DSS Course Schedule: Spring 2023 Semester

Web conference courses

Classes meet in real time on specific day and time. Zoom, MS Teams platforms. Each course has its own Course Reference Number (CRN).

Course Section Course Reference Number (CRN) Course name Instructor Modality
DSS 601 401 43201 Seminar on Nuclear Strategy and Arms Control Trachtenberg Zoom: Tuesday, 6-9 p.m. EDT/EST
DSS 705 401 35630 NATO Security Issues Rose Zoom: Thursday:  6-9 p.m. EDT/EST
DSS 707 401 43793 Seminar on Congress, National Security, and Weapons of Mass Destruction Trachtenberg Zoom: Wednesday 6-9 p.m. EDT/EST
DSS 713 401 43794 Intelligence, Counterintelligence, and Covert Action Peck Zoom: Wednesday 6-9 p.m. EDT/EST
DSS 721 401 43795 Missile Defense, Proliferation and Contemporary Warfare DeBiaso Zoom: Monday 6-9 p.m. EDT/EST
DSS 722 405 44581 Emerging Strategic Challenges Marlo Zoom: Thursday 6-9 p.m. EDT/EST

DSS 726

 

 401 29546 Chinese Military Power: The International Politics of China's Rise McKinney MS Teams:  Wednesday 6-9 p.m. EDT/EST
DSS 727 406 44584 Chemical and Biological Warfare Moodie Zoom: Thursday 6-9 p.m. EDT/EST
DSS 797 402 44573 Special Topic: Great Power Competition Anderson Zoom: Tuesday, 6-9 p.m. EDT/EST
DSS 797 404 44578 Special Topic: Intelligence and War Gentry Zoom: Tuesday 6-9 p.m. EDT/EST
DSS 797 407 44586 Special Topic: Educational Wargaming Taylor Zoom: Wednesday, 6-9 p.m. EDT/EST
DSS 798 400 24822 Alternative Futures Analysis Bronson Zoom: Monday 6-9 p.m. EDT/EST
DSS 801 401 43316 Advanced Nuclear Strategy and Arms Control
Enrollment restricted, doctorate students only.		 Payne Zoom: Tuesday, 6-9 p.m. EST/EDT

In-residence, seated courses

Classes meet in real time on specific day and time in the Fairfax, Virginia location. Each course has its own Course Reference Number (CRN).

Course Section Course Reference Number (CRN) Course name Instructor Modality
DSS 601 301 22912 Seminar on Nuclear Strategy and Arms Control Trachtenberg Tuesday: 6-9 p.m. EDT/EST
DSS 705 301 27690 NATO Security Issues Rose Thursday:  6-9 p.m. EDT/EST
DSS 707 301 25277 Seminar on Congress, National Security, and Weapons of Mass Destruction Trachtenberg Wednesday: 6-9 p.m. EDT/EST
DSS 713 301 24669 Intelligence, Counterintelligence, and Covert Action Peck Wednesday,  6-9 p.m. EDT/EST
DSS 721 301 35631 Missile Defense, Proliferation and Contemporary Warfare DeBiaso Monday 6-9 p.m. EDT/EST
DSS 722 305 24672 Emerging Strategic Challenges Marlo Thursday: 6-9 p.m. EDT/EST
DSS 727 306 35628 Chemical and Biological Warfare Moodie Thursday: 6-9 p.m. EDT/EST
DSS 797 302 44572 Special Topic: Great Power Competition Anderson Tuesday: 6-9 p.m. EDT/EST
DSS 797 304 44577 Special Topic: Intelligence and War Gentry Tuesday: 6-9 p.m. EDT/EST
DSS 801 301 43116 Advanced Nuclear and Arms Control
Enrollment restricted, doctorate students only.		 Payne Tuesday: 6-9 p.m. EDT/EST

Internet courses

Classes are asynchronous; no real-time class meetings required. Each course has its own Course Reference Number (CRN).

