Title: United States. National War College, Course 3


Date: 24/11/1999
Language: english

THE NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE
Academic Year 1999-2000

Syllabus
COURSE 5603
The National Security Process

This document contains educational material designed to promote discussion by students of the National War College. It does not necessarily reflect the views of the National Defense University or the Department of Defense.

Paul B. Thompson
Commander, USN
Course Director

Ronald Tammen
Chairman
Department of National Security Policy


TABLE OF CONTENTS



TOPIC	TITLE
	Course Overview
Block A. Origins of the Process
1	Basic Documents: Objectives of the U. S. System of Governance
2	The Constitutional Framework: Separate Branches Sharing Powers
Block B. Dimensions of the Process
3	Controlling Authorities at Work: A Practitioner's Framework
4	Theories and Models of Decision-Making
Block C. The Process in Practice
5	The Chief Executive, the National Security Council, and the Interagency Process
6	The Department of State
7	The Department of Defense
8	The Economic Community
9	The Intelligence Community
10	Visit to the Executive Branch
11	PDD 63: Student Exercise
12	Congress and National Security
13	Legislative/Executive Relations
14	Case Study: The Base Force and the 1990 Budget Summit
15	Visit to Legislative and Judicial Branches
16	Public Opinion and National Security
17	Other Nation States and Transstate Actors
18	The Supreme Court and National Security
19	The News Media and National Security
20	Interest Groups
21	Case Study: Key Decisions in the Somalia Intervention
22	PDD 56: Student Exercise
Block D. Trends and Influences on the Process
23	Trends and Challenges for Future Security Policy
24	The Policy Process in Perspective: Amending the Process




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National War College
United States