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.Â
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.Â
Units:Â
- Overview of Non-State Actors in Defense Language ContextsÂ
- Political and Social Drivers: Language of AnalysisÂ
- Ideological and Religious Influences in Military TermsÂ
- Language Strategies for Engaging with Insurgent GroupsÂ
- Case Studies: Language Use in Non-State Actor EngagementsÂ
- Communication Tactics for CounterinsurgencyÂ
- Simulation Exercises: Dialogues with Non-State ActorsÂ
- Assessment of Language Skills in Understanding Non-State DynamicsÂ