Course Section Course Reference Number (CRN) Course name Instructor Modality
DSS 601 899 29548 Seminar on Nuclear Strategy and Arms Control McGiffin Online/Asynchronous
DSS 601 895 43796 Seminar on Nuclear Strategy and Arms Control Trexel Online/Asynchronous
DSS 630 899 43118 International Law and Global Security Berman Online/Asynchronous
DSS 632 895 42339 Seminar on International Security Affairs Geipel Online/Asynchronous
DSS 632 899 40685 Seminar on International Security Affairs Geipel Online/Asynchronous
DSS 708 899 40748 Seminar on Contemporary Security Issues in Russia Marlo Online/Asynchronous
DSS 710 899 43950 Seminar on International Terrorism and Security Kiras Online/Asynchronous
DSS 719

895
899

45012
40749

 Strategic Culture Kartchner Online/Asynchronous
DSS 720 899 40746 Internship Training in DSS Policy Koch Online/Asynchronous
DSS 722 898 43111 Emerging Strategic Challenges Rose Online/Asynchronous
DSS 723 898 41903 Counterproliferation Bronson Online/Asynchronous
DSS 727 899 33560 Chemical and Biological Warfare: Global and Community Perspectives Moodie Online/Asynchronous
DSS 730 899 43905 Cyber Conflict and International Security Mazanec Online/Asynchronous
DSS 796 899 40747 Directed Reading and Research in Defense and Strategic Studies to be determined Online/Asynchronous
DSS 797 895 44582 Special Topic: Prognosticating World War III Mattox Online/Asynchronous
DSS 801 899 43112 Advanced Nuclear Strategy and Arms Control
Enrollment restricted to doctorate students only.		 McGiffin Online/Asynchronous
DSS 896 899 43800 Doctorate Capstone Project
Enrollment restricted to doctorate students only.		 Geipel Online/Asynchronous

Arranged courses

Course Section Course Reference Number (CRN) Course name Instructor Modality
DSS 720 1 22970 Internship Training in DSS Policy
Permission required, contact your advisor.		 Koch N/A
DSS 794 1 33888

Active in Research
Permission required, contact your advisor.

 to be determined N/A
DSS 796 1 22971 Directed Reading and Research in Defense and Strategic Studies (DSS local area)
Permission required, contact your advisor.		 to be determined N/A
DSS 799 301 35627 Thesis
Permission required, contact your advisor.		 to be determined N/A
DSS 799 899 43317 Thesis
Permission required, contact your advisor.		 to be determined N/A

Required books

DSS 601 Nuclear Strategy and Deterrence - In-resident and Zoom (Trachtenberg)

  1. Keith B. Payne, “The Great American Gamble: Deterrence Theory and Practice from the Cold War to the Twenty-First Century.” (Fairfax, Virginia: National Institute Press, 2008). ISBN-13: 978-0833059307.  https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-great-american-gamble-keith-b-payne/1015138714?ean=9780977622177 
  2. Keith B. Payne, “The Fallacies of Cold War Deterrence and a New Direction.” (Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2001), ISBN 0-81319015-0.
  3. 3. John G. Stoessinger, “Why Nations Go to War.” (Wadsworth Publishing, 2007), Paperback, ISBN 0-49509707-1.
  4. 4. Keith B. Payne, “Shadows on the Wall: Deterrence and Disarmament.” (Fairfax, Virginia: National Institute Press, 2020). ISBN-13: 978-0-9855553-2-0. For this book, order from MSU bookstore.

DSS 601 Nuclear Strategy and Deterrence - Internet (Trexel)

  1. Keith B. Payne, “The Great American Gamble: Deterrence Theory and Practice from the Cold War to the Twenty-First Century.” (Fairfax, Virginia: National Institute Press, 2008). ISBN-13: 978-0833059307. https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-great-american-gamble-keith-b-payne/1015138714?ean=9780977622177 
  2. Keith B. Payne, “Shadows on the Wall: Deterrence and Disarmament.” (Fairfax, Virginia: National Institute Press, 2020). ISBN-13: 978-0-9855553-2-0. For this book, order from MSU Bookstore.

DSS 601 Nuclear Strategy and Deterrence - Internet (McGiffin)

  1. Keith B. Payne, “The Great American Gamble: Deterrence Theory and Practice from the Cold War to the Twenty-First Century.” (Fairfax, Virginia: National Institute Press, 2008). ISBN-13: 978-0833059307. https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-great-american-gamble-keith-b-payne/1015138714?ean=9780977622177 
  2. Keith B. Payne, “Shadows on the Wall: Deterrence and Disarmament.” (Fairfax, Virginia: National Institute Press, 2020). ISBN-13: 978-0-9855553-2-0. For this book, order from MSU Bookstore.
  3. Therese Delpech, “Nuclear Deterrence in the 21st Century: Lessons From the Cold War for a New Era of Strategic Piracy.” (Arlington, Virginia: RAND Corporation, 2012.) ISBN-13: 978-0833059307

DSS 630 International Law and Global Security - Internet (Berman)

  1. David J. Bederman and Chimeine Keitner, "International Law Frameworks (Concepts and Insights)", 4th edition, Foundation Press, 2016 OR 5th edition with Chimeine Keitner as the sole author.

