Instructor of Record, AU23, AU24, SP25, AU25 (Average 40 students)

This course addresses some of the basic issues surrounding national security policy and the use of force between and within countries. Its primary goal is to provide students with the analytical tools and knowledge to critically discern how national interests, threats, and responses are perceived and constructed. 

The final examination is an in-class game simulation, where students role-play a National Security Council meeting following a crisis, chosen at the start of the semester. The material is adapted from the Council on Foreign Relations simulation to fit the class format and level. 

Average Teaching Evaluation: AU23: 4.59/5, AU24: 4.69/5, SP25: 4.83/5. Syllabus and teaching evaluations available upon request.

OSU National Security Simulation. A two-day role-play exercise, where over 200 participants react to international and domestic security issues. 

• Reviewer (AU23), Scenario Writer and Control Team Member (AU25).

Gaming and Learning in Security Studies Workshop, Mershon Center for International Security Studies, 2025 (invited talk).

Serious Games and World Politics, Mokra Gora, Serbia, 21-26 June 2023. 

• Using games to teach Constructivist IR concepts.