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Just how well equipped is academia to answer the most challenging questions of US national security policy? From Henry Kissinger, to Zbigniew Brzezinski and Condoleezza Rice, it seems to be an American tradition to appoint well-trained academics to the highest ranks of U.S. national security decision-making. Academics have much to say about the questions that keep policymakers awake at night: How dangerous is the spread of nuclear weapons? Should the United States come to the defense of Taiwan in the event of an attack on that island? In this course we will take up a major topic related to U.S. national security policy each week, examining the existing arguments put forth by leading academics and policymakers alike.