DSS 632 International Security Affairs - Internet (Geipel)

  1. Chicago Manual of Style Guidelines (Quick Study) – an inexpensive flip chart available on Amazon and elsewhere.
  2. Roy Peter Clark, "Writing Tools: 55 Essential Strategies for Every Writer" (Paperback), Little, Brown (2016).
  3. John Lewis Gaddis, "The Cold War: A New History" (Penguin, 2005).
  4. Mark Galeotti, "The Weaponisation of Everything" (Yale University Press, 2022).
  5. Keith B. Payne, "Shadows on the Wall: Deterrence and Disarmament" (National Institute Press, 2020). For this book, order from MSU Bookstore.
  6. Joseph Siracusa and Aiden Warren, "Weapons of Mass Destruction: The Search for Global Security" (Paperback), Rowman Littlefield Publishers (2017).

DSS 705 NATO Security Issues - In-resident and Zoom (Rose)

  1. David S. Yost, “NATO’s Balancing Act”, United States Institute of Peace Press, Washington, D.C., 2014.
  2. NATO Handbook, Public Diplomacy Division; NATO, 2006. Access a free .pdf of the handbook.
  3. Hans Binnendijk and Gina Cordero, "Transforming NATO: An NDU Anthology", Center for Technology and National Security, National Defense University, December 2008.

DSS 707 Congress, National Security, and Weapons of Mass Destruction - In-resident and Zoom (Trachtenberg)

  1. Hamilton, Alexander; Madison, James; and Jay, John, “The Federalist Papers.” Signet Classics, April 1, 2003.
  2. Oleszek, Walter J., “Congressional Procedures and the Policy Process.” Ninth Edition.
  3. Trachtenberg, David J., “The Lawgivers’ Struggle: How Congress Wields Power in National Security Decision Making.” Fairfax, VA, National Institute Press, 2020

DSS 708 Security Issues in Russia - Internet (Marlo)

No textbooks are required for this course.

DSS 710 International Terrorism and Security - Internet (Kiras)

  1. Hoffman, B. (2017) “Inside Terrorism.” New York, NY, Columbia University Press. ISBN-13: 978-0231174770; ISBN-10: 0231174772.
  2. Hoffman, B. and Reinares, F. (2014), “The Evolution of the Global Terrorist Threat.” New York, NY: Columbia University Press. ISBN-13: 978-0231168991.

DSS 713 Intelligence, Counterintelligence and Covert Action - In-resident and Zoom (Peck)

  1. Robert Jervis, “Why Intelligence Fails: Lessons from the Iranian Revolution and the Iraq War”, Cornell University Press, 2010.
  2. Mark M. Lowenthal, “Intelligence,  From Secrets to Policy, 8th Edition.” CQ Press, 2019. 
  3. Mark M. Lowenthal and Robert M. Clark, “The 5 Disciplines of Intelligence Collection.” CQ Press, 2016.
  4. David Wise, “Spy: The Inside Story of How the FBI’s Robert Hanssen Betrayed America.” Random House, Inc., 2003.
  5. Lock Johnson and James Wirtz, James (eds.), Intelligence: The Secret World of Spies: An Anthology, 4th ed., Oxford University Press, 2014.
  6. Michael V. Hayden, Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror. Penguin Press, 2016.
  7. Richards J. Heuer, Psychology of Intelligence Analysis. Center for the Study of Intelligence, CIA, 1999.
  8. Henry Crumpton, The Art of Intelligence: Lessons from a Life in the CIA’s Clandestine Service, The Penguin Press, 2012.

DSS 719 Strategic Culture - Internet (Kartchner)

  1. Sohail, Hashmi H., and Steven P. Lee, “Ethics and Weapons of Mass Destruction: Religious and Secular Perspectives.” Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
  2. Adamsky, Dima, “The Culture of Military Innovation: The Impact of Cultural Factors on the Revolution in Military Affairs in Russia, The US, And Israel.” Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2010.

DSS 720 Internship Training in DSS Policy/Professional Experience

No textbooks are required for this course. 

DSS 721 Missile Defense Proliferation and Warfare - In-resident and Zoom (DeBiaso)

  1. Payne, Keith B. The Fallacies of Cold War Deterrence and a New Direction (Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2001).
  2. Gray, Colin S.  The Sheriff: America's Defense of the New World Order (Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2004).

