Nat Security Pol in the 21st C

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

National Security Policy in the 21st Century. New technologies are rapidly transforming the national security landscape, reshaping how governments gather intelligence, assess threats, conduct military operations, defend critical infrastructure, interact in cyberspace, and compete for strategic advantage. This course will examine the opportunities and challenges that advanced technologies present for governance, ethics, interstate competition, international law, and democratic accountability. Sample topics include advances in AI, autonomous systems, cyber operations, data sovereignty, and how other emerging technologies (e.g. swarms, biosecurity, quantum tech, nonhuman C&C etc.) are influencing security decisions in the US and around the world.