RAND Policy Intensive: National Security

Through the RAND School of Public Policy, RAND offers a one-day, introductory training course focused on how research and analysis inform national security decisionmaking.

The National Security Policy Intensive was offered in October 2023 and May 2024, in person at RAND’s office in Washington, D.C. If you would like to be notified of future offerings, please contact us.

Who Can Benefit?

  • Early- to mid-career public service professionals and fellows
  • Policy-interested graduate students and post-doctorates
  • Private sector national security professionals

What Will You Learn?

This certificate-granting course teaches core competencies related to national security policy.

  • Understanding national security research and analysis
  • Applying research to a wide range of policy issues, including national defense, homeland security, foreign intelligence and counterintelligence, and foreign relations
  • Communicating research results effectively to influence national security decisions
Employees hang U.S. flags in the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., photo by Elizabeth Fraser / U.S. Department of Defense

Design by Haley Okuley/RAND, photo by Elizabeth Fraser / U.S. Department of Defense

How to Attend

If you would like to be notified of future offerings, please contact us and we will add you to our email list.

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