6100 - Introduction to Strategy

This course introduces the elements of strategy, critical thinking and strategic analysis to develop and provide the foundational strategic thinking skills required for the balance of the curriculum. Using selected frameworks and examples of strategy, students begin their year-long examination of the components of national security strategy; assumptions behind strategic choices; relationships among the instruments of national power; orchestration of the instruments of power in pursuit of national security objectives; methods of evaluating the utility of different strategies; and the roles of leadership and ethics in national security strategy.