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Georgetown UniversityRedefining Geopolitical Relationships

(INAF 515)

Fall 2009

Draft as of September 8, 2009Professor:Senator Chuck Hagel

Research Assistant: Sarah King (smk66@

Tuesdays 4:15-6:05pm

"Nations have no permanent friends and no permanent enemies. Only permanent interests."

--LordHenry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

Introduction

Welcome to INAF 515.

The 21st Century has ushered in a global transformation that is redefining the world order. Thistransformation is shifting geo-political centers of gravity and is re-casting geo-political

influences as the world experiences an unprecedented diffusion of power. This course willexamine the above thesis is this in fact happening? Are the six and a half billion people in the

world soon to be eight billion and the nations they reside in, redefining geo-politicalrelationships governed by the new realities of global challenges? Global challenges such as an

interconnected global economy, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, terrorism,

environmental and energy issues, pandemic health threats, poverty, despair, and newtechnologies. Are we entering a new era of global engagement and accommodation? Is all ofthis reshaping and redefining relationships? This course will focus on a wide-lens optic of global

relationships and its impact on American foreign policy and Americas future.

Scope and Purpose

In this course students will examine the past, present, and future. They will seek to determine

whether geopolitical relationships are shifting, why, and how they may be impacting the worldorder. Students will go beyond their survey of scholarly information to draw realistic and useful

conclusions about how organizations (private, public, non-profit, transnational, etc.) and

individuals can best prepare to take on the challenges of the 21st

Century.

Students will learn from and consult scholarly research, a variety theoretical perspectives, case

studies, foreign policy leaders, and current events to contribute to class discussions, assignments,and overall expertise. We will also invite experts and leaders from the international affairs

community to select seminars to provide on-the-ground insight. Beyond acquiring newknowledge and perspectives, building strong analytical writing and presentation skills will be


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important. In and out of class exercises will illustrate key concepts and challenge students to bethinking, articulate, and conscientious international affairs professionals.

Course Requirements

INAF 515 will employ a variety of mechanisms to allow students to demonstrate their

comprehension of topics and contribute to the classroom community. Graded assignments willconsist of one short paper (5-6pgs15%), one policy memo (1-2pgs10%), one Op-Ed (750-

1000 words) one oral presentation/briefing and questions for other students briefings (20%), anda final paper/memo (no more than 10pgs25%). Further, class participation will be critical and

account for 20% of each students grade. The class participation grade will be based onconsistency of quality and quantity, evaluating the students ability to bring in relevant readings,

current events, and personal experiences to augment dialogue. Students will be expected tocreate cogent arguments and respectfully challenge their peers, professor, and guests in order to

leave the class with well-developed conclusions about 21

st

Century geopolitical relationships.

Required Text

Students should purchase the following books:

1) The Age of the Unthinkable: Why the New World Disorder Constantly Surprises Us And What WeCan Do About It, Joshua Ramo

2) Power Rules: How Common Sense Can Rescue American Foreign Policy, Leslie Gelb3) The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century, George Friedman4) The Post American World, Fareed Zakaria

*Reading assignments from these texts will not be available on Blackboard

A significant amount of reading will be assigned from the following books. All of the assigned

reading from these books will be posted on Blackboard by the first day of class on Tuesday,September 8.

1) World is Flat, Tom Friedman2) America: Our Next Chapter, Chuck Hagel3) The Second World, Parag Khanna4) A Brief History of the Middle East:From Abraham to Arafat, Christopher Catherwood

Administration

Office Hours

Office Hours will be by appointment only due to travel schedules. Please contact Sarah King to arrange.


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Blackboard

All reading material beyond the four required texts will be posted on Blackboard. In an effort to use the

most relevant sources, reading assignments will be added throughout the semester. Students will be

notified via email when this occurs.

Assignments

All assignments must be turned in at the beginning of class the day they are due in both hardcopy and via

email to [email protected].

Assignment Due Date Grade Breakdown

Short Paper September 25 (by 5pm) 15%

Op-Ed October 6 10%

Policy Memo 1 October 20 10%

Oral Presentations Individual Date Assigned 20%

Proposed Paper Topic November 1 --

Final Paper December 8 25%

Class Participation 20%

TOTAL 100%

Assignment Descriptions

Short Paper: Write a 5-6 page paper reflecting Part I of the class, Defining and Redefining

Relationships.

