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3.00 Credits
This course will examine the role of intelligence in US national security. Attention will be placed on the organization of the national security bureaucracy and the interagency production of national policy and strategy. Heavy focus will then be given to the development, structure, and leadership of the Intelligence Community and its relationships with key intelligence consumers within the national security bureaucracy. This course will also explore the subject of intelligence reform in the wake of 9/11 and the passage of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004. Prerequisite: Departmental approval and INSS 5303 with a grade of ?C? or better (may be taken concurrently). Restricted to graduate students.
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine the process of intelligence analysis. The course will focus upon critical thinking, the analytical process, the nature of bias, the avoidance of bias in qualitative analysis, as well as dealing with uncertainty. Central will be the use of hypotheses and argumentation in the analytical process. Students will also learn to categorize intelligence evidence. Causal analysis and interpreting intentions will be stressed. Forecasting procedures, target analysis, and the psychology of intelligence analysis will round out the subjects examined. I Departmental approval and INSS 5302 with a grade of ?C? or better (may be taken concurrently). Restricted to graduate students.
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3.00 Credits
The focus of this course will be on the discussion of various concepts of security, including ?human security? and ?energy security? in the context of the most pressing contemporary security issues. The aim is to make students aware of the various new and critical approaches to security in contrast to the traditional concept of ?national security.? The main part of the course will deal with the non-traditional security issues ranging from terrorism (also cyber-terrorism and CBRNE terrorism) to transnational threats to modern societies. After completion of the course the students should have gained some understanding of how the security environment of states and societies and also the very notion of security has changed over the last few decades and of what might become the main security challenges of the 21st century. Prerequisite: Departmental approval.
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3.00 Credits
This graduate course will examine critically the scope of the open source environment including primary, secondary, and technical sources. It will demonstrate the strengths and weaknesses of open sources as a basis for intelligence information and analysis. Students will be exposed to various open source analytic techniques and methodologies. The course will culminate in an analytic, forecasting exercise utilizing various open source techniques including citation analysis and overt human networks. It is recommended that the student complete INSS 5305 prior to this course. Prerequisite: INSS 5302 with a grade of B or higher and department approval.
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3.00 Credits
This graduate course will take a broad look at the global information environment. Students will be exposed to past and present attempts to shape the information environment and influence mass and targeted public audiences. Key concepts such as strategic communication, public diplomacy, and intelligence support for information operations will be addressed. The course will closely examine the adversarial influence operations of non-state actors such as As-Sahab, Al-Fajr media, Al-Manar, and various state-run propaganda organizations. Prerequisite: INSS 5302 with a grade of B or higher and department approval.
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3.00 Credits
General introduction to the capabilities, methods, uses, history, and future of technical intelligence collection and analysis. There will be a particular focus on the uses and history of signals intelligence and imagery intelligence. The second part of the course deals with the increasing transformation of technical intelligence through the development of new and revolutionary technical collection and analysis capabilities as a result of the growth of information technology and other emerging technologies, such as the internet, artificial intelligence, robotics, and nanotechnology.
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine the evolution and dynamics of contemporary terrorism and political violence, particularly as it pertains to the activities of the global Salafist movement. Special emphasis will be placed on the development of U.S. counterterrorism policy and U.S. intelligence efforts to identify and track terrorist threats around the world. Attention will also be given to collection and analytical issues associated with monitoring, penetrating, and ultimately countering terrorist cells and networks. Prerequisites: Departmental approval and INSS 5302 or 3302 with a grade of ?C? or better. Restricted to graduate students.
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine the development and contemporary use of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high explosive weapons and their means of delivery. Special emphasis will be placed on U.S. intelligence efforts to identify and track proliferation threats around the world. Attention will also be given to collection and analytical issues associated with this critical national security issue. Prerequisites: Departmental approval and INSS 5302 or 3302 with a grade of ?C? or better. Restricted to graduate students.
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine the evolution of U.S. counterintelligence (C.I.) organizations and operations. The course will focus upon basic definitions, actors, objectives,a nd requirements. Special emphasis will then be placed on selected foreign intelligence services that represent a potential threat to U.S. national security. Attention will also be given to the security threat posed by non-state actors to U.S. government personnel, property, and activities. The course will also explore national C.I. policy and assess the need for reform of U.S. domestic intelligence and C.I. efforts more broadly. Prerequisites: Departmental approval and INSS 5302 or 3302 with a grade of ?C? or better. Restricted to graduate students.
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3.00 Credits
The purpose of this graduate course is to present an up-to-date survey of the study of terrorism. Where possible, the course will apply theoretical and statistical tools so the student can understand why governments and terrorists take certain actions even when, on occasion, these actions may be against their interests. Often, we are able to identify behavior that appears counterintuitive until the underlying strategic interactions among agents (for example, among targeted governments) are understood. Throughout the course, we bring forth insights that are against conventional wisdom but which are supported by the data. Throughout the course, tools of economic analysis (e.g., indifference curves, constrained optimization, and simple market analysis) are applied to the study of terrorism. In addition, simple game theory is also applied. Prerequisite: Departmental approval.
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