National Security Affairs Department

At the end of NSDM, each seminar acts as a national strategic planning working group to produce and present a capstone FX. Student seminars simulate the work of a national strategic planning team in which the objective is to produce an executive-level strategic estimate of the longer-term future global security environment and the main tenants of a national security strategy and a nested national military strategy to advance U.S. national interests in this future environment. They must also develop operating concepts for how the future joint force will operate, a joint force structure within budget constraints, and an implementation case study.

Each FX includes:

• Executive-level global strategic estimate of the future security environment over the next 20 years;
• National security strategy and national military strategy that advances and defends U.S. national interests;
• Operating concepts that describe how the future force will operate;
• Joint force structure within budget guidance;
• Implementation case

At the end of TSDM, each seminar acts as a geographic combatant command working group to produce and present a capstone FX. Student seminars simulate the role of a theater strategic planning team for a geographic combatant command (GCC). Each seminar develops and presents an executive-level strategic estimate of the near-term regional security environment for one of five GCCs, the main tenants of a theater strategy that advances U.S. national interests, a priority list of capabilities needed to advance that strategy, and an implementation case study.

Each FX includes:

• Executive-level strategic estimate of the future security environment in the theater over the next eight years;
• Outline of a theater strategy;
• Integrated priority list (IPL) necessary to advance the strategy;
• Implementation details on one aspect of the strategy or the IPL to describe how the innovation or idea would be executed;
• Performance measures.

Faculty Books

Books by NSA faculty cover a wide range of national, regional, and global security topics - all within the context of contemporary security studies.

Upcoming Books

In addition to authoring a broad range of books and scholarly articles in industry-leading journals and world-renowned publications, our faculty frequently contribute to and serve as a trusted source of analysis and expert opinion for hundreds of local, regional, national, and international news and media outlets.

Promoting Global Leadership, 6th Women, Peace and Security Conference Series, co-hosted with Brown University
Mary Raum
May 31 - June 1, 2018

The Next Decade: Amplifying the Women, Peace and Security Agenda, 5th Women, Peace and Security Conference Series
Mary Raum
August 10-11, 2017

2017 Defense Industrial Base
John Cloud
May 31 - June 1, 2017

Sea Control and Foreign Policy
Derek S. Reveron
April 4-7, 2017

China's Silk Road Initiative, Honolulu, Hawaii
John Cloud
November 2-4, 2016

Maritime Strategy
Derek S. Reveron
March 24-26, 2016

Good Governance Africa, Johannesburg South Africa: "Approaches to Countering Violent Extremism"
Cohn, Lindsay P.; June 2018

Future Strategies Forum: The Future of Force, Center for Strategic and International Studies and SAIS: "Emerging Technology and the Future of Force"
Cohn, Lindsay P.; May 18, 2018

Northeastern University Homeland Security Seminar: "Diplomacy and Security"
Thompson-Jones, Mary; May 2018

Chief of Naval Operations Strategic Workforce Council, Washington DC: "The Power of Inclusive Mentorship"
Smith, David; April 2018

Hanoi University of Cyber and Technology, Vietnam: "Cyber Strategy for a Nation"
Reveron, Derek S.; March 29, 2018

Occidental College McKinnon Center, Los Angeles, California: "The Future of U.S. Diplomacy"
Thompson-Jones, Mary; March 2018

NATO International Women's Day Celebration: "Rising Athenas, Male Allies, and the Power of Inclusive Mentorship"
Smith, David; March 2018

American Institute for Afghan Studies: "Afghanistan: The Next Generation of Scholars"
Levi-Sanchez, Suzanne; February 2018

Institute of World Politics, Washington, DC: "No to Russia Engagement?"
Gvosdev, Nikolas K.; October 26, 2017

The Foreign Policy Research Institute Series on Economics and Diplomacy, Wilmington, Delaware: "Enemies or Frenemies: The Economics and Diplomacy of U.S.-Russia Relations"
Gvosdev, Nikolas K.; October 25, 2017

University of Vermont: "Trends in International Terrorism"
Jasparro, Chris; October 2017

Wofford College, South Carolina: Constitution Day Keynote Address
Knott, Stephen; September 2017

Georgetown University, Washington, DC: James Madison Lecture on "Washington and Hamilton: The Indispensable Alliance"
Knott, Stephen; July 8, 2017

The Kenyon Institute of Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio: "The Founding Fathers and Covert Operations"
Knott, Stephen; June 20, 2017

Center for the National Interest, Washington, DC: "U.S. Sanctions on Russia: Objectives, Impacts and Options"
Gvosdev, Nikolas K.; May 25, 2017

Defense Intelligence Agency: "Climate Change and Security in Africa"
Jasparro, Chris; May 18, 2017

Yonsei University Institute for North Korean Studies: "Solving the North Korea Problem: What Should the Goal Be?"
Roehrig, Terence; May 15, 2017

Institute of World Politics, Washington, DC: "Scholarly Double Standards and the American Presidency"
Knott, Stephen; May 8, 2017

Haven J. Barlow Civic Leadership Forum, Utah State University Walker Institute of Politics and Public Service, Logan, Utah: "Washington, Hamilton, and the American Presidency"
Knott, Stephen; April 13, 2017

Harvard University Weatherhead Center: "Japan, South Korea, and the US Nuclear Umbrella"
Roehrig, Terence; March 21, 2017

Alexander Hamilton Awareness Society, New York, New York: "The Mythical Alexander Hamilton", (televised by C-Span)
Knott, Stephen; January 10, 2017