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Mar 13, 2025
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POLI189X PO - American Intelligence and National SecurityWhen Offered: Spring 2022
Credit: 1
The Pentagon spends $2billion a day. It is deeply concerned with the rise of China, nuclear proliferation, cybersecurity and the resurgence of global terrorism given the recent U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. At the same time, however, the real costs to America’s blood and treasure are driven by a global pandemic and climate change. What’s the meaning of “national security”, then? What are the U.S. intelligence and national security communities, the “military industrial complex” and how do they relate to civilian policymakers and influence actual policy decisions? Should traditional ways of understanding “national security” and “intelligence” be redefined? If so, how? After successful completion of this course you would not only have addressed these and other related questions in depth but also have a strong sense about how to approach any national security issue from more than one empirically-based angle, as well as a good notion of how to develop your own carefully crafted arguments–i.e. how to think critically–about any national security concern, and beyond.
Satisfies the following General Education Requirement(s), subject to conditions explained in the Degree Requirements section of this Catalog:
Area 2
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