SISU-313 Transatlantic Security (3)

This course examines the evolution of trans-Atlantic security policy and defense planning. It begins with a review of the formation of NATO and of trans-Atlantic defense policy and military force planning through the Cold War to the breakup of the Soviet Union. The course then focuses in some detail on the transformation that trans-Atlantic security relations have undergone, in particular the shift of NATO’s focus from defense of European territory to expeditionary operations outside its boundaries and the European Union’s assuming a strong role in defense planning. Grading: A-F only. Prerequisite: SISU-206 and SISU-210.