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NPS Expands Coursework in Great Power Competition, Focused on China
Feb 17, 2021
The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) is once again expanding its graduate education offerings on the subject of Great Power Competition (GPC). While NPS has recently launched a distance learning GPC ce...
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NSA Professor Rachel Sigman Honored With 2020 Hamming Teaching Award
Sep 22, 2020
During her five years teaching at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), Dr. Rachel Sigman has given her all to her work and her students as a National Security Affairs (NSA) assistant professor. Her de...
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Former CNO Mullen Talks Leadership, National Security Challenges in a Post-COVID-19 World
May 21, 2020
Years of leadership experience as a Naval officer, culminating as the Navy's Chief of Naval Operations then as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, retired Navy Adm. Mike Mullen offered his view...
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NSA Distinguished Professor Yost Earns Superior Civilian Service Award
Sep 13, 2019
Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Distinguished Professor David Yost was recognized for 40 years of service in teaching, impactful research and leadership in the National Security Affairs (NSA) departme...
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NPS launches campus-wide course in Great Power Competition
Jul 9, 2019
The Naval Postgraduate School’s (NPS) Department of National Security Affairs (NSA) has launched an initiative to help students from every curriculum better understand the history and nuances behind G...
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NPS relaunches partnership with Middlebury Institute of International Studies
Mar 21, 2019
For the first time in eight years, Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) students have returned to the Middlebury Institute of International Studies (MIIS) campus in Monterey, Calif. as part of an exchange ...
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NSA curricula review leans into Great Power Competition
Mar 12, 2019
The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) just completed its latest curricula review for the National Security Affairs (NSA) department, adjusting course to meet the new challenges of increasing Great Power...
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Students, Faculty – and Dumbledore’s Army – Prepare for Discover NPS Day
Oct 24, 2018
In preparation for Discover NPS Day, NPS students Lt. Aaron Green and Lt. Cmdr. Cassie Hamblin do a practice run of their venue with a few members of the target audience. Hamblin and Green, along with...
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Alumnus Shares a Powerful Story of Transformation With Summer Grads
Sep 21, 2018
The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) bid farewell to 320 graduates, including 29 international students from 11 nations, earning 323 advanced degrees during the 2018 Summer Quarter Graduation ceremony ...
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NSA Guest Speaker Shares Latest Research on Youth in Terrorism
Mar 21, 2018
From lethal suicide bombings to savvy propaganda, the Islamic State continues to use children from around the world to wage war.
Dr. Mia Bloom, world-renown expert on terrorism and political violence...
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NSA Guest Speaker Shares Critical Insight on Authoritarian Regimes
Feb 23, 2018
Students at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) were recently challenged to rethink the internal dynamics of authoritarian regimes.
Engaging a packed lecture room in Glasgow Hall on the university ca...
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NSA Professor’s Latest Book Details the Power of Narratives in Afghanistan
Feb 6, 2018
Dr. Thomas H. Johnson, Associate Research Professor in the NPS Department of National Security Affairs, released his latest book, “Taliban Narratives: The Use and Power of Stories in the Afghanistan C...
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NPS Students’ Theses Offer Unique Insight, Perspectives on ISIS
Jan 23, 2018
In June of 2014, a branch of al-Qaida previously known as the “Organization of Monotheism and Jihad” proclaimed itself an Islamic State caliphate in order to establish a unified political and military...
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Air Force Officer Recognized with Multiple Student Awards
Dec 6, 2017
U.S. Air Force Capt. Margarita Balish, set to graduate from NPS’ National Security Affairs program, Dec. 15, is the recipient of two prestigious awards for the 2017 Fall Quarter, the Superior Service ...
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NPS Workshop Fosters Albanian Intel Transparency
Jun 16, 2014
Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) faculty from the Center for Civil-Military Relations (CCMR) recently led a four-day Intelligence and Democracy Workshop in Tirana, Albania attended by the Albanian Mini...
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Senior Pakistani Officer Honored With Thesis Award
May 23, 2013
Pakistani Air Force Air Commodore Shahid Latif Bajwa will graduate with outstanding thesis honors during the Naval Postgraduate School’s (NPS) upcoming Summer Graduation Ceremony, an honor bestowed up...
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NPS Professor Given Rare Access to Turkmen Archives
Feb 12, 2013
Nestled among the high plains, nearly impenetrable mountains, and black sands of Central Asia sits an ancient, but little known nation. Turkmenistan is one of the five countries of former Soviet Centr...
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NPS Faculty Authors Book on Aid Dependence and Democracy
Jan 18, 2013
There is a Cambodian proverb that states, “People give, but don’t be in a hurry to take.” NPS Department of National Security Affairs Assistant Professor Sophal Ear’s latest work on international aid ...
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SIGS, CHDS Founder Paul Stockton Returns to NPS for Briefings, SGL
Oct 9, 2012
A familiar face returned to campus, Sept. 25, as NPS welcomed Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Americas' Security Affairs Paul Stockton for a campus visit, meetings with faculty...
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Student Dissertation Explores Privatization of Global Security
Oct 5, 2012
It may not be immediately obvious how a focus in environmental resource policy could lead one to ask the tough questions about the privatization of global security, but for Naval Postgraduate School (...
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USSOCOM McRaven Honors Longtime NPS Professor During SGL
Jun 11, 2012
Naval Postgraduate School alumnus Adm. William McRaven, Commander, United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), presented a Secretary of the Navy Guest Lecture (SGL) and award, June 7, in King ...
