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STRATEGIC POLICY FORUM PAST EXERCISES
In today’s world, security issues are complex and interdependent, with policy choices often having domestic and international consequences. SPF exercises address the full range of national security challenges facing the United States. We produce exercises on a range of topics of contemporary importance, encompassing the homeland, regional and international dimensions of security policy issues.
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HOMELAND SECURITY ISSUES |
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Homeland security exercises give Members and Executive Branch officials the opportunity to discuss issues related to current security problems with great potential domestic and constituent impact.
“These simulations are invaluable to helping members of Congress see the ‘big picture’ of our nation’s defense and economy after another possible terrorist attack…We can use that knowledge when we’re making decisions on what resources are needed in defense of our homeland.”
-Congressman Frank Lucas (R-3rd OK)
Bioterrorism and Pandemic Influenza
Transportation Security
Agricultural Bioterrorism
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INTERNATIONAL & REGIONAL ISSUES |
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SPF conducts a number of exercises each year studying security challenges in various regions of the world and weighing their consequences for U.S. national interests. They touch on the most current issues in international relations and scenarios are set in the near-term, so they reflect of-the-moment concerns.
“In any national security crisis, dozens of agencies have to make quick, coordinated decisions. Today’s crisis simulation allowed me to better understand that decision-making process and to explore response actions and consequences.”
-Congressman Rick Larsen (D-2nd WA)
Asia Pacific
Latin America
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GLOBAL ISSUES |
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Energy Security
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CONGRESSIONAL STAFF & STATE EXERCISES |
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SPF’s State Exercise Program brings Congressional exercises outside Washington to the states. At the request and with the support of a state’s Congressional delegation or governor, SPF can execute selected homeland security exercises for groups of participants that include Federal, state and local officials. In this way these state exercises complement the executive-legislative dialogue promoted by traditional SPF events with added emphasis on vertical, Federal, State and local government discourse. |
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