CPOL 582 Complex Operations: Planning and Management
Weak states, failing states, countries in conflict and in post-conflict situations, states devastated by catastrophic events, and ones with transitioning economies present challenges and opportunities for those seeking to promote stability, accountability and predictability in the globalized world of the 21st century. States such as Afghanistan, Somalia, Iraq, and Yemen pose unique and individual challenges as they struggle with internal division, economic development and terrorism. This course will explore the relationship between states, localities and the international community in conflict and post-conflict reconstruction. Among the topics explored will be how to organize, prioritize, plan and execute complex operations and the role of leadership, creative operations planning, special operations, and joint civil-military operations in promoting rule of law, stabilization, and reconstruction.