C200

Question 1

1. Threats and challenges to US security interests and those of our allies and partners.

Question 2

2. Consideration of a systems perspective to achieve understanding of complex concepts

Question 3

3. The ways in which history, geography, economics, and diverse cultures influence the strategic environment

Question 4

4. Emerging concepts for dealing with the threats, challenges, and opportunities of the strategic environment.

Question 5

5. Considerations of the challenges posed by nuclear capable states in the strategic environment or within a given region of interest.

Question 6

Explain how international relations and power shape planning and execution of joint operations within the strategic environment.

1. The International system, its various actors, and the concept of sovereignty.
2. The elements of national power within the international system.
3. The dominant international relations theories within the international system.
4. A framework for strategy using ends-ways-means-risk construct.