Def/Sec Pol US/Allies Indo-Pac

3 Credits · Level: Graduate

Defense and Security Policies of U.S. Allies and Partners in the Indo-Pacific: As the United States faces a long-term competition with a near-peer competitor in the People’s Republic of China, allies and partners have moved to the center of the U.S. National Defense Strategy; at the same time, many U.S. allies and partners have issued their own Indo-Pacific strategic documents and/or updated their own national security strategies to deal with the reality of an increasingly capable and aggressive PRC. This course examines the national security strategies and military capabilities of the five formal U.S. treaty allies in the Indo-Pacific: Australia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Republic of the Philippines, and the Kingdom of Thailand, and further explores the perspectives of select key U.S. allies and partners Canada, New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan, France and the United Kingdom. The goal of the course is to provide a holistic picture of regional security as seen through the eyes of America’s key strategic advantage—its network of like-minded allies and partners.