.
Tufts graduate course
What are the causes and consequences of nuclear weapons? How do nuclear weapons and related capabilities work from a scientific and technological perspectives? What is the physical impact of a nuclear explosion? What are the technical elements of delivery systems and what is the likelihood that one nuclear-armed state could disarm another? Will nuclear weapons be used in our lifetimes? Why do states sometimes pursue nuclear weapons and why do they sometimes stop that pursuit? What can gender, sex, race, and religion teach us about the politics of nuclear weapons? Can the use or even the mere possession of nuclear weapons ever be legally, ethically, and morally justified? How will emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and cyber weapons impact nuclear weapons? How should the United States and other nuclear-armed states structure their nuclear forces and design their nuclear strategies? Students will explore these issues from both technical, historical, and contemporary perspectives. The course will also touch briefly on more general issues related to international politics, international organizations, and science and technology.
DHP P232: Technological Innovation and International Security
Tufts graduate course
Technological innovation has long had important implications for international security, from the longbow and the internal combustion engine to the aircraft and the carrier. This class studies the impact of technological innovations on international security. The aim of the course is to equip students with analytical frameworks useful for thinking about the causes and consequences of technological innovation for international security, technical literacy in key legacy and emerging military technologies, and an understanding of the impact of these technologies for patterns of interstate conflict, competition, and cooperation.
DHP D272: U.S.-China Security Relations
Tufts graduate course
China’s rise is arguably the most important development of the 21st century and relations between the United States and China touch on every aspect of international affairs, from addressing climate change and responding to global pandemics to limiting the spread of nuclear weapons and promoting economic development. Relations between these two countries have the potential to touch every element of international affairs. In recent years, U.S.-China relations have become increasingly “securitized,” meaning that security considerations dominate. This course provides a survey of these relations today. While the course includes historical elements and considers how both China and the United States interact with the rest of the world, this course is strongly focused on contemporary security issues in the bilateral relationship.
NSDM: National Security Decisionmaking
U.S. Naval War College graduate course
Theater Security Decision Making (TSDM) is designed to engage intermediate-rank students in the complexities of today's national and international security environment with a strong emphasis on U.S. decision making challenges and processes at the theater-strategic level of the geographic combatant commands. These eight-credit hour courses provide a broad interdisciplinary foundation in contemporary security studies including international relations, regional studies, foreign policy analysis and decision-making. The curriculum consists of two sub-courses and a culminating exercise: International Security, Foreign Policy Analysis, and Capstone Exercise.
TSDM: Theater Security Decisionmaking
U.S. Naval War College graduate course
National Security Decision Making (NSDM) is designed to engage senior-rank students in the current and future complexities of a rapidly evolving national and international security environment. The course offers a broad interdisciplinary curriculum in contemporary security studies that encompasses a diverse spectrum of global and regional issues and perspectives, but with emphasis on U.S. decision-making challenges and processes at the national strategic level. These eight-credit hour courses provide a broad interdisciplinary foundation in contemporary security studies including international relations, regional studies, foreign policy analysis, and decision making. The curriculum consists of two sub-courses and a culminating exercise: International Security, Foreign Policy Analysis, and Capstone Exercise.