Comparative Military and Strategic Studies Division
The Comparative Military & Strategic Studies (CMSS) division provides a unique comparative and regional military and strategic power perspective for Military Strategic Studies (MSS) majors. It is clear that ignorance of military and strategic contexts can lose wars.Future commanders, planners, operators and foreign area officers need to understand strategy from regional actors’ perspectives if they are to out-think smart adversaries in today’s fluid environment.
The CMSS division portfolio consists of two methods courses (junior paper, senior thesis) and six regional courses centered on each of the six United States unified commands. Each regional course focuses on the strategic military assumptions, processes, and interactions for a particular region thus allowing cadets to study in depth current and emerging operational environments in each of the six unified command regions. By affording cadets an opportunity to synthesize knowledge of strategy acquired in other MSS courses and regional knowledge gained from our sister disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, these courses support the first goal of the Department of Defense Language Transformation Roadmap, which includes “Regional Area Expertise.” Cadets will gain military perspectives of complex regions with culturally focused strategies, locally nuanced/globally connected operations, and doctrines with strong psychological (relative to physical) aspects. Finally, the CMSS division and its portfolio promotes development of MSS into a complete field of study (theory, functional domains, regional strategies). Over the long run, this effort seeks to promote effective global engagement through regionally relevant military strategies.
... develop expertise to compare and evaluate military and strategic power throughout the world
Comparative Military and Strategic Studies Division
The Comparative Military & Strategic Studies (CMSS) division provides a unique comparative and regional military and strategic power perspective for Military Strategic Studies (MSS) majors. It is clear that ignorance of military and strategic contexts can lose wars.Future commanders, planners, operators and foreign area officers need to understand strategy from regional actors’ perspectives if they are to out-think smart adversaries in today’s fluid environment.
The CMSS division portfolio consists of two methods courses (junior paper, senior thesis) and six regional courses centered on each of the six United States unified commands. Each regional course focuses on the strategic military assumptions, processes, and interactions for a particular region thus allowing cadets to study in depth current and emerging operational environments in each of the six unified command regions. By affording cadets an opportunity to synthesize knowledge of strategy acquired in other MSS courses and regional knowledge gained from our sister disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, these courses support the first goal of the Department of Defense Language Transformation Roadmap, which includes “Regional Area Expertise.” Cadets will gain military perspectives of complex regions with culturally focused strategies, locally nuanced/globally connected operations, and doctrines with strong psychological (relative to physical) aspects. Finally, the CMSS division and its portfolio promotes development of MSS into a complete field of study (theory, functional domains, regional strategies). Over the long run, this effort seeks to promote effective global engagement through regionally relevant military strategies.
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The Department (DFMI)
Mission &
Structure
History
The Field of Study (MSS)
Military & Strategic Studies
Why MSS?
The MSS Major
MSS Major Courses
Core Scope & Sequence
MSS Course Descriptions
The Divisions
Strategy and Military Ops
Comparative MSS
Research and Development
Learning Labs
- Air Warfare
Lab
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(CBL)
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Airman Scholar
Journal
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