DSS 722 Emerging Strategic Challenges - In-resident and Zoom (Marlo)

  1. P.W. Singer & Allan Friedman, “Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know”, Oxford University Press, New York, 2014.
  2. Sean McFate, The New Rules of War: Victory in the Age of Durable Disorder”,  Harper Collins Publishers, New York, NY, 2019.
  3. Daniel Yergin, “The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Class of Nations”, Penguin Press, New York, 2020.

DSS 722 Emerging Strategic Challenges - Internet (Rose)

  1. P.W. Singer & Allan Friedman, “Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know”, Oxford University Press, New York, 2014.
  2. Sean McFate, The New Rules of War: Victory in the Age of Durable Disorder”,  Harper Collins Publishers, New York, NY, 2019.
  3. Daniel Yergin, “The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Class of Nations”, Penguin Press, New York, 2020.

DSS 723 Counterproliferation - Internet (Bronson)

  1. Etel Solingen, “Nuclear Logics:  Contrasting Paths in East Asia and the Middle East”, Princeton University Press, 2007, ISBN-13: 978-0691134680, paperback and Kindle.
  2. Scott D. Sagan and Kenneth N Waltz, “The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: An Enduring Debate, Third Edition, London, W.W. Norton & Company, 2012. ISBN-13: 978-0393920109, paperback.
  3. Vipin Narang, “Nuclear Strategy in the Modern Era: Regional Powers and International Conflict, Princeton University Press, 2014, ISBN-13: ‚Äé978-0691159836, paperback and Kindle.
  4. Rupal N. Mehta, “Delaying Doomsday: The Politics of Nuclear Reversal”, New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 2019, ISBN-13: 978-0190077976, hardcover and Kindle.
  5. Vipin Narang, “Seeking the Bomb: Strategies of Nuclear Proliferation”, Princeton University Press, 2022, ISBN-13:978-0691172620, paperback and Kindle.

DSS 726 Chinese Military Power - MS Teams (McKinney)

  1. Amitav Acharya, et al., "Bridging Two Worlds: Comparing Classical Political Thought and Statecraft in India and China." (University of California Press, January 2023), free on Kindle or at https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.135. 
  2. Barry Buzan and Amitav Acharya, "Re-imagining International Relations: World Orders in the Thought and Practice of Indian, Chinese, and Islamic Civilizations." (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2022). 
  3. Anne Thurston, "Engaging China: Fifty Years of Sino-American Relations." (New York: Columbia University Press, 2021). 
  4. Scott M. Moore, "China’s Next Act: How Sustainability and Technology Are Reshaping China’s Rise and the World’s Future." (New York: Oxford University Press, 2022). 
  5. Bates Gill, Daring to Struggle: China's Global Ambitions Under Xi Jinping (New York: Oxford University Press, 2022).
  6. Suisheng Zhao, "The Dragon Roars Back: Transformational Leaders and Dynamics of Chinese Foreign Policy." (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2022).
  7. Steve Chan, "Rumbles of Thunder: Power Shifts and the Danger of Sino-American War." (New York: Columbia University Press, 2022).
  8. Kevin Rudd, "The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict Between the US and Xi Jinping’s China." (New York: Public Affairs, 2022). 

Optional 

  1. Hal Brands and Michael Beckley, "Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China." (New York: W. W. Norton, 2022). 
  2. Jing Sun, Red Chamber, "World Dreams: Actors, Audience, and Agendas in Chinese Foreign Policy and Beyond." (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2021). 
  3. Aaron Friedberg, "Getting China Wrong." (Medford, MA: Polity, 2022). 
  4. Richard Ned Lebow and Feng Zhang, "Justice and International Order: East and West." (New York: Oxford University Press, 2022)

DSS 727 Chemical and Biological Warfare - In-resident and Zoom (Moodie)

No textbooks are required for this course. 

DSS 727 Chemical and Biological Warfare - Internet (Moodie)

No textbooks are required for this course.

DSS 730 Cyber Conflict and International Security - Internet (Mazanec)

  1. Christopher Whyte and Brian Mazanec, “Understanding Cyber Warfare”, Routledge, 1st Edition, December 2018, ISBN-13: 978-1138640627.
  2. Andrew Blum, “Tubes: A Journey To The Center Of The Internet”, Ecco; Reprint edition, May 28, 2013, ISBN-13: 978-0061994951.

