NS4951 Environmental Security

This course addresses broad themes and debates in environmental security at an advanced level. Particular emphasis is given to the intersections between environmental stress and U.S. national security. The course also examines regional environmental insecurities and their implications for the United States.

Prerequisite

None

Lecture Hours

4

Lab Hours

0

Course Learning Outcomes

• Recognize and interrogate prominent environmental security concepts and narratives.
• Map causal relationships between environmental stresses and armed conflict.
• Identify social, political, and economic conditions that intensify or mitigate the connections between environmental stress and insecurity.
• Weigh the importance of different environmental stresses for U.S. national security.
• Conduct country-level climate risk assessments: diagnose environmental insecurities, predict actors’ responses, and produce policy recommendations.
• Contribute to environmental and climate security discussions with military and civilian policymakers.

• Communicate key findings in written and verbal formats.
• Contribute to DoD climate literacy.