International and National Security Policy

Although a longstanding area of strength and coursework within the Maxwell School, the Department of Public Administration made official this seventh area of concentration for MPA and MA PA students in 2004.  With the addition of two new faculty members and several new courses, students can now gain substantial competency within the Department of Public Administration in International and National Security Policy. 

National and international security challenges are greater today than at any point in our history.  The events of September 11, 2001 have fundamentally changed the way we conduct the security of borders, transportation systems, communications means, intelligence gathering capabilities, and counterterrorism procedures.  This has resulted in new government initiatives and requirements, more sophisticated equipment and the formation or restructuring of government agencies.  It has spotlighted the need for new skills and additional resources to meet the national and international security demands of both the short and long term for nations.

The purpose and rationale for this program of instruction is to provide courses that develop leadership, management and public service skills and capabilities in the areas of national security, international security, and counterterrorism, preparing our students for the pressing national and international concerns of the day.

"Complicated World" The new occupants of the Bantle Chair, Montgomery C. Meigs, bolster Maxwell's emerging emphasis on security studies. see story

Faculty:

Montgomery Meigs, Advisor 

William Banks

Renee deNevers

Mitchel Wallerstein

Public Administration Courses: 

US National Security & Foreign Policy

Asymmetrical War

American Strategic Practice in a Turbulent Century

International Security

Wars of Choice: Presidents and the Decision to Go to War

Defense Challenges in a New Century

Global Issues: Drugs, Crime and Terrorism

Related Courses Available in Maxwell and SU:

LAW

National Security Law

International Law

International Human Rights Law

POLITICAL SCIENCE

Counter Terrorism & the Law

Theories of International Relations

Foreign Policy Seminars

International Law & Organizations

Global Information Technology Policy

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This page current as of: November 17, 2004