DSS 794 Active in Research

No textbooks are required for this course. 

DSS 796 Reading and Research in DSS

Students' individual project mentor will assign books as needed.

DSS 797 Educational Wargaming - Zoom (Taylor)

No textbooks are required for this course. 

DSS 797 Great Power Competition - In-resident and Zoom (Anderson)

  1. Kroenig, Matthew.  "The Return of Great Power Rivalry." (Oxford University Press, 2020).
  2. Lacey, James, editor.  "Great Strategic Rivalries." (Oxford University Press, 2016).

DSS 797 Intelligence and War - In-resident and Zoom (Gentry)

  1. Mark Moyar, "Phoenix and the Birds of Prey: Counterinsurgency and Counterterrorism in Vietnam." (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2007)

DSS 797 Prognosticating WWIII - Blackboard (Mattox)

  1. Barbara W. Tuchman, "The Guns of August." https://www.amazon.com/s?k=guns+of+august&crid=EBKS4F77PZFE&sprefix=guns+of+august%2Caps%2C63&ref=nb_sb_noss_1. 
  2. Piers Brendon, "The Dark Valley: A Panorama of the 1930s."  https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Valley-Panorama-1930s/dp/0375708081/ref=asc_df_0375708081/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312721411869&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15460628396591546175&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9008552&hvtargid=pla-487508579000&psc=1 
  3. Sir John Hackett et al., "The Third World War: August 1985."  https://www.amazon.com/Third-World-War-August-1985/dp/0425044777/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1IXD0UKWF89XJ&keywords=third+world+war&qid=1654712034&sprefix=third+world+war%2Caps%2C56&sr=8-1 
  4. Michael Mandelbaum, "The Rise and Fall of Peace on Earth." https://www.amazon.com/s?k=rise+and+fall+of+peace+on+earth&crid=20CV8IMXDQYW0&sprefix=rise+and+fall+of+peace+on+earth%2Caps%2C56&ref=nb_sb_noss_1 

DSS 798 Alternative Futures Analysis - Zoom (Bronson)

  1. Francis Fukuyama, editor, "Blindside:  How to Anticipate Forcing Events and Wild Cards in Global Politics." (Washington, DC:  The Brookings Institution, 2007)
  2. Peter Schwartz, "The Art of the Long View: Planning for the Future in an Uncertain World." (New York, NY: Doubleday, 1996)
  3. Frans Johansson, "The Medici Effect." (Cambridge, MA:  Harvard Business School Press, 2006)
  4. Thomas Chermack, "Scenario Planning in Organizations:  How to Create, Use, and Assess Scenarios." (San Francisco, CA:  Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2011)
  5. Henry Kissinger, "World Order." (New York, NY:  Penguin Press, 2014)
  6. Ian Bremer, "Superpower:  Three Choices for America’s Role in the World." (New York, NY:  Penguin Press, 2015)
  7. Michele Wucker, "The Gray Rhino:  How to Recognize and Act on the Obvious Dangers We Ignore." (New York, NY: St. Martin’s Press, 2016)
  8. Steven Novella, "The Skeptics Guide to the Future." (New York, NY:  Grand Central Publishing - Hachette Book Group, 2022)

DSS 799 Thesis

Students' individual project mentor will assign books as needed.

DSS 801 Advanced Nuclear Strategy and Arms Control - In-resident and Zoom (Payne)

Contact JulieJeffrey@MissouriState.edu for book information.

DSS 801 Advanced Nuclear Strategy and Arms Control - Internet (McGiffin)

  1. Keith B. Payne, “The Great American Gamble: Deterrence Theory and Practice from the Cold War to the Twenty-First Century.” (Fairfax, Virginia: National Institute Press, 2008). ISBN-13: 978-0833059307. https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-great-american-gamble-keith-b-payne/1015138714?ean=9780977622177 
  2. Keith B. Payne, “Shadows on the Wall: Deterrence and Disarmament.” (Fairfax, Virginia: National Institute Press, 2020). ISBN-13: 978-0-9855553-2-0. For this book, order from MSU Bookstore.
  3. Therese Delpech, “Nuclear Deterrence in the 21st Century: Lessons From the Cold War for a New Era of Strategic Piracy.” (Arlington, Virginia: RAND Corporation, 2012.) ISBN-13: 978-0833059307

DSS 896 Doctorate Capstone Course (Geipel)

Students' individual project mentor will assign books as needed.