Course Support

The Research Division is involved in a wide range of activities in support of the NDC educational mandate, including:

• Lecturing in various NDC Courses
• Contributing to curriculum development
• Mentoring Senior Course members in their Committee Study Project
• Contributing to the assessment of Committee Study Projects
• Moderating Course panels and facilitating seminar discussion

• The Research Division in the Senior Course

  Since the start of Senior Course 137, members of the Research Division have delivered talks on the following topics:
  
  • NATO Projecting Stability and Crisis Management (Thierry Tardy, Director Research Division)
  • NATO and the Transatlantic Link (Sten Rynning (Non-Resident Fellow)
  • Innovation (Andrea Gilli, Senior Researcher – Niccolò Petrelli, Eisenhower Fellow)
  • The Impact of Technology on International Security (Andrea Gilli, Senior Researcher)
  • The European Union’s Common Security and Defence Policy (Thierry Tardy, Director Research Division)
  • How to Write a Paper (Andrea Gilli, Senior Researcher)

• The College Series

  
  The best Individual Papers of Senior Course members are released in the College Series.
  Those papers are published in their original form (English editing: Peter Mead).
  
  

  The College Series of Senior Course 135 (2019)

  	Developing NATO’s strategic leadership across the political-military spectrum By Lt Col Paul MACROThe College Series No. 1 - September 2020
  	China in Africa: what lessons for NATO? By Mr James PRITCHARDThe College Series No. 2 - September 2020
  	China in cyberspace: black swan to NATO’s black dragon? By Lt Col Gianmarco DI LORETOThe College Series No. 3 - September 2020
  	NATO Projecting Stability: rebranding or strategy? By Col Gert VAN GOETHEMThe College Series No. 4 - September 2020
  	#WeAreNATO in the #MediterraneanDialogue By Mrs Nihal ERKANThe College Series No. 5 - September 2020
  	Resilience in Finland: lessons for NATO By Col N.S.T. THEAKSTONThe College Series No. 7 - September 2020
  	Arctic Centers of gravity By Cdr Michael GRAHAMThe College Series No. 6 - September 2020