Regional Security Studies (Europe and Eurasia) Certificate - Curriculum 249
Program Officer
Adam Arndt, CDR, USN
Code 38, Glasgow Hall, Room 336
(831) 656-3781, DSN 756-3781
adam.arndt@nps.edu
Academic Associate
Aleksandar Matovski, PhD
Glasgow Hall, Room 325
(831) 656-7891, DSN 756-7891
aleksandar.matovski@nps.edu
Overview
The Academic Certificate Program in Regional Security Studies (Europe and Eurasia) is designed to provide region-specific knowledge for select senior enlisted and regionally aligned force officers who will benefit from serious engagement with current academic and policy work on their region of specialization. The Certificate requires successful completion of a minimum of three graduate courses focusing on the region (12 credit hours). Each student’s required course work is developed individually under the direction of the cognizant Academic Associate, based on the relevant regional courses available during the quarter(s) when the student is in residence. Language maintenance courses at the Defense Language Institute may be taken simultaneously in conjunction with the Certificate Program, but do not count toward the Certificate.
Convenes
Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Program Length
9 months
Subspecialty
2104L
Outcomes
Identities, Interests, and Politics: Grasp significant political, economic, historical, cultural, and religious drivers that shape national identities and interests.
Emerging Security Challenges: Know regional sources of political and social instability and understand the roots of ethnic conflict, insurgencies, and terrorism.
U.S. Regional Security Policy: Understand U.S. foreign policy objectives in a given region and be able to explain U.S. political, economic, and military strategy.
Economic Factors: Grasp the importance of underlying economic conditions on regional stability and conflict, as well as the tools of economic statecraft.
Required Courses
Course offerings in NSA vary from year to year. The following illustrate what a (minimum) acceptable combination of courses might look like. Many other combinations are possible.
Example 1 (Europe concentration)
Example 2 (Eurasia concentration)
| NS3401 | Contemporary Politics of Russia | | 4 | 0 |
| NS3412 | Government and Security in the Central Asian Republics | | 4 | 0 |
| NS4425 | Russian Foreign Policy | | 4 | 0 |
Example 3 ( Europe concentration)
| NS3710 | Government and Security in Western Europe | | 4 | 0 |
| NS4037 | NATO | | 4 | 0 |
| NS4722 | Special Topics: Europe | | 4 | 0 |