INTRODUCTION TO NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY

INTRODUCTION TO NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY

                      By 

              Olufemi.P.Adelusi

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course will examine the international and domestic political systems as the dual context in which national security policy is formulated and executed. Recurring as well as historically unique threats will be examined. Substance and process for meeting these threats will be examined through an analysis of the national security bureaucracies, including the executive and legislative branches of government. Students will be expected to understand the strategy formulation process and apply it to critical thinking and problem solving skills.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

At the completion of the course, students are expected:

1. To have a deeper understanding of national security studies;
2. To critically assess the international and domestic contexts in which Nigeria’s security policy is made;
3. To analyse the process and institutions of national security policy and strategy formulation;
4. To understand fully how decision making affects national military strategy

Course Outline

Module 1: Introduction

Week 1: Introduction to National Security Policy

Week 2: Recurring and unique trends to national security policy in the international

system

Module 2: National and International Threats Perceptions

Week 3: Domestic determinants of national security policy

Week 4: International determinants of national security policy

Week 5: International and Internal Threats to national security policy

Module 3: The Institutions and Process of National Security Policy

Week 6: The Executive Branch-The Department of Defense: Civil-military relations and

the transformation of military power, the civilian-military chain of command,

Week 7: The Legislative Branch

Week 8: The Role of the media, public opinion, and interest groups

Week 9: The National Military Strategy/Defence Spending in Nigeria

Module 4: Issues of National Security Policy

Week 10: Terrorism and Cyber-Terrorism

Week 11: Global humanitarian trends,

Week 12: Global warming as a national security issue

Week 13: Revision