European Intel Strat Coop

3 Credits · Level: Graduate

Europe provides a critical strategic platform for the protection of American national security interests and the pursuit of U.S. global political strategy. Students will explore the importance and intricacies of developing strategic intelligence liaison relationships in support of these endeavors, and the inherent dangers fraught therein. We will explore the broader framework of intelligence alliances, including how Five Eyes has become an essential template for other nascent and complex intelligence relationships both with NATO Allies but also with emergent Eastern European intelligence organizations with whom the U.S. now enjoys unparalleled access. As the information and cyber landscape has morphed and exploded, we will also explore these aspects within the evolving intelligence discipline