SENIOR COURSE ON DEFENCE STUDIES:FACTS AND ANALYSIS OF STRATEGIC THOUGHT AND LEADERSHIP ACADEMIC PLANNING SCHEDULE 2017 (Sep 4, Dec 1, 2017) MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATUR. SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 2017 CYCLE 1. REGIONAL STUDIES (SEP 5-SEP 18) Block I. Southeast Europe (RS 1-5) September 4 September 5 September 6 September 7 September 8 Sep. 9 Sep.10 In – processing (Orientation, IT, HNDC/course brief, administrative instructions) Ice Breaker (19:00-22:00h) (at the Hellenic Armed Forces’ Officers Club/LAED) RS-1 European Union: An Introduction to the best practice model of Regional Integration RS-2 South East Europe: An Overview I. RS-3 East Southeast Europe: An Overview II. Focus: Romania and Bulgaria RS-4 East Southeast Europe: Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo territory, Albania, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Visit Museum Block II. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) (RS 6 – 10) September 11 September 12 September 13 September 14 September 15 Sep.16 Sep. 17 RS-5 Eastern Europe Focus: Russia, Ukraine,the CaucasusRegion; Turkey Guest Speaker (TBD) RS-6 MENA Overview: Historical Development, State Formation, and Religions. The Arab-Israeli Conflict and Peace Process) RS-7 MENA Economics, Migration, and Demographics (Class held at Hellenic Coast Guard/FRONTEX) RS-8 MENA I Focus: The Arabian Peninsula States, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon RS-9 MENA II Egypt and The North Africa Guest Speaker (TBD) TTW I Theatre Training Workshop (Prometheus Bound) Acropolis
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATUR. SUNDAY OCTOBER October 2 October 3 October 4 October 5 October 6 Oct.7 Oct. 8 SLN-7 Leading Organization Change and Vision. Case Study 10: Anabasis Book III(Xenophon) Case Study 11 Leading Across Culture III SLN-8 Managing the Strategic Environment. Case Study 11. Anabasis Book IV(Xenophon) (continued) SLN-9 Post-traumatic disorder and ancient drama. Case Study 12: Philoctetes (Sophocles) Visit to archaeological sites; Ancient theatre of Epidaurus, Mycenae, and the City of Nafplion. SLN-10 Senior Leader Communication Case Study 13: Alexander the Great, the Oracle at Delphi, and Siwa, and the Gordian Knot Guest Speaker (TBD) TTW II Theatre Training Workshop (Prometheus Bound) Block 2. Negotiations (SLN 10-15) October 9 October 10 October 11 October 12 October 13 Oct.14 Oct. 15 SLN-11 Negotiation’s Theory I. Preparation of Negotiations SLN-12 Negotiations Theory II: Strategic Conflict Management/ Negotiating Strategies-Tactics SLN-13 Negotiations Theory Synthesis/ Negotiation Exercise I SLN-14 Negotiation Exercise II/ Negotiations Theory Synthesis SLN-15 Strategic Leadership and Negotiations/ Synthesis Guest Speaker (TBD) Visit to the archeological site of Sounion Temple
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATUR. SUNDAY CYCLE 3. THEORIES OF WAR AND STRATEGY (TWS) (OCT. 16-NOV. 13) Block I. Theories of War (TWS 1-12) October 16 October 17 October 18 October 19 October 20 21 22 TWS-1 History, Theory, War and Strategy - Theories of International Relations TWS-2 Global Interdependence, International Security Organizations, Hard, Soft and Smart Elements of National Power. TWS-3 Thucydides I - Strategy, Culture and Value. Case Study 1: Pericles’s Democracy TWS-4 Thucydides II, Interests. Case Study 2: Operation ATALANTA TWS-5 Thucydides III Victory and Defeat Case Study 3: Protracted War: Corrosive Effects on Democracy Guest Speaker (TBD) TTW III Theatre Training Workshop (Prometheus Bound) October 23 October 24 October 25 October 26 October 27 28 29 TWS-6 Thucydides IV. Case Study 4: “Thucydides Trap.” Guest Speaker (TBD) TWS-7 Clausewitz I. Foundations of Strategic Landpower TWS-8 Jomini ‘s Strategic Landpower - Sun Tzu. Case Study 5: Plato: Theory of Ideas TWS-9 Geopolitical Theory and Power Case Study 6: Herodotus and his Successors Guest Speaker (TBD) TWS-10 (Class held at Averof Armored Cruiser Floating Museum). Theories of Sea Power. Case Study 7: Greek Naval Policy in the Balkan Wars Guest Speaker (TBD) Visit to the WAR Museum