Op-Ed: Write an Op-Ed for a major newspaper, between 750 -1000 words on one of the following topics:

Oil, Gas, Water, Food, Poverty, Health, Human Rights, Waste, Population, or Climate Change.


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Policy Memo: Write one policy memos to the US President, National Security Council (NSC),

Congressional Committee, or foreign government entity. Tailor to your chosen audience. The topic will

be assigned to students at least one week prior to due date.

Oral Presentation: Prepare a briefing to the US President, National Security Council (NSC),

Congressional Committee, or foreign government entity on assigned topic, no longer than 7 minutes.Your briefing should be clearly tailored to your audience. Be prepared for questions.

Final Paper: Write a research paper, no more than 10 pages, on a topic of your choosing. Email

proposed topic to [email protected] by Nov. 1

Weekly Topics and Reading Assignments

I. Defining and Redefining Relationships

September 8 How do we define global

relationships?

Past, present, and future

The Next 100 Years, Overture,Chapters 1, 2, 4

Age of the Unthinkable, Chapter 1,2

The Post American World,Chapter 1

America: Our Next Chapter,Chapter 1, 7

September 15 What are relationships based on? What

structures wield power today and in

the future?

States/InternationalOrganizations/Regional

Organizations

Sovereigntyex. EuropeanUnion

Private Sector: resource/tradeinstitutions, financial

institutionsex. OPEC,

APEC, Stock Exchanges


The Age of the Unthinkable,Chapter 3, 4

Global Trends, 2025 Chapter 6The Death of Kings, Nick

Paumgarten (New Yorker)

America: Our Next Chapter,Chapter 12, 13

September 22 Global Interactions

The power of media, socialThe Next 100 Years, Chapter 3World is Flat, Chapter 5, 13


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technology, trade, people-to

people relations, culture Articles TBA

II. Drivers of Change

September29 Critical Resources

Oil, Gas, Water, FoodThe Second World, Chapter 18Alexei Monsarrat Food, Energy,

and Water Presentation

The Feeding of the Nine Billion:Global Food Security for the 21st

Century, World Food Programme,

Executive Summary

Facing the Hard Truths aboutEnergy, National Petroleum

Council,Executive Summary

Global Trends, 2025 Chapter 4October 6 Challenges to Governing

Poverty, Health, Human Rights,

Waste, Population, and Climate

Change

Time for Climate ChangeRealism, Richard Haass

Global Trends, 2025 Chapter 2

October 13 Weapons, Terrorism, and Non-stateactors

Age of the Unthinkable, Chapter 5,6, 8Eisenhower Speech, 1953 Speech

on Nuclear Weapons

Power Rules, Chapter 6, 8The Post American World,

Chapter 2

III. Authority and Ideology

October 20 What will govern? Sources of Power

Political Ideology:Democracy, 21

stCentury

Authoritarianism,

Dictatorship, Capitalism?

Resources Other

World is Flat, Chapter 15

Power Rules, Part IIn Crisis, Banks Dig In for Fight

Against Rules, Gretchen

Morgenson and Don Van Natta Jr.

A Brief History of the Middle East,


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The Age of the Unthinkable,Chapter 7

October 27 1) Afghanistan/Pakistan: The Most

Combustible Crossroads

2) East vs. West (Part 1)

Why is there a perceiveddivision?

Is it real? Middle East


American Power Is on theWane, Kennedy, Paul

Power Rules, Chapter 12Global Trends, 2025 Chapter 3The GCC in 2020: Outlook for the

Gulf and the Global Economy

November 3 Warfare in the 21st

Century

Intelligence Nuclear Weapons Justice and jurisdiction Weapons of Mass Destruction Asymmetric warfare

Global Trends, 2025 Chapter 5The Age of the Unthinkable,

Chapter 9

The Next 100 Years, Chapter 6, 10,11

Articles TBANovember 10 East vs. West (Part 2)

Will one side prevail? If so,which one and why?

