Culture, Strategy, and Security
Culture, Strategy, and Security analyzes relationships between culture, strategy, and security through historical, structural, and critical perspectives to interpret the global security environment.
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Examine and appraise scholarly theories and literature that define our contemporary knowledge of how culture influences states and nonstate groups as they create security policies and act in their strategic interests.
Recognize and interpret the presence of cultural influences in historical and contemporary state/group security decisions, strategies, and behaviors.
Apply theories and conceptual models to critically analyze selected case studies in nuanced verbal and written discussions.
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Analyzes the relationships between culture, strategy, and security through historical, structural, and critical perspectives to help interpret the global security environment. Examines cultural influences, broadly defined, on state and non-state security strategies, decisions, and behaviors through historical experiences and contemporary events. Cultural factors contextualize security strategies at the ideational and material levels, leaving their imprint on how groups and individuals act to achieve desired outcomes. Analyzes strategic behavior as culturally derived and appraises the advantages and limitations of this methodology for better understanding the security environment. Illustrates the relationships between cultural influences and their outcomes.
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Topics
- Cultural influences on state and non-state security strategies, decisions, and behaviors.
- Ideational and material levels of cultural factors in security strategies.
- Strategic behavior as culturally derived and methodological limitations.
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- Examining and appraising scholarly theories and literature on culture's influence on security policies.
- Recognizing and interpreting cultural influences in state and group security decisions.
- Applying theories and conceptual models to critically analyze case studies in verbal and written discussions.
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