INTL634 - Threat Analysis
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This course is a study and analysis of international threats to security. It focuses on a variety of aspects related to both U.S. and foreign threat analysis and action, including the evolution of responses to threats, perspectives on threat action since World War II, principles of threat analysis and response, and assessments of successes and failures of such actions. The student will develop a comprehensive knowledge of threat analysis, how intelligence agencies in the U.S. assess and counter international threats in order to guard U.S. global interests and protect U.S. national security from adversaries, and how various threats affect national security policy and decision-making.
Prerequisites
N/A
Corequisites
N/A
Schedule of Classes
| 11/05/09 - 03/28/10 |
04/05/10 - 05/30/10 |
Spring 2010 Session B - 8 Week session |
| 11/30/09 - 04/25/10 |
05/03/10 - 06/27/10 |
Spring 2010 Session I - 8 Week session |
| 12/28/09 - 05/30/10 |
06/07/10 - 08/01/10 |
Spring 2010 Session D - 8 Week session |
| 01/25/10 - 06/27/10 |
07/05/10 - 08/29/10 |
Summer 2010 Session B - 8 Week session |
| 03/29/10 - 08/29/10 |
09/06/10 - 10/31/10 |
Summer 2010 Session D - 8 Week session |
| 05/31/10 - 10/24/10 |
11/01/10 - 12/26/10 |
Fall 2010 Session I - 8 Week session |
| 06/28/10 - 11/28/10 |
12/06/10 - 01/30/11 |
Fall 2010 Session D - 8 Week session |
Course Materials
| Book Title: |
Presidents Secret Wars: CIA & Pentagon Covert Operations from World War II Through the Persian Gulf
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| ISBN: |
1566631084
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Ivan R. Dee, Inc., 1996
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| Book Title: |
Clash of Civilizations & the Remaking of World Order
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| ISBN: |
0684844419
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Simon & Schuster, 1998
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| Book Title: |
Mass Hate: The Global Rise of Genocide and Terror
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| ISBN: |
0813339510
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Westview Press, 2002
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| Book Title: |
Fatal Choice: Nuclear Weapons, Survival or Sentence
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| ISBN: |
0813340977
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| Publication Info: |
Westview Press
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| Book Title: |
Intelligence - 4th ed
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| ISBN: |
0872896005
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| Publication Info: |
Congressional Quarterly
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| Book Title: |
Order of Genocide: Race, Power, and War in Rwanda
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| ISBN: |
0801474922
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Cornell University Press
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| Book Title: |
Complex Deterrence : Strategy in the Global Age
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| ISBN: |
0226650030
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| Publication Info: |
University of Chicago Press
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