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Workshop Explores History’s Lessons in Nonproliferation of WMD
Apr 13, 2012
“We are an epistemic community writing about epistemic communities,” Dr. Jeff Knopf, a senior lecturer with the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) department of National Security Affairs (NSA), said with...
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New Remote Sensing Degree Program Addresses DoD ISR Needs
Feb 8, 2012
The Naval Postgraduate School celebrated a new addition to the academic lineup as 20 students in the Remote Sensing Intelligence (RSI) master’s degree program recently completed their first quarter of...
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University’s Center on Contemporary Conflict Leads Project on Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction
Jan 31, 2012
The Naval Postgraduate School’s Center on Contemporary Conflict (CCC) is now home to the Project on Advanced Systems and Concepts for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (PASCC), a multi-million do...
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SOUTHCOM Commander Gen. Douglas Fraser Briefs NPS Regional Studies Students, FAOs
Jan 25, 2012
Naval Postgraduate School students in the National Security Affairs Western Hemisphere curriculum and regional Foreign Area Officers gathered in Glasgow Hall on the university campus for a detailed br...
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National Security Affairs Distinguished Professor Releases Two Books on Wholly Diverse Subjects
Jan 17, 2012
A Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Distinguished Professor recently published two books on two very different subjects concerning national security, defense, civil military relations and organized crim...
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Army’s Intellectual Center Commander Continues What CSA Odierno Started
Jan 13, 2012
The Commanding General of the esteemed ‘intellectual center’ of the Army, the Combined Arms Center (CAC), Lt. Gen. David Perkins visited the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) for a series of briefings a...
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NPS Professor Clay Moltz Explores “Asia’s Space Race” in New Book
Dec 14, 2011
National Security Affairs Associate Professor J. Clay Moltz explores Asia’s space programs and the dangers of a growing militarization of the space race in his most recent book, “Asia’s Space Race: Na...
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Air Force Doctoral Graduate Edits Book on Hybrid Conflict
Oct 6, 2011
Air Force Maj. Paul Brister, a special tactics officer and graduate from the doctoral program in security studies at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Department of National Security Affairs, recent...
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NPS Staff Training to Benefit a Worthy Cause
Sep 29, 2011
Two members of the NPS community are pulling up their sleeves, and strapping on their running shoes, training to help raise funds and awareness for a worthwhile cause. Michele Merenbloom, Sponsored Pr...
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U.S. Ambassador to Libya Addresses Student Questions About Arab Spring
Aug 18, 2011
Since late 2010, the “Arab Spring" has brought the spotlight of the world onto North African and Middle Eastern countries in the thick of political protests and countrywide unrest. For Libya, the tens...
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Professor Sophal Ear Awarded Fulbright Grant
Dec 1, 2010
Sophal Ear, an Assistant Professor of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), was recently awarded a Fulbright grant in conjunction with the Fulbright Senior Specialist desig...
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NPS Alumnus Serves as XO, Future CO, of Navy’s Flagship Amphib
Oct 18, 2010
Capt. Cedric Pringle graduated from Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) with a Master’s Degree in National Security Strategy in 1998 and recently returned to the state as Executive Officer, and soon to be...
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NPS Professor Tapped as Top Political Adviser to Canada’s Commander, Task Force Kandahar
Aug 10, 2010
At a critical turning point in the war in Afghanistan, Naval Postgraduate School Professor of National Security Affairs Thomas Johnson has been tapped to be the senior political aide and counterinsurg...
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Classroom Connections Video Fosters Discussion About Teaching and Learning at NPS
Jul 1, 2010
The Naval Postgraduate School has long maintained a reputation of integrity and excellence in education. Our graduates go on to do great things for the community and the nation, applying their educati...
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NSA Students Design “Afghanistan-in-Your-Hand” Smart Phone App
May 26, 2010
While smart phone apps can put a map in your hands, two Naval Postgraduate School students have designed one that puts a whole country in your hands – Afghanistan.
That’s why National Security Affair...
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Teacher Reunites with Student in Afghanistan
Jan 19, 2010
NPS National Security Affairs Prof. James Russell (right) and Captain Bobby Davis (left), who graduated with a master’s degree in National Security Affairs in 2007, have reunited in Afghanistan at com...
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NPS Showcased in Our Nation’s Capital
Sep 14, 2009
Students and faculty from the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) showcased their unique research projects at a two-day event held in Washington, D.C., Sept. 9-10.
Coinciding with the school’s fall Board...
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CCMR Prof Pioneers Book on Transforming Defense Capabilities
May 6, 2009
When he touches down in Argentina the weekend of Apr. 17, Naval Postgraduate School lecturer in the Center for Civil-Military Relations (CCMR) and Department of National Security Affairs retired Navy ...
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Global Center for Security Cooperation, DLI Sign Historic Collaboration
Feb 12, 2009
The Global Center for Security Cooperation (GCSC) and Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC) signed an historic Letter of Accord Jan. 30 making the nation's language provider for ...
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Fall Graduation Awards Ceremony Honors Top NPS Students, Faculty
Dec 10, 2008
A total of 51 students, faculty, and staff members of the Naval Postgraduate School were honored during the Fall Graduation Awards Ceremony in the King Hall Auditorium here Dec. 9, 2008.
Capt. Kathry...
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