Welcome to the Strategic Studies course where you will learn the art of war. War is of vital importance to any nation; it is a matter of life and death. It is a clash of wills and the human struggle for victory, power, and wealth. In the upcoming semester, you will discover the murky world behind strategy formation and conduct of military operations. You will find out that everything in a war is very simple, but the simplest thing is difficult. You will face difficult questions, like, is it easy to kill another human being? Is it moral to evaporate the entire population through nuclear weapons? What is the future of war? How to operationalize culture? You will have opportunities to express your views and engage in debates about the morality of nuclear weapons, airpower, and enhanced interrogation techniques. The strategic studies course is designed primarily to provide a broad overview of major theoretical approaches to studying strategy and applying these approaches and theories in the strategic reality. The landscape will spread across Western and Eastern civilizations by looking at the writings of Carl von Clausewitz and Sun Tzu; orthodox strategies of nuclear deterrence and unorthodox strategies utilized by small and/or weaker states; various dimensions of warfare, including naval and air power as well as new strategic avenues, like cyber power.
Institute of International Relations
Faculty of Social Sciences
Compulsory Fees: TTD 1,485.00
Tuition Fees: TTD 2,700.00 (Contributing Countries); USD 1,500.00 (Non-Contributing Countries)
- Pre-Requisites: none
- Course Credits: 4
- Assessments: TBA
- Duration: January 20 – April 11, 2025
- Lecture Time: Wednesdays 4:00pm – 8:00pm (UTC−04:00)
- Mode of Delivery: Online