DSS provides professional education in U.S. A Certificate degree in Defense & Strategic Studies is also available.
national security policy; especially on issues regarding defense policy analysis and planning, the intelligence process, strategic deterrence, foreign relations, and the threat of weapons of mass destruction. Missouri State University’s School of Defense & Strategic Studies Graduate Program (DSS), located in Fairfax, VA, hosts U.S.-policy-oriented courses on: national security leadership, cyber wa
11/09/2022
"No explanation for the current strategic situation is satisfactory without a definition of the nuclear situation; no definition of the nuclear situation is possible without knowledge of the laws that rule deterrence."
-- André
10/26/2022
“If you wish for peace, understand war.”
― B.H. , 'Why Don't We Learn from History?'
10/13/2022
in 1775: The is officially born, as Congress establishes the Continental Navy.
09/30/2022
On this we seize the opportunity to send a shout out to our friends at the United States Strategic Command.
They are a central component of our nation's , to ensure the permanent readiness of our strategic deterrence forces and to assure allies and partners that prevails.
Visit their website for more information:
U.S. Strategic Command The official website of the U.S. Strategic Command. U.S. Strategic Command has global responsibilities assigned through the Unified Command Plan that include strategic deterrence, nuclear operations, space operations, joint electromagnetic spectrum operations, global strike, missile defense, and ana...
09/28/2022
"Progress is only possible if the United States and its allies work together."
-- Brent Scowcroft
Air Force General and twice United States National Security Advisor, first under President Gerald Ford and then under George H. W. Bush.
served as Military Assistant to President Richard Nixon and as Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs in the Nixon and Ford administrations.
09/27/2022
We are standing on the shoulders of giants. Our contribution to national security and global peace builds upon the foundations laid by great minds.
Visit dss.missouristate.edu for a deep dive!
09/16/2022
We wanted to seize the opportunity to give a shout out to our friends at the Air University today.
It is with great delight that we share with you the following link, which will take you to one of the Air University Press' latest open publications, edited by Donovan C. Chau, honoring the late Colin S. Gray, a longtime friend and faculty member of the DSS program:
https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/AUPress/Display/Article/3139898/strategy-matters-essays-in-honor-of-colin-s-gray/
Strategy Matters: Essays in Honor of Colin S. Gray Strategy Matters is a collection of essays written in honor of Colin S. Gray by his students, spanning three decades and three continents. This volume examines a multitude of subjects and
09/15/2022
in 1916, at the Battle of the Somme: British send tanks into action for the first time.
09/14/2022
“It should be needless to add that policy needs to be somewhat flexible and adaptive, since war has a way of frustrating political intentions. It is a blunt instrument, and there are many reasons why cunning plans often go awry, not the least among which is the fact of an enemy with an independent will."
― Colin S. Gray, 'Fighting Talk: Forty Maxims on War Peace and Strategy'
09/13/2022
At DSS we provide graduate level education in national security policy and leadership, with subject matter expertise on global issues of concern -- such as the spread of Weapons of Mass Destruction.
We take you and offer multiple degree options!
09/08/2022
1939: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt declares a "limited national emergency" due to the war in Europe.
09/07/2022
“If man does find the solution for world peace it will be the most revolutionary reversal of his record we have ever known.”
― George C. Marshall
09/06/2022
Sound deterrence policy requires skillful policymakers and subject matter experts, who can think critically and strategically.
It's a wonderful journey to go at dss.missouristate.edu
09/02/2022
On this our shout out goes to the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, which provides a research, publication, and education component to the U.S. European Command (EUCOM), and is one of six United States Department of Defense Regional Centers.
Visit them at:
www.marshallcenter.org
George C. Marshall Center. European Center For Security Studies A German-American Partnership. Security cooperation with tailored, professional education and research.
08/31/2022
"States in the world are like individuals in the state of nature. They are neither perfectly good nor are they controlled by law."
-- Kenneth Waltz
08/30/2022
We will be here no matter what, because our lasting mission is to take you .
Come visit us in person or at dss.missouristate.edu 🐻
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