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Responding to 9/11: Counterterrorism Policy in the 21st Century
- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Free certificate
- 9 Sequences
- Introductive Level
Course details
Syllabus
Week One: The Strategic Challenge of 9/11
Week Two: The Use of Force – Legal and Policy Framework
Week Three: Drone Strikes: Morality, Legality, and Efficacy
Week Four: Detention, Interrogation and Prosecution of Enemy Combatants (Guantanamo)
Week Five: Surveillance and Its Impact on Privacy and Civil Liberties
Week Six: Domestic Security: Body Scans, Profiling, and "Homegrown" Terrorism
Week Seven: The Post 9/11 World: An Assessment
Prerequisite
Instructors
- David Schanzer - Sanford School of Public Policy
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