Asia


Global Trends, 2025 Chapter 3The Next 100 Years, Chapter 5World is Flat, Chapter 8Rebalancing Relations with

China, Henry Kissinger,

Washington Post, 19 August 2009

IV. Transforming America for the 21s

Century

November 17 Imperfections of Foreign Policy

Few good choicesfewgood options

A Brief History of the Middle East,Chapter 7

Power Rules, Chapter 5, 7, 11Articles TBA


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November 24 Transforming the US Government

Will structural changes berequired in the USG to meet

the challenges of the 21st

Century?

The Age of the Unthinkable,Chapter 10, 11

The Next 100 Years, Chapter 121961 Farewell Address

(Eisenhower)

Articles TBADecember 1 Policy Transformation

21st Century Doctrines: Willthe US be forced to be more or

less accommodating to

adjustments in a complex

world?

The Post American World,Chapter 5, 7

Power Rules, Chapter 13Global Trends, 2025 Chapter 7America: Our Next Chapter,

Chapter 14, 15

December 8 Spill-over from other classes,

Conclusions and Wrap-up

America: Our Next Chapter,Chapter 16

Articles TBA


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INAF 515: Redefining Geopolitical RelationshipsFall 2012

Professor: Senator Chuck Hagel

Teaching Assistant:Michelle Melton (mnm43@

Thursday 3:30-6:00pm

Healy 106

Office Hours

Open daily 8:00 AM 6:00 PM. Meetings are by appointment.

"Diplomacy should be judged by what it prevents, not only by what it initiates and creates. Much of it is a

holding action, designed to avoid explosion until the unifying forces of history take humanity into their

embrace.

--Abba Eban

Scope and Purpose

Pointing to the increasingly global nature of the worlds economy, the proliferation of weapons of

mass destruction, terrorism, environmental and energy issues, pandemic health threats, poverty,despair, and new technologies, some have argued that a global transformation is underway that is

shifting geopolitical centers of gravity and re-casting geopolitical influences. This course examineswhether the 21st century has ushered in a global transformation that is redefining the world order and

geopolitical relationships. Students will seek to determine whether geopolitical relationships areshifting, why, and how they may be impacting the world order. The course poses the following

questions:

Is the world experiencing an unprecedented diffusion of power? Are economic, technological, and demographic transformations in fact having the impact that

proponents claim?

Are we entering a new era of global engagement and accommodation? Are these new challenges and realities reshaping and redefining traditional political and

security relationships?

This course will focus on the big picture of global relationships and their impact on American foreignpolicy now and in the future. Students will learn from and consult scholarly research using a variety

of theoretical perspectives, case studies, foreign policy leaders, and current events to contribute to

class discussions, written and oral assignments, and overall expertise. Students will go beyond theirsurvey of scholarly information to draw realistic and useful conclusions about how organizations(private, public, non-profit, transnational, etc.) and individuals can best prepare to meet the 21

st

centurys challenges. We will also invite experts and leaders from the international affairs communityto select seminars to provide on-the-ground insight.


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Beyond acquiring new knowledge and perspectives, the course also aims to build and hone stronganalytical writing and presentation skills. The course challenges students to be thoughtful, articulate,

and conscientious global citizens.

Course Requirements

INAF 336 employs a variety of mechanisms to allow students to demonstrate their comprehension oftopics and contribute to the classroom community. Graded assignments will consist of:

a short paper (1,800-2,000 words -- 15%), a policy memo (900-1000 words -- 10%), an Op-Ed (900-1000 words -- 10%), an oral presentation/briefing (7 minute presentation -- 20%), prior to questions from other

students

a final paper (2,800-3,000 words -- 25%).

Class participation (20%)

The class participation grade will be based on consistency of quality and quantity of participation and

the students ability to bring in relevant readings, current events, and personal experiences toaugment dialogue. Students will be expected to create cogent arguments and respectfully challenge

their peers, professor, and guests in order to leave the class with well-developed conclusions about21

stcentury geopolitical relationships.

Required Texts

Students should purchase the following books, as reading assignments from these texts will not be

available on Blackboard:

The Future of Power, Joseph NyeThe Age of the Unthinkable, Joshua Ramo

Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power, Robert KaplanThe Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21

stCentury, George Friedman

Other readings will be assigned from daily newspapers, magazines, and think tank papers and reports.

