The Institute on U.S. National Security provides a group of 18 experienced and highly-motivated foreign university faculty and related professionals with a deeper understanding of the foundations and formulation of U.S. national security policy, with specific reference to American views on what constitutes basic U.S. national security and defense requirements and how those views have evolved in the post-Cold War era, especially within the context of the ongoing war against terrorism. Continuities and changes in U.S. national security policy are illuminated by examining how U.S. national security policy has dealt with specific areas of concern over time, for example nuclear proliferation, weapons of mass destruction, and combating international terror networks. The Institute is multi-disciplinary in its approach and examines the various historical, geographic, economic, cultural, and political factors involved in the making of U.S. national security policy. Lastly, the Institute is structured to give attention to U.S. national security policy from multiple perspectives, domestically, globally and in particular geographic areas.

• The current Institute is hosted by: The University of Delaware