Teaching Notes

I'm sure that all eyes are locked on the situation in Egypt. Discussion of the role to be played by the Egyptian military certainly dominated the current events portion of both of my classes this week. Nevertheless, a couple of teaching points:

• This represents the final iteration of my COIN syllabus. I had initially intended to include a week on the maritime implications of COIN and hybrid warfare, but in the end I decided that I couldn't make it work. I'm quite excited by the roster of guest speakers, however.
• If you have plenty of time to kill, I'm podcasting my Defense Statecraft course. Technically, it's more of an adventure that I'd like, as I've already had some minor recording problems. Unfortunately, you can't hear many of the student questions, which are the best part of the course. Especially in a school like mine, from which many students will seek government jobs with sensitive security requirements, there are privacy considerations for broadcasting student comments in class. Thus, I haven't taken additional steps to ensure voice capture, meaning that some parts of the podcast feel relatively sparse.