Course # 43401 Day(s) F Time(s) 9:00 AM - 11:50 AM Term Spring 2018 Syllabus Syllabus Despite noble efforts, neither the US government nor the world comes with a reliable user manual. Yet, policymakers must navigate mammoth institutions like the Departments of State and Defense, develop a strategic perspective about their area of the world, and somehow fit institutional capabilities to strategy in their design of operations, policies, and plans. The soloist fails. The skill of orchestrating other people’s minds within this mission is the key. Therefore, this case studies-based course will develop skills around collaborative intelligence, like scenario-planning simulations (aka wargaming, table-top exercises, etc.). It will explore exemplary cases in which the tensions between the Departments of Defense and State become clear, such as the United States' engagement with reconstruction after war. We will also see how these skills are just as useful in other levels of government and business, and how cutting-edge tools like artificial intelligence may fit in. The course goal is to help students create benefit for the public; it does this by enabling them to: Lead simulations to design solutions. Simulations are useful for navigating multiple agencies through uncertainty. Yemen’s reconstruction will be this course’s main case as reconstruction around conflict highlights tensions between defense and diplomacy while defining America's greatest foreign policy successes (Germany, Japan), failures (Iraq, Afghanistan), and historical pivot (The Civil War) Use (some) of the policymaking toolkit. This includes the uses and abuses of intelligence, academia, data and machine learning, and historic lessons learned; as well as more day-to-day skills like problem solving, communicating, and negotiating. Navigate institutions and their bureaucracy. The Departments of State and Defense are the big two; there are also many important players including states, IGOs, private companies, and tech ecosystems Course Flow: A new case will be introduced the second half of class, student inquiry and problem-solving the case will be homework, and debriefs are held the first half of the next class. The course is about building the students’ capabilities and toolkit as a public servant, so we will also frequently offer feedback to each other. Recent News More news Student Profile: Carrie Collins, MPP Class of 2024 Tue., April 30, 2024 Alumni Profile: Eloísa Ávila-Uribe, MACRM’23 Fri., April 26, 2024 Ariel Kalil: Multigenerational households are key to better support for kids of single mothers Thu., April 25, 2024 Upcoming Events More events Harris Reunion Weekend 2024 Fri., May 03, 2024 | 12:00 PM 1307 E. 60th Street Chicago, IL 60613 United States Data and Policy Summer Scholars Program (DPSS): Deep-Dive Conversation with Jose Macias and Alexandra Sobczynski Mon., May 06, 2024 | 7:30 PM International Policy Action Lab Mini Class with Austin Wright Tue., May 07, 2024 | 6:00 AM