All reading material beyond the required texts will be posted on Blackboard. In an effort to use themost relevant sources, reading assignments will also be added throughout the semester. Students will

be notified via email when this occurs.

Assignments

All assignments must be turned in at the beginning of class the day they are due in both hardcopy andvia email (MS Word format) to [email protected].

Unless otherwise indicated, all written assignments should be formatted as follows:

Name, date, and paper title at the top of first page (no cover pages) Times New Roman size 14 font


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One-inch margins and 1.5 paragraph spacing

Page numbers at bottom center of each page Total word count at end of assignment (text only citations not included)

Assignment Due Date Grade Breakdown

Short Paper September 20 15%

Op-Ed October 4 10%

Policy Memo October 18 10%

Oral Presentations Individual Date Assigned 20%

Proposed Final Paper Topic November 8 ----

Final Paper December 7 25%

Class Participation Ongoing 20%

TOTAL 100%

Assignment Descriptions

Proposals for all assignments must be sent to Michelle Melton ([email protected]) for

approval one week before the due date (with the exception of the final paper topic, which is due onemonth before the due date). All assignments must be submitted electronically and in hard copy at the

beginning of class the day they are due. Each assignment should address a different topic and regionof the world and should reflect elements of geopolitical change. Samples of each assignment are

posted on Blackboard.

Short Paper: Write a paper (1,800-2,000 words) reflecting on the theme Defining and Redefining

Relationships, that makes up the first section of the course. You may choose to reflect upon thelarger themes of defining global relationships in the 21

stcentury or instead focus on a particular

defining incident or case that demonstrates how geopolitical relationships are currently beingredefined. This paper is meant to be an opinion piece -- please use this latitude to be creative. You are

welcome to draw from course readings, current events, and personal experiences as these supportyour arguments. Please use appropriate citations (any citation style is accepted, provided it is

consistent throughout the paper).

Op-Ed: Write an Op-Ed (900-1000 words) for a major newspaper on one of the following topics:Oil, Gas, Water, Food, Poverty, Health, Human Rights, Waste, Population, or Climate Change.

Citations can be included on a separate page if necessary and will not count against the word limit.

Policy Memo: Write a policy memo (900-1000 words) to the U.S. President, National SecurityCouncil (NSC), Congressional Committee, or foreign government entity on a foreign policy topic of

your choice. Tailor to your chosen audience. Citations can be included on a separate page ifnecessary and will not count against the word limit.

Oral Presentation: Prepare a briefing to the U.S. President, NSC, Congressional Committee, or

foreign government entity on a topic of your choice. Your briefing should be no longer than 7


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minutes, clearly tailored to your audience, and on a topic of your own choosing. Be prepared forquestions and bring a hard copy of your presentation to turn in in class. An oral presentation schedule

will be circulated by the end of the second week of class. Two or three students will present on eachday of class that we do not have a guest speaker.

Final Paper: Write a research paper (2,800-3,000 words), on a topic of your choice. The topic shouldbe broad and reflect the overall focus of the course.


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Weekly Topics and Reading Assignments

I. Defining and Redefining Relationships

Class 1:August 30

What is the US role in theworld? And what does it mean

to have power in geopoliticalrelationships?

Past, present, and future Are we moving towards

a multipolar world? How dispersed is

geopolitical power?

National Intelligence Council, Global Trends 2025:A transformed world, Executive Summary and

Chapter 1

No Ones World(Kupchan), Ch. 1Washington Rules (Bacevich), IntroductionAmerica: Our Next Chapter(Hagel), Chapter 1, 7Nye, The Future of Power, Preface, Chapter 1Tatlow, Didi Kirsten. BRICS Agitate for a Seat at the

Table. The New York Times. 19 April 2012.

Class 2:September 6

Global Interactions The power of media,

social technology, trade,people-to-people

relations, culture

Age of the Unthinkable (Ramo), Chapter 6Cyber-Mobilization, Audrey Cronin, Parameters

(2006)

Revolution in a Box: Why Television and notFacebook or Twitter, is going to revolutionize the

world (Charles Kenny), Foreign Policy

November/December 2009

Clay Shirky, The Political Power of Social Media:Technology, the Public Sphere, and Political Change,

Foreign Affairs

Taiwan President: China Trade Pact Will HelpPeace,Associated Press, April 27, 2010


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Class 3:

September13

Are state-to-state relationships

still the most important?

