Catalog: ICO 2041
Instructor: Adam Redenbaugh, CACI
Dates and Times: August 4, 2010 0800 -1700
Location: ATIC
Prerequisites: Must be a US citizen and have the appropriate clearance
Classification: Unclassified
Cost: $400
GSA Pricing Available: Yes (please contact us for GSA costing)
Course Description
The geopolitics and geostrategy course will provide students with an understanding of geography and decision making in warfare, intelligence, and strategic maneuvering. The emphasis will be on space warfare as supporting elements to ground and naval actions. Upon completion of this course, students will have an introductory knowledge of the origins of geopolitics, applications through contemporary history, current implications, and use on today's battlefield.
What You Will Cover
- Origins of geopolitics
- Haushofer's 5 elements of geostrategy
- Is geopolitics dead?
- Is geography becoming increasingly unimportant?
- How post Cold-war misunderstanding of geography has confused our thinking in developing an effective national security strategy
- Brzezinski - Eurasia, the chief geopolitical prize
- Air power and breaking the enemy's will
- Space - making nonsense of geographic boundaries
- Space - the next manifest destiny
Seating Available: 40 (10 seats remain)
