Check out this new article by ISS instructors Matias Bianchi and Jennifer Cyr in @foreignaffairs.com. www.foreignaffairs.com/china/illibe...

Excited to announce the 4th Annual U.S.-Mexico Defense and Security Roundtable will take place on 4 December at 4pm MST. This year, the roundtable will be hosted by UNAM in Mexico City and will be livestreamed www.youtube.com/live/KM1YdCc...

The military instrument of national power is valuable but it can't do it all. ISS students learn about its capabilities and limitations. iss.sbs.arizona.edu

Stop inside-the-beltway national security groupthink! ISS offers a way for high performers limited by time, geography, or resources to break into the national security space and create more innovative and effective policy. iss.sbs.arizona.edu

House of Dynamite on Netflix was intense, but how accurate was it? Check out this roundtable with experts from CSIS. www.youtube.com/live/xUn5OdN...

Applications are open for the University of Arizona MA in International Security Studies. Your employer may be one of our corporate partners. Employees can reach out to HR to see if they are eligible for tuition assistance. online.arizona.edu/about/corpor...

Ready to move up to the next level? An MA in International Security Studies will give you the tools to take on the toughest national security challenges. The window for Spring 2026 applications is open until 10 December. iss.sbs.arizona.edu

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Check out this prescient Small Wars Journal article by ISS grad Bryan Baker. "a greater danger of convergence is its ability to draw the US into another seemingly endless series of interventions abroad, some of which may be morally questionable." archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/jr...

Roy Godson on Cuba: "Covert action, neither for the first time nor for the last, was the substitute for well-thought-out policy... Instead, covert action was viewed as a magic bullet that in a single round could achieve a desirable objective without committing the United States militarily."

What do most high level national security officials have in common? They combine professional experience with rigorous academic study. Get a seat at the table with an MA in International Security Studies. iss.sbs.arizona.edu

Want to learn about strategy? A great place to start is with the U.S. Army War College Strategy is Performance videos with Celestino Perez. youtu.be/U9J4g-NeSbo?...

"There are political forces that demand a strong response under the assumption that a strong response is an effective response. To be effective, U.S. actions must be judged on whether they preserve, erode, or expand U.S. power." - Robert Worley in Orchestrating the Instruments of Power

Great discussion on military operations in the Caribbean and the situation in Venezuela with the former U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela James Story podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/v...

The 23rd President of UofA, Dr. Suresh Garimella, said, "Students are the heartbeat of any university" We couldn’t agree more. Our program is student-centered because our mission is to develop national security professionals.

"...while that [the authority] of the British King extends to the declaring of war and to the raising and regulating of fleets and armies: all of which by the Constitution under consideration would appertain to the Legislature." - Hamilton, Federalist No. 69

Our International Security Studies program is intellectually challenging, but built to support active professionals. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc5F...

Taking a break from the foreign policy grind? Not interested in spending that time in DC? Our MA program is asynchronous. That means you can refine your thinking and hone your language skills at a café in the south of France or on a beach in Thailand. iss.sbs.arizona.edu

"The ability to attract allies is a valuable asset in any competitive system. By contrast, those who cause others to align against them are at a significant disadvantage." - Stephen Walt, The Origins of Alliances

"So the propagandist exhausts the interest in reality by a tolerably plausible beginning, and then stokes up energy for a long voyage by brandishing a passport to heaven." - Walter Lippmann

This Small Wars article by ISS grad Bryan Baker is from several years back, but its bold claim is still relevant today: "U.S. failure to reduce the demand for narcotics is a clear example of America exercising the tyranny of the majority over Mexico." archive.smallwarsjournal.com/index.php/jr...

“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat. “I don’t much care where—” said Alice. “Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,” said the Cat.

One of the strengths of ISS is our amazing students. Learn more about recent grad Amanda Vidimos in this student spotlight. iss.sbs.arizona.edu/news/iss-stu...

"It is this mind-set, the idea that the U.S. Army could defeat any enemy on any battlefield given enough firepower and the freedom to apply it indiscriminately, that precluded organizational learning on counterinsurgency during the Vietnam War." - John Nagl from Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife

"All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations." Article 2, United Nations Charter, signed 26 June 1945

How should the United States adapt its strategies regarding North Korea given the shifting global security environment? Check out this piece by ISS grad Jonathan Bak in Small Wars Journal smallwarsjournal.com/2025/03/12/t...

Roy Godson on Cuba: "Covert action, neither for the first time nor for the last, was the substitute for well-thought-out policy... Instead, covert action was viewed as a magic bullet that in a single round could achieve a desirable objective without committing the United States militarily."

Transnational Organized Crime is often overlooked as an element of national power. Yet, it has become a key tool for North Korea and Russia. ISS students learn how states work in the shadows to achieve their policy objectives. iss.sbs.arizona.edu

"Rather than viewing drug trafficking and security challenges as problems to solve, they should be seen as issues to be managed with sound policies and strategies that are aimed at limiting as many negative consequences on the international system as possible." - Paul Rexton Kan

High performers don’t always have time to slow down for graduate school. University of Arizona's International Security Studies program provides a tailored MA for mid-career professionals. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eVE...

"Thus we do disagreeable things, but we are defensive. That, I think, is still fair. We do disagreeable things so that ordinary people here and elsewhere can sleep safely in their beds at night." The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John Le Carré

One of the strengths of ISS is our amazing students. Learn more about recent grad Settar Mengli in this student spotlight iss.sbs.arizona.edu/news/iss-stu...

The 23rd President of UofA, Dr. Suresh Garimella, said, "Students are the heartbeat of any university" We couldn’t agree more. Our program is student-centered because our mission is to develop national security professionals.

"Policymakers who know how to use intelligence generally have a realistic view of what it can and cannot do...They are not intimidated by intelligence that runs counter to the prevailing policy but see it as a useful jog to thinking about their courses of action." - John McLaughlin, fmr dep dir CIA.

"next week it will be something a little further from the rules, and next year something further still...It may end in a crash, a scandal, and penal servitude; it may end in millions, a peerage and giving the prizes at your old school. But you will be a scoundrel." -CS Lewis "The Inner Ring"

Beatrice Heuser and Paul O'Neill provide a fascinating review of the conversations on RUSI's Talking Strategy Podcast www.rusi.org/podcasts/tal...

What do most high level national security officials have in common? They combine professional experience with rigorous academic study. Get a seat at the table with an MA in International Security Studies. iss.sbs.arizona.edu

“Without allies and associates the leader is just an adventurer like Genghis Khan." -Dwight D. Eisenhower

Are you a University of Arizona student? You may be eligible for the International Security Studies Accelerated Master's Program. Conduct graduate coursework your senior year that applies to your bachelor's and master's degrees. iss.sbs.arizona.edu/accelerated-...

"Balancing the need to include and consult many different parties with the reality of how long it may take to consider all the options that satisfy their interests is not easy." - Jeff Weiss

Our program helps you understand a complex world and adapt to uncertain times. www.youtube.com/watch?v=usEq...

"The failings were many and reinforcing: arrogance, weakness, lying in pursuit of self-interest, and, above all, the abdication of responsibility to the American people." - H.R. McMaster

"the first, the supreme, the most far-reaching act of judgement that the statesman and commander have to make is to establish by that test the kind of war on which they are embarking.” -Carl Von Clausewitz

Taking a break from the foreign policy grind? Our MA program is asynchronous. You can refine your thinking and hone your language skills at a café in the south of France or on a beach in Thailand. Study with world-class faculty and return to public service ready for tough new challenges.

"Enthusiasm is not always the companion of total ignorance, it is often that of erroneous information." - Voltaire

The University of Arizona Online International Security Studies program offers expert faculty, amazing students, and a flexible course structure. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrvO...

Want to know more about the root causes of the Russian war on Ukraine? Check out Mark Galeotti on Bill Murray's Lessons Lost in Time podcast. feeds.acast.com/public/shows...

"Decisions to open the U.S. economy to the world, then, must be guided by an understanding that the decision benefits both the United States and the country receiving access. Policy makers can, therefore, use free trade agreements as tools of security policy." Gary Shiffman and James Jochum

Ready to move up to the next level? An MA in International Security Studies will give you the tools to take on the toughest national security challenges. The window for Fall 2025 applications closes tomorrow!

An interesting look at Sun Tzu on Aaron Maclean's School of War Podcast with Scott Boorman nebulouspodcasts.com/shows/school...