What structures wield powertoday and in the future?

States International

Organizations/RegionalOrganizations

Private Sector:resource/trade

companies, financialinstitutions,

corporations, banks,foundations

Transnationalorganizations (drugcartels, terroristorganizations, etc)

Age of the Unthinkable (Ramo), Chapter 4Running the World After the Crash,Foreign Policy The Future of Power, Nye, chapter 5Has economic power replaced military might? (Nye)

Naim, Moises. Mafia States: Organized CrimeTakes Office.Foreign Affairs

Another EU to the East? Wall Street Journal, July13, 2012

II. Drivers of Change

Class 4:September

20Short

Paper due

Transnational Problems- Poverty, health, human

rights, population, andclimate change

- How functional istransnational governance?

Is it redefining traditionalstate-to-state

relationships?

America: Our Next Chapter(Hagel), Chapter 12, 13Global Governance 2025: At a Critical Juncture,

Executive Summary, Introduction, Annexes (all)(produced for EU Institute for Security Studies and

US National Intelligence Council)

Chapter 3: Potential Consequences of Climate Changein Trends and Implications of Climate Change forNational and International Security, Defense Science

Board, 2011

ScientificAmerican, Climate Change Poses ArcticChallenge for US Navy.

Planet of Slums, (Davis), Chapter 1, 2


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Class 5:

September27

Critical Resources: Oil, Gas,

Water, Food

Looks like a lot but most are veryshort!

The Quest(Yergin), Chapter 11-13, 16 Center for International Forestry Research The

Anatomy of Large-Scale Land Acquisitions in

Africa.

VOA Leasing Land, Leasing Water. National Intelligence Council report Water

Scarcity. National Geographic Growing Food Demand

Strains Energy, Water Supplies. Bjorn Lomborg, Environmental Alarmism, then an

now,Foreign Affairs

Reuters, Oil supply surge could risk price collapse:Harvard analysis 26 June 2012

North America: The New Middle East? (PPT) Verrastro, Frank The Unconventional Revolution

Class 6:October 4

Op-Ed due

Weapons, Terrorism, and Non-state actors

Age of the Unthinkable (Ramo), Chapters 5 & 8Dwight Eisenhower, 1953 Speech on Nuclear

Weapons

How to Run the World(Khanna), Chapter 6 Al-Qaida threat declines in global scope, The

Guardian, April 30 2012

III. Authority and Ideology

Class 7:

October 11

What is the source of political

authority? What is the longerterm fate of economic and

political liberalism?

How to Run theWorld(Khanna), Chapter 1Strategic Vision (Brzezinski), Part 2 The Waning of

the American Dream

Liberal Levithian (Ikenberry), Chapter 1, 8Nye, The Future of Power, Chapter 7 Magic and Mayhem (Leebaert), Introduction &

Chapter 3


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Class 8:

October 18

Policy

Memo due

East and West (Part 1)

Why is there aperceived division?

Is it real?Babones, Salvatore. The Middling Kingdom: The

Hype and Reality of Chinas Rise.

Monsoon (Kaplan), Preface, Chapter 1Halper, Stefan. The Beijing Consensus: How ChinasAuthoritarian Model Will Dominate the 21stCentury.New York: Basic Books, 2010.Chapter 1, 5

Optional: Annual Report to Congress: Military andSecurity Developments Involving the PeoplesRepublic of China, 2012

Class 9:October 25

East and West (Part 2) Is it a competition? Will one side prevail?

If so, which one and

why?

The Next 100 Years (Friedman), Chapter 5Reset(Kinzer), Introduction & Chapter 5, 7, 8Monsoon (Kaplan), Chapter 11, 12, and 15Wong, Edward. Chinas Growth Slows, and ItsPolitical Model Shows. The New York Times. 10 May

2012.

Walker, Martin. Chinas Bubble.Optional: Challenges in Solving Chinas Structural

Problems (PPT)

Class 10:November 1

Is warfare changing in the 21stCentury?

