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{{Short description|College at the National Defense University}}
{{Infobox university 
|image   = College of International Security Affairs.jpg
|name   = College of International Security Affairs
|established = 2002 (as the School for National Security Executive Education)
|type   = [[Government institution]] 
|chancellor = [[Greta C. Holtz]]<ref name=" CISA Leadership">{{cite web | title=CISA Leadership | website= CISA Home | date=May 4, 2017 | url=https://cisa.ndu.edu/about/leadership/ | ref={{sfnref | CISA Home | 2017}} | access-date=May 13, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Marsh 2023">{{cite web | last=Marsh | first=Douglas P. | title=Greta Holtz is a former U.S. diplomat with deep local ties | website=Traverse City Record-Eagle | date=2023-04-16 | url=https://www.record-eagle.com/news/lifestyles/greta-holtz-is-a-former-u-s-diplomat-with-deep-local-ties/article_2855337e-da11-11ed-a4a5-abb8032bb570.html | access-date=2023-09-12}}</ref>
|city = [[Washington, D.C.]]
|postgrad  = 
|faculty = 
|campus   = [[Fort Lesley J. McNair]]
|colors   = 
|website= https://cisa.ndu.edu/
}}

'''The College of International Security Affairs (CISA)''', formerly known as the School for National Security Executive Education (SNSEE), is one of five colleges at the [[National Defense University]].<ref name=" CISA Home">{{cite web | title=About CISA | website= CISA Home | date=May 4, 2017 | url=https://cisa.ndu.edu/About/ | ref={{sfnref | CISA Home | 2017}} | access-date=May 13, 2023}}</ref> It is considered the flagship [[United States Department of Defense|U.S. Department of Defense]] institution for education in combating [[terrorism]] and [[irregular warfare]] at the strategic level.<ref name="Dickson 2023">{{cite web | last=Dickson | first=Maj. Rick | title=At Fort Bragg, military leaders discuss irregular warfare | website=The Fayetteville Observer | date=2023-05-20 | url=https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/military/2023/05/20/at-fort-bragg-military-leaders-discuss-irregular-warfare/70219231007/ | access-date=2023-09-12}}</ref> According to a [[Joint Chief of Staff]] document, the mission of CIS is to "educate joint warfighters and national security leaders in creative and critical thinking for the strategic challenges of winning strategies for the contemporary security environment."<ref name="Joint Chiefs of Staff">{{cite web | title=NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY POLICY | website= Official Website of the Joint Chiefs of Staff | date=October 14, 2022 | url=https://www.jcs.mil/Portals/36/Documents/Library/Instructions/CJCSI%201801.01F.pdf?ver=GmBdzTKTCjUcYIC37IW8Hg%3d%3d | access-date=May 13, 2023}}</ref>

CISA offers a [[Master of Arts]] in Strategic Security Studies and two certificate programs.<ref name="MASSS">{{cite web | title=College of International Security Affairs > Academics | website= CISA | date=May 4, 2017 | url=https://cisa.ndu.edu/Academics/ | ref={{sfnref | CISA Home | 2017}} | access-date=May 13, 2023}}</ref><ref name=" CISA Certificates">{{cite web | title=College of International Security Affairs > Academics > Certificate Programs | website= CISA Home | date=May 4, 2017 | url=https://cisa.ndu.edu/Academics/Certificate-Programs/ | ref={{sfnref | CISA Home | 2017}} | access-date=May 13, 2023}}</ref> It also offers a Joint Special Operations Master of Arts Program at [[Fort Liberty]] in partnership with the U.S. Army [[John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School]].<ref name="Area 2023">{{cite web | last=Area | first=Research | title=The Need for Irregular Warfare Professional Military Education | website=RAND | date=April 28, 2023 | url=https://www.rand.org/blog/2023/02/preparing-for-strategic-competition-the-need-for-irregular.html | access-date=May 13, 2023}}</ref>

== History ==
In 2003, the School for National Security Executive Education (SNSEE) began offering an International Counterterrorism Fellowship certificate. That same year, SNSEE was designated as the flagship of the U.S. government's Combating Terrorism Fellowship Program (CTFP), receiving 10 students in its inaugural class. The program was later expanded into a Master of Arts in Strategic Security Studies.<ref name="Fellowship">{{cite web | title=International Student Management Office > Programs > The International Fellows Programs > International Counterterrorism Fellows (CISA) | website= Home | date=April 2, 2018 | url=https://ismo.ndu.edu/Programs/The-International-Fellows-Programs/International-Counterterrorism-Fellows-CISA/ | ref={{sfnref | Home | 2018}} | access-date=May 13, 2023}}</ref>

CISA figures from the 2022–2023 academic year showed that out of the 69 students on its main Fort McNair campus, 58% were overseas fellows.<ref name="cisa.ndu.edu 2023">{{cite web | title=Student Body | website=cisa.ndu.edu | date=February 8, 2023 | url=https://cisa.ndu.edu/Students/Student-Body/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320182230/https://cisa.ndu.edu/Students/Student-Body/ | archive-date=March 20, 2023 | url-status=unfit | access-date=May 13, 2023}}</ref>

In 2010, CISA established an additional location at [[Fort Liberty|Ft. Liberty]], North Carolina, and developed the Joint Special Operations Master of Arts Program in partnership with the U.S. Army. The first graduating class at Ft. Bragg consisted of 20 special operators.<ref name="www.army.mil 2011">{{cite web | title=National Defense University awards diplomas to inaugural class of ARSOF master's degree candidates | website=www.army.mil | date=June 8, 2011 | url=https://www.army.mil/article/59205/national_defense_university_awards_diplomas_to_inaugural_class_of_arsof_masters_degree_candidates | access-date=May 13, 2023}}</ref>

On June 25, 2014, the [[Joint Chiefs of Staff|Joint Staff]] Joint Force Development J-7 granted the College of International Security Affairs authority to award [[Joint Professional Military Education]] (JPME II) credit.<ref name="jcs.mil 2020">{{cite web | title=OFFICER PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION POLICY | website=jcs.mil | date=May 15, 2020 | url=https://www.jcs.mil/Portals/36/Documents/Doctrine/education/cjcsi_1800_01f.pdf?ver=2020-05-15-102430-580 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128020000/https://www.jcs.mil/Portals/36/Documents/Doctrine/education/cjcsi_1800_01f.pdf?ver=2020-05-15-102430-580 | archive-date=January 28, 2023 | url-status=dead | access-date=May 13, 2023}}</ref>

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