Politics & Government Faculty Work
Title
From Sputnik to Minerva: Education and American National Security
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2009
Publication Title
Defense Horizons
Volume Number
65
Abstract
This paper examines how external challenges have prompted national investments in education to enhance American national security. Rather than focusing primarily on traditional professional military education, this analysis examines how education has been used as a tool of American power. Four major moments of transformation in the international system are surveyed to illustrate a link between strategic educational capacity, defined as the application of attained knowledge and skills, and national power. The study then assesses how education is used as a power asset in the contemporary security environment. Today, an important educational capacity is emerging in the new Minerva program in the Department of Defense and other transformational educational concepts with security applications. Education is gaining an increasing interest among American decisionmakers as a strategic component of American power and an essential asset for successful military operations in the new global security environment.
First Page
1
Last Page
8
Recommended Citation
Kay, Sean, "From Sputnik to Minerva: Education and American National Security" (2009). Politics & Government Faculty Work. 40.
https://digitalcommons.owu.edu/pg_pubs/40
Link Out URL
http://ndupress.ndu.edu/Media/News/News-Article-View/Article/1006401/from-sputnik-to-minerva-education-and-american-national-security/