Intelligence Justice and jurisdiction Asymmetric warfare

and counterinsurgency

Cyberwar The importance of

public opinion

Note: This looks like a lot ofreadings, but they are mostly

short

Age of the Unthinkable (Ramo), Chapter 9The Next 100 Years (Friedman), Chapter 6, 10, 11Nye, Chapter 2 Snyder, Timothy. War No More: Why the World

Has Become More Peaceful [Review: The BetterAngels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declinedby

Steven Pinker].Foreign Affairs

Nakashima, Ellen. China Testing Cyber-AttackCapabilities, Report Says. The Washington Post.

With Plan X, Pentagon Seeks to Spread MilitaryMight to Cyberspace TheWashington Post

IV. Transforming America for the 21st

Century


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Class 11:

November 8

Final Paper

TopicProposal

Due

Imperfections of Foreign Policy

Few good choicesfewgood options

Magic and Mayhem (Leebaert), Chapter 5The Icarus Syndrome (Beinart), Introduction &

Chapter 8

Zenko, Micah and Michael A. Cohen. Clear andPresent Safety: The United States is More SecureThan Washington Thinks.Foreign Affairs

Class 12:

November15

Transforming the US

Government Will structural changes

be required in the USGto meet the challenges of

the 21st century?

How will future resourceconstraints affect theconduct of foreign policy

and defense?

The Next 100 Years (Friedman), Chapter 12Eisenhower Farewell Address 196150 Years Later, Were Still Ignoring Ikes Warning,

Susan Eisenhower, Washington Post(January 16,

2011)

CRS Report: Organizing the US Gobt for NationalSecurity

Odierno, Raymond T. The U.S. Army in a Time ofTransition: Building a Flexible Force.Foreign

Affairs

Gates, Robert. Remarks Delivered by the Secretary ofDefense on Defense Spending at the Eisenhower

Library.

Class 13:

November29

Policy Transformation

Will the US need toemploy different

strategies to achieve itsforeign policy goals? If

so, what will suchstrategies be?

What is the fate ofAmerican

exceptionalism, and whatrole should it play in

future policy?

America: Our Next Chapter(Hagel), Chapter 14, 15The Future of Power(Nye),

Chapter 6

Fostering Stability or Creating a Monster?(Christensen)

Parent, Joseph M. and Paul K. MacDonald.The Wisdom of Retrenchment: America Must Cut

Back to Move Forward.Foreign Affairs


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Class 14:

December 6

Final Paper

due

December7

Spill-over from other classes,

Conclusions and Wrap-upAmerica: Our Next Chapter(Hagel), Chapter 16Zakaria,Post-AmericanWorld, Ch. 7Magic and Mayhem (Leebaert), ConclusionEisenhower articles, Washington PostandNew YorkTimes

The Limits of Force, Chuck Hagel, WashingtonPost 9/3/09

Geography Strikes Back, Washington Post, RobertKaplan


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Cyber Security Simulation Scenario

BREAKING NEWS

April 6. 20:00

An unknown entity has conducted a cyber attack on Bank of America and Wells Fargo,affecting several parts of the nations financial infrastructure over the course of the pasttwo weeks. Specifically, credit-card processing facilities are hacked and numbers arereleased to the Internet, causing 20 million cards to be cancelled; automated tellermachines (ATMs) fail nearly simultaneously across the nation; major companies reportpayroll checks are not being received by workers; and several large pension and mutualfund companies have computer malfunctions so severe that they are unable to operate formore than a week. The two companies hold over $1.3 billion in deposits.

Analysts believe these attacks will shatter faith in the stability of the financial system,

which is already weak due to the global financial crisis. Citizens are loosing trust in allparts of the U.S. financial system and foreign speculators are making a run on the dollar.

Although it is unclear who is behind this attack, initial reports indicate this was severalyears in the making.


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Cyber Security Simulation

April 2010

Context:

Cyber security has become an increasingly relevant international security issue, one thatwill only become more pressing in the 21

stCentury. In the most recent Annual Threat

Assessment, DNI Dennis Blair put cyber security at the top of the list of security issues

the U.S. is likely to face.

The United States confronts a dangerous combination of known and unknownvulnerabilities, strong and rapidly expanding adversary capabilities, and a lack of

comprehensive threat awarenessSensitive information is stolen daily from bothgovernment and private sector networks, undermining confidence in our

information systems, and in the very information these systems were intended toconvey.

It is not only the U.S. government that fears attack. U.S. companies are keenly aware of

the threat it poses to their businesses. Google has publically condemned the Chinese foralleged attacks on its system along with other U.S. firms.

Cyber security is a true 21st

Century challenge. It crosses all traditional barriers; a

transnational threat affecting governments, the private sector, and individuals and can beeasily perpetrated by state and non-state actors.

Scenario:

The specific scenario that you will react to will be posted on blackboard at 8pm onTuesday, April 6 at 20:00

In addition to the specifics of the scenario, you should keep in mind the following:

The role of the private sector and their stake in reducing cyber attacks The implications for U.S. policy on acts of terrorism and terrorist groups U.S. domestic politics and privacy issues The global nature of cyber security threats The pre-existing policy on Internet Freedom outlined by the Secretary of State

Meetings have and will take place on cyber security. The UN Security Council willconvene a special meeting to address the issue.

Role Play Agenda:

The Cyber Security Simulation will take place over a two-week period, both in and out ofclass.

The simulation schedule will be as follows:


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April 6 20:00 Scenario is posted to Blackboard

April 6-8 Public statements in reaction to the

scenario are made (you may choose not tomake a statement)

April 8-12 Policy formulation and initial negotiations

April 12 17:00 One page policy/strategy memo due

April 13-20 Carry out your strategy and advance your

agenda; prep for in person meetings (inclass)

April 20*16:15 Principle Committee Meeting16:50 UN Security Council Meeting

17:25 Break

17:45 Briefing to the President

Bilateral meetings should occur on themargins of these discussions.

*A detailed schedule will be released

before April 12.

During the negotiation period you may use any tools that would be commonly used bythe person whose role you are playing, including:

! Statements to the press! Fact sheets! Bilateral meetings! Classified memos! Lobbying

All pubic statements should be posted to the Discussion Board on Blackboard entitlesCyber Security Simulation.

You may conduct negotiations via email or in person, by telephone, or any other means

of communication. On all email correspondence, please cc dfakdf;lkasjdf;lkajsdf;kajf


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If you negotiate offline, please send an email to your counterpart briefly detailing the

outcome of your conversations and cc dfakdf;lkasjdf;lkajsdf;kajf. Additionally, pleasesign all email with your name and your role.

Example Email:

Objective:

At the conclusion of the Cyber Security Role Play, the goal is to provide Senator Hagel a

Cyber Security strategy and to update him on significant developments of the day. Whatare the options on the table for dealing with cyber security threats and future attacks?

What is the recommendation for immediate actions? What is the recommendation for alonger-term policy?

One Page Policy MemoYour one page memo should discuss your role in the cyber security scenario, why you are

a stakeholder, what your objectives are, and your strategy for achieving your objectives.

Dear Mr. Smith (National Security Advisor),

Below are the notes from our conversation over lunch today.

-The US and the UK stand together on the importance of cyber

security.

-We agree on X, Y, and Z

-We have differences on point A and B

The next steps we discussed were:

-I will speak with the Minister of Defense

-You will have a meeting with the Secretaries of State and Defense.

Cheers,

Jane Doe

UK Ambassador to the UN)


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Roles for Cyber Security Simulation

U.S. Principals Committee Meeting

1. National Security Advisor 2. White House Chief of Staff 3. Director of National Intelligence 4. Secretary of State 5. U.S. Ambassador to the UN 6. Secretary of Defense 7. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 8. Secretary of Homeland Security

UN Special Security Council Meeting

9. UK Ambassador to the UN 10.China Ambassador to the UN 11.Russia Ambassador to the UN 12.Japan Ambassador the UN (Also President of the UNSC) 13.France Ambassador to the UN 14.Brazil Ambassador to the UN 15.Turkey Ambassador to the UN

*Note: The U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. will also attend this meeting

Non-UN Security Council Member

16.CEO Bank of America 17.CEO Wells Fargo 18.Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee --!