Main Objective: Provide military personnel with insights into the motivations and objectives of non-state actors, enhanced by the use of defense languages to inform strategic decision-making and operational planning.
Course Description: Participants will explore the diverse motivations driving non-state actors, learning to use military-specific language to analyze and engage with these groups effectively.
Units:
- Overview of Non-State Actors in Defense Language Contexts
- Political and Social Drivers: Language of Analysis
- Ideological and Religious Influences in Military Terms
- Language Strategies for Engaging with Insurgent Groups
- Case Studies: Language Use in Non-State Actor Engagements
- Communication Tactics for Counterinsurgency
- Simulation Exercises: Dialogues with Non-State Actors
- Assessment of Language Skills in Understanding Non-State Dynamics
