Cultivating the strategic mind to lead the global mission
Supporting education and innovation.
The School of Advanced International Policy (SAIP) is a premier professional development program, serving as a graduate-level incubator for the Joint and Total Force’s elite international affairs practitioners. SAIP bridges the gap between tactical execution and strategic policymaking, equipping Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Guardians, and Marines with the intellectual tools necessary to operate effectively in complex, multi-domain international environments.
Our Mission
To educate a diverse cohort of Joint Force warfighters and interagency-adjacent leaders to become critical thinkers, agile strategists, and skilled practitioners of American statecraft. SAIP cultivates the literacy required to inform national strategy and globally integrated operations, ensuring the United States and its partners prevail across the continuum of competition and conflict.
The Advanced International Affairs Study Program (AIASP)
The AIASP is the premier 10-month academic intensive designed for the Joint and Total Force. As the flagship program of the School of Advanced International Policy, the AIASP provides a rigorous, graduate-level journey through the five essential pillars of modern statecraft.
This is not a traditional training course; it is a comprehensive intellectual evolution. Over nearly a year of study, select practitioners will move beyond the tactical horizon to master the complexities of global influence across five core themes:
Public Policy Analysis & Governance: Master the "how" of the U.S. government. Learn to navigate the bureaucratic machine, manage resource allocation, and drive policy from formulation to implementation.
History, Strategy, & American Statecraft: Ground your expertise in the "why." Explore the evolution of U.S. grand strategy and the historical precedents that define modern Great Power Competition.
Foreign Policy & International Relations: Decipher the "system." Analyze global power dynamics, alliance management, and the theoretical frameworks that dictate how nations interact on the world stage.
Intelligence Analysis & Tradecraft: Sharpen your "insight." Aligning with the Intelligence Fundamentals Professional Certification (IFPC), this theme masters the analytics and ethics required to inform senior-level decision-making.
Security Cooperation & Partner Engagement: Master the "impact." Critically evaluate the theory and practice of building partner capacity and institutional stability in volatile environments.
Executive International Studies Program (EISP)
The EISP is a high-impact, two-week strategic residency specifically engineered for Command Senior Enlisted Leaders (E-9s). While tactical mastery and operational leadership are the hallmarks of the senior enlisted force, the EISP provides the final bridge to the strategic level. This is not a traditional classroom experience; it is a collaborative, executive-level summit designed to refine the Joint Force’s most senior advisors into sophisticated practitioners of international policy.
Delivered as a fourteen-day immersion, the EISP distills a rigorous, graduate-level curriculum into a concentrated format for leaders who sit at the right hand of Commanders in the world’s most critical theaters. Participants move beyond the "how" of execution to master the "why" of the global security environment across five executive themes:
The Five Pillars of Executive Policy
Executive Policy Analysis & Governance: Navigate the high-level machinery of the U.S. government. Deconstruct the bureaucratic politics, resource allocation strategies, and institutional dynamics that shape national security outcomes from the Pentagon to the Embassy.
Grand Strategy & Strategic Statecraft: Ground your advice in the "why" of the global order. Analyze the historical evolution of American statecraft and the strategic theories that dictate current Great Power Competition and theater-shaping operations.
Foreign Policy & International Systems: Decipher the logic of global power. Evaluate how international relations theory, alliance management, and regional dynamics influence the strategic landscape, ensuring you can lead effectively within multinational coalitions.
Intelligence for Executive Decision Support: Refine your strategic "insight." This pillar focuses on the executive’s role in leveraging intelligence to mitigate risk and drive theater-level objectives.
Strategic Partnerships & Institutional Impact: Command the "long game." Critically examine the theory of Security Cooperation, focusing on the political and sociological challenges of professionalizing