GLOBAL 177

Global Security Risks

GLOBAL 177 Global Security Risks

Prerequisites:

CCN: 39035

Units/Credit: 4

Time/Location: TuTh 2:00-3:30pm / 223 Dwinelle

Final Exam Group: 2 – Monday, 5/7/2018 / 11:30am-2:30pm

Instructor: Bruce Newsome

This course teaches students how to analyse risks and security, to understand particular risks, to manage these risks from their root causes. Students will learn about risks from the global to the operational levels, from international conflict, natural risks, political instability, operational and logistical insecurity, physical site insecurity, transport insecurity, to information, communications, and cyber security. For instance, students will learn how to forecast political violence, control that violence, and co-opt political spoilers.

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