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATUR. SUNDAY October 30 October 31 November 1 November 4 November 3 Nov.4 Nov.5 TWS-11 (Class held at Hellenic Air Force Museum). Theories of Air Power Case Study 8: NATO bombing of Yugoslavia (1999) Guest Speaker (TBD) Writing and Research Day (Major Project) (No class) Field Study Trip, to Northern Greece. Departure from Athens by bus. 1st Day Visits: “The Hot Gates & the 300” (Thermopylae), Holy site of Meteora (visit and briefing: The Greek Orthodox faith in the World), Overnight at Larissa. 2nd Day Visits: 1st Army HQs, EU HQ, Archeological Museum of Vergina (Macedonian Royal Tombs), overnight at Thessaloniki. 3rd Day Visits: Roupel Fortress, and NATO Rapid Deployable Corps, Greece. Departure from Thessaloniki by bus Students Can extend their stay on Thessaloniki, by their own means. NOVEMBER 2017 Block II. Strategy (TWS 13-17) November 6 November 7 November 8 November 9 November 10 Nov.11 Nov.12 TWS-12 Nuclear Weapons, Space/Cyber power Theories, Limited War Theory, Insurgency and COIN. Case Study 9: Lessons of the 2006 War Guest Speaker (TBD) TWS-13 The Elements of National Power (Diplomacy, Information, the Military, and Economics). Guest Speaker (TBD) TWS-14 Strategy Formulation Model-The Roman Strategy. Case Study 10: Scipio Africanus TWS-15 (Class held at Byzantine and Christian Museum). The Byzantine Strategy. Case Study 11: The “Greek Fire,” and the role of military technology today. Guest Speaker (TBD) TWS-16 Cold War Strategies Case Study 12: The 1974 Cyprus Crisis Guest Speaker (TBD). TTW IV Theatre Training Workshop (Prometheus Bound) Visit to the Museum of the City of Athens
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATUR. SUNDAY CYCLE 4. ECONOMICS OF NATIONAL SECURITY (ENS) (NOV 14-NOV 27) November 13 November 14 November 15 November 16 November 17 Nov.18 Nov.19 TWS-17 Contemporary Security Issues, and strategies/The Future of War and Strategy/Synthesis Case Study 13: What ISIS Really Wants? Guest Speaker(TBD) Visit to archeological site of Apollo Oracle, at Delphi. ENS-1 Economic Concepts and International Political Economy (Neoclassical Economics, Globalization, Fiscal and Monetary Policy, International Political Economy). ENS-2 Global Governance (Bretton Woods Institutions, G7, G20, BRICS, etc.) Coercive Economic Measures. Remark: Major Project Submission Day. ENS-3 (Class held at the Hellas Liberty Museum) Economic Development (Economic growth, Theories of Development, Fragile States). Guest Speaker (TBD) Visit to the November 20 November 21 November 22 November 23 November 24 Nov.25 Nov. 26 ENS-4 International Trade (WTO, Trade Theory,TPP, TIP, CETA, RCEP, NAFTA, EconomicSanctions) Guest Speaker (TBD) Hellenic Armed Forces Day (No class) TTW V Theatre Training Workshop Performance Day : Prometheus Bound ENS-5 (Half of the class will be held at ). International Investment and Finance (International Monetary System and Finance, Financial Crises, Financial Warfare) ENS-6 Defense Economics I. Guest Speaker (TBD) ENS-7 Energy, Manufacturing Synthesis / Written Exams Guest Speaker (TBD) Visit to the Museum of Athens MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATUR. SUNDAY
November 27 November 28 November 29 November 30 December 1 Dec.2 Dec.3 ENS-8 Participate in The Economist Conference for SE Europe and Mediterranean regions (Athens) Location and timingto be confirmed. Alternate Program Defence Economics II. Defense Industrial Base Writing and Research Day (Dissertation Preparation) (no class) (Class held at the Pnyx, the place where the Assembly of the Athenians held its meetings). Major Course Conclusive Feedback Alumni Brief Out-processing Graduation Day/Official Ceremony (Hellenic Armed Forces’ Officers Club/LAED)
tragedy “Antigone.” The protagonists deal with 3 main issues: whether Polynices ought to be given burial rituals, whether someone who buried him in defiance of the state ought to be punished, and whether Creon's actions are just or thoughtless. Basic Readings. (1) Zheng, Dianhanet. Al., “Effects of Ethical Leadership on Emotional Exhaustion in High Moral Intensity Situations,” The Leadership Quarterly Volume 26, Issue 5, October 2015, Pages 732–748, October 13, 2015. (Library) (2) Antigone, by Sophocles, The Internet Classic Archives, at, (accessed December 5, 2016).(Online). Case Study 4: Antigone (Sophocles) Case Study 5: Leading Across Culture II (as described in the previous lesson). SLN-5.Ethical Reasoning II. In this session the ethical reasoning will be evaluated by using concepts stemming from philosophy: Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, as well as Cesar Marcus Aurelius’sMeditations Basic Readings. (1) NicomacheanEthics (Aristotle), Book III and IV, at , (accessed December 5, 2016). (Online). (2) Marcus Aurelius: Meditations, at , (accessed December 5, 2016). (Online). (3)C. S. Lewis, “The Inner Ring,” 1944, C.S. Lewis Society of California, (accessed December 5, 2016). (Online). Case Study 6: Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle) Case Study 7: Marcus Aurelius: Meditations SLN-6.Civil-military Relations. The purpose of this class is to initiate discussions about the civil-military relations, and commanding schemes. Aristotle and Clausewitz will be cited as the drivers in this session. Basic Readings.