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.

Human and National Security: Understanding Transnational Challenges
Derek S. Reveron and Katheleen Mahoney-Norris
(Routledge, 2019)

India and Nuclear Asia: Forces, Doctrine, and Dangers
Frank O'Donnell (with Yogesh Joshi)
(Georgetown University Press, 2018)

Women, Peace and Security
Joan Johnson-Freese
(Routledge, 2018)

The Evolution of the South Korea-United States Alliance
Terence Roehrig and Uk Heo
(Cambridge University Press, 2018)

Governing the Military
Andrew L. Stigler
(Routledge, 2018)

Oxford Handbook of U.S. National Security
Derek S. Reveron, Nikolas Gvosdev, and John Cloud
(Oxford University Press, 2018)

The Afghan-Central Asia Borderland: The State and Local Leaders
Suzanne Levi-Sanchez
(Routledge, 2018)

U.S.-Egyptian Security Cooperation: The Western 'Frenemy' in Complex Bilateral Relations
Hayat Alvi
(CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, March 2017)

Losing an Empire, Finding a Role: British Foreign Policy Since 1945
David Patrick Houghton with David Sanders
2nd edition (Palgrave, 2017)

Japan, South Korea, and the United States Nuclear Umbrella: Deterrence After the Cold War
Terence Roehrig
(Contemporary Asia in the World Series) (Columbia University Press, 2017)

The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters
Thomas Nichols
(Oxford University Press, 2017)

Communitarian Foreign Policy: Amitai Etzioni's Vision
Nikolas K Gvosdev
(Transaction Press, 2016)

Space Warfare in the 21st Century: Arming the Heavens
Joan Johnson-Freese
(Routledge, 2016)

Washington and Hamilton: The Alliance That Forged America
Stephen Knott
(Sourcebooks, 2016)

Exporting Security: International Engagement, Security Cooperation, and the Changing Face of the U.S. Military
Derek S. Reveron
2nd edition (Georgetown University Press, 2016)

Athena Rising: How and Why Men Should Mentor Women
David Smith
(Routledge Business, 2016)

To the Secretary: Leaked embassy Cables and America's Foreign Policy Disconnect
Mary Thompson-Jones
(W.W. Norton, 2016)

Alvi, Hayat
"The Gulabi Gang Model of Gender Justice and Security" in Critical Themes and Perspectives in Global Security, Papers from the Women, Peace and Security Conference
(May 2016)

Burbach, David T.
"Gaining Trust While Losing Wars: Confidence in the U.S. Military After Iraq and Afghanistan," Orbis, Vol. 61, No. 2
(Spring 2017)

Blankshain, Jessica
"Trump's Generals: Mattis, McMaster, and Kelly," Policy Roundtable: Civil-Military Relations Now and Tomorrow,
(March 27, 2018)

Cohn, Lindsay P. (with Nathan W. Toronto)
"Markets and Manpower: The Political Economy of Compulsory Military Service," Armed Forces & Society
(July 2017)

Cohn, Lindsay P. (with Jim Golby and Peter D. Feaver)
"Thanks for Your Service: Civilian and Veteran Attitudes After Fifteen years of War" in Kori Schake and Jim Mattis (eds.), Warriors and Citizens: American Views of Our Military
(Hoover Institution Press, 2016)

Cohn, Lindsay P.
"The US Approach to Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism" in Alain Tschudin and Stephen Buchanan-Clarke, et al (eds.), Extremisms in Africa
(Jacana Media Ltd, June 2018)

Cohn, Lindsay P.
"The Military as a Political Actor" in Alexandra Gheciu and Williams Wohlforth (eds.) The Oxford University Press Handbook on International Security
(Oxford University Press, May 2018)

Cook, James
"Is Russia Undermining U.S. Efforts in Afghanistan?," The Hill online
(March 2018)

Cook, James
"Trump Faces Dangerous Choices on Iran, Syria," The Hill online
(May 2018)

Cook, James
"Foreign Aid Belongs in America's National-Security Toolkit," The National Interest online
(March 2018)

Cooper, David A.
"Hedging the Iran Nuclear Bet: Reinvigorate Supply-Side Nonproliferation," The Washington Quarterly Vol. 39, No. 3
(Fall 2016)

Gvosdev, Nikolas K.
"Realist Counsel on Democracy Promotion," in Adrian A. Basora, Agnieszka Marczyk and Maia Otorashvili (eds.), Does Democracy Matter: The United States and Global Democracy Support
(Rowman and Littlefield, 2017)

Gvosdev, Nikolas K.
"Syria: First Test of a U.S.-Russia Partnership?" in Paul J. Saunders (ed.), A New Direction in U.S.-Russia Relations? America's Challenges and Opportunities in Dealing with Russia
(Center for the National Interest, 2017)

Gvosdev, Nikolas K.
"An Emerging Trump Doctrine," Horizons
(Autumn 2017)

Gvosdev, Nikolas K.
"How U.S. National Security Decisions are Made," Orbis, Vol. 61, No. 1
(Winter 2017)

Jasparro, Christopher
"The Case of Chad" in Paul Shemella and Nicholas Tomb (eds.), Security Forces in African States: Cases and Assessment
(Cambria Press, 2017)

Jasparro, Christopher
"Wildlife Trafficking and Poaching: Considerations for Military Assistance and Security Cooperation,"
(US Naval War College: CIWAG, June 2018)

Johnson-Freese, Joan and Kevin Kelley
"Meaningful Metrics for Professional Military Education," Joint Forces Quarterly, No 84
(1st Quarter 2017)

Johnson-Freese, Joan
"A Space Mission Force for the Global Commons of Space," SAIS Review of International Affairs, Vol. 36, No. 2
(Summer/Fall 2016)

Johnson-Freese, Joan (with Theresa Hitchens)
"Toward a New National Security Space Strategy: Time for a Strategic Rebalance," Atlantic Council Strategy Paper No. 5
(2016)

Knott, Stephen
"John F. Kennedy: Prince of American Progressivism," The Blue Review
(March 31, 2017)

Knott, Stephen
"George Washington and American Power," Providence: A Journal of Christianity and American Foreign Policy
(February, 2018)

Knott, Stephen
"James Monroe" in Hatred of America's Presidents: Personal Attacks on the White House from Washington to Obama
(ABC-CLIO, 2018)

Knott, Stephen
"Collusion: A Presidential Tradition," Washington Post Online
(March, 2018)

Knott, Stephen
"Collusion: A Presidential Tradition," Washington Post Online
(March, 2018)

Levi-Sanchez, Suzanne
"Local Governance in Khatlon, Tajikistan" in Marlene Laruelle (ed.) Tajikistan: Approaches, Fieldworks, Topics
(Rowman and Littlefield, May 2018)

Levi-Sanchez, Suzanne with Jesse Driscoll, Tim Blauvelt, Jennifer Murtazashvili, and Anastasia Shesterinina
"Author-Critic Forum: Warlords and coalition politics in post-Soviet states," Caucus Survey
(Spring 2018)

Levi-Sanchez, Suzanne (with Jesse Driscoll, Tim Blauvelt, Jennifer Murtazashvili, and Anastasia Shesterinina)
"Author-Critic Forum: Warlords and coalition politics in post-Soviet states," Caucus Survey
(Spring 2018)

Nichols, Thomas
"How America Lost Faith in Experts," Foreign Affairs
(March/April 2017)

Nichols, Thomas
"How Does the Public's View of Science Go So Wrong?" Scientific American
(March 2, 2017)

Nichols, Thomas
"Eve of Destruction: A Retrospective" in Kerstin Fisk and Jennifer Ramos (eds.), Preventive Force: Targeted Killing and Technology
(New York University Press, 2016)

Reveron, Derek S. (with Ryan Maness, John Savage, and Alan Cytryn)
"Creating a Safe and Prosperous Cyberspace: The Path to Ise-Shima Cybersecurity Norms," Strategy Bridge online
(August 2017)

Reveron, Derek S.
"La Vocazione Imperiale del PACOM alla Prova della Corea del Nord," Limes Rivista Italiana di Geopolitica
(2017)

Roehrig, Terence
"Stability or Instability? - The U.S. Response to North Korean Nuclear Weapons" in Sung Chull Kimm and Michael D. Cohen (eds.), North Korea and Nuclear Weapons: Entering the New Era of Deterrence
(Georgetown University Press, 2017)

Roehrig, Terence
"South Korea and the South China Sea Arbitration Decision," Asian Yearbook of International Law
(Brill publishing 2017)

Roehrig, Terence
"Korea in U.S.-China Relations" in Andrew T. H. Tan (ed.), Handbook of US-China Relations
(Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016)

Roehrig, Terence
"Nuclear Weapons and Extended Deterrence: The U.S. Nuclear Umbrella over South Korea," Political Science Quarterly
(Winter 2017-18)

Smith, David G. (with Karin De Angelis)
"Lesbian and Gay Service Members and Their Families" in David Rohall, Morten Ender and Michael Matthews (eds.), Inclusion in the American Military: A Force for Diversity
(Lexington Books, 2017)

Smith, David G.
"Military Families: A Comparative Perspective" in Guiseppe Caforio and Marina Nuciari (eds.), Handbook on the Sociology of the Military
(Springer, 2018)

Smith, David G.
"Mentoring Women Is Not About Trying to 'Rescue' Them," Harvard Business Review
(April 2018)

Smith, Paul J.
"Energy Security and the US-China Dyad: Is Sustained Energy Cooperation Possible?" Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law, Vol. 34, No. 4
(September 2016)

Smith, Paul J.
"The U.S. Rebalance to Asia: Implications for US-China Relations" in Andrew T.H. Tan (ed.), Handbook of US China Relations
(Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016)

Stigler, Andrew
"The Danger of False Peril: Avoiding Threat Inflation," Joint Forces Quarterly, No. 83
(4th Quarter 2016)

Struckman, Dana
"North Korean ICBMs: They Can't Turn Los Angeles into Ash (Yet)," The National Interest
(January 18, 2018)

Struckman, Dana (with Tom Nichols)
"Someone Besides the President Should Have the Nuclear Codes," The Hill
(November 20, 2017)

Thompson-Jones, Mary
"Why Americans Should Lose Sleep Over Greenland," The National Interest
(April 2018)

Thompson-Jones, Mary
"How Warriors Can Study Their Craft from the Stage," The National Interest
(April 2018)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Knott, Stephen
The Kenyon Institute of Kenyon College, Gambier, OH, June 20, 2017. "The Founding Fathers and Covert Operations"

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

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

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

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

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

Raum, Mary
Superior School of Naval War, Lima, Peru, August 22, 2016. Keynote address to International Women in the Navy Conference on "History of Women in War and Combat"

Reveron, Derek S.
University of Glasgow, Scotland, March 30, 2016. "Interstate Rivalry and Cybersecurity"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Shimkus, Albert J., Jr.
George Washington University's Heading Global 2016 Conference, Kuwait City, November 14-16, 2016. "The Role of a Nation's Military in Enhancing Stability and Health Security"