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National Defense University (NDU) is the senior-most center for joint professional military research and education in the US Department of Defense (DoD). Its specific mission is to support the joint war-fighter by 1) providing security-centered analyses for high-level DoD officials, and 2) by educating members of the US armed forces and other federal departments in order to develop leaders who can operate in an unpredictable and complex world.
| Established | 1976 |
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| Address | National Defense University (NDU) Public Affairs Office 300 5th Avenue, Bldg 62 Fort McNair, Washington DC 20319-5066 United States of America |
| Telephone | +1 202 685 47 00 |
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Publications
Thucydides’ Other “Traps”: The United States, China, and the Prospect of “Inevitable” WarA Short History of Biological Warfare: From Pre-History to the 21st Century
Like, Comment, Retweet: The State of the Military´s Nonpartisan Ethic in the World of Social Media
The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Negotiations: A Case Study
Charting a Course: Strategic Choices for a New Administration
Impunity: Countering Illicit Power in War and Transition
SOF Role in Combating Transnational Organized Crime
What Should We Have Learned by Now? Enduring Lessons from Thirty Years of Conflict and Transition
A Low-Visibility Force Multiplier: Assessing China’s Cruise Missile Ambitions
The Grand Strategy of the United States
The Nightmare Years to Come?
Creating Sustainable Peacekeeping Capability in Africa
Africa’s Information Revolution: Implications for Crime, Policing, and Citizen Security
Fragility and State-Society Relations in South Sudan
Mitigating Radicalism in Northern Nigeria
Peace Operations in Africa: Lessons Learned Since 2000
Advancing Stability and Reconciliation in Guinea-Bissau
Convergence: Illicit Networks and National Security in the Age of Globalization
Strategic Reflections: Operation Iraqi Freedom
The Lessons and Limits of DDR in Africa
The Chinese Air Force
Islamic Militancy in Africa
Proliferation Security Initiative: Origins and Evolution
Council of War
Building Africa’s Airlift Capacity
Unfinished Business: A Framework for Peace in the Great Lakes
Saddam's Generals: Perspectives of the Iran-Iraq War
The Paradox of Power
Economic Security: Neglected Dimension of National Security?
The Chinese Navy
The Borderlands of Southeast Asia: Geopolitics, Terrorism, and Globalization
The Transatlantic Bargain
Africa and the Arab Spring
Boko Haram’s Evolving Threat
Addressing Côte d’Ivoire’s Deeper Crisis
Regional Security Cooperation in the Maghreb and Sahel: Algeria’s Pivotal Ambivalence
Africa’s Militaries: A Missing Link in Democratic Transitions
Stress-Testing South Africa
Africa’s Evolving Infosystems: A Pathway to Security and Stability
Enhancing Civilian Protection in Peace Operations: Insights From Africa
Alternative Dispute Resolution in Africa: Preventing Conflict and Enhancing Stability
US Security Engagement in Africa
Navies versus Coast Guards: Defining the Roles of African Maritime Security Forces
Lessons Learned from Peace Operations in Africa
Misinterpreting Ethnic Conflicts in Africa
Cocaine and Instability in Africa
Africa’s Fragile States: Empowering Extremists, Exporting Terrorism
Nonstate Policing: Expanding the Scope for Tackling Africa’s Urban Violence
Democracy and the Chain of Command
Playing Ostrich: Lessons Learned from South Africa’s Response to Terrorism
Investing in Science and Technology to Meet Africa’s Maritime Security Challenges
West Africa’s Growing Terrorist Threat
Urban Fragility and Security in Africa
Optimizing Africa’s Security Force Structures
Nigeria’s Pernicious Drivers of Ethno-Religious Conflict
Sifting Through the Layers of Insecurity in the Sahel: The Case of Mauritania
Deterrence and Defense in a Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Environment
Bioterrorism and Biocrimes
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Terrorism: The Threat According to the Current Unclassified Literature
Anthrax In America: A Chronology and Analysis of the Fall 2001 Attacks
Toward a National Biodefense Strategy: Challenges and Opportunities
At the Crossroads: Counterproliferation and National Security Strategy
Combating WMD: Challenges for the Next 10 Years
Eliminating Adversary Weapons of Mass Destruction
Iraq and After: Taking the Right Lessons for Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction
Can al Qaeda be Deterred from Using Nuclear Weapons?
Defining
The Future Nuclear Landscape
International Partnerships to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction
Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction
Defining
Series
NDU WMD Center Occasional PapersINSS Books
Articles
Expanding Zeus´s Shield: A New Approach for Theater Ballistic Missile Defense in the Asia-Pacific RegionAsymmetry Is Strategy, Strategy Is Asymmetry
Defining and Regulating the Weaponization of Space
Russian Perspectives on Spacepower
International Relations Theory and Spacepower