Applying New Tools and Technologies to Today's Security Challenges on the Korean Peninsula In 2017, North Korea tested a missile capable of delivering a powerful thermonuclear weapon against cities throughout the United States. How do scholars study international security challenges like the spread of nuclear weapons? In this course, students will develop an open source intelligence toolkit applicable to a broad universe of international security challenges, with special focus on nuclear weapons and North Korea. No prior knowledge is assumed, and students outside political science are encouraged to participate. The tools covered, such as satellite imagery, have broad applicability beyond nonproliferation, to areas such as human trafficking, climate change, oceans policy, and counterterrorism.  Dr. Jeffrey Lewis is Director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies. At the Middlebury Institute he teaches courses on arms control issues in Northeast Asia and Chinese nuclear policy./

Jeffrey Lewis

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This course was unbelievable and truly one of a kind. Prof. Lewis is extremely passionate about what he is teaching and it is clear that he is an expert in his field. The class consisted of one major research-type group project where you use satellite imagery to find potential missile sites in North Korea. I took this class with no prior knowledge to the material and came away fascinated with this type of intelligence. 

This is an excellent class for anyone who wishes to look into the global security study field on a practical level. I enjoyed professor Lewis' use of personal experiences and lessons from his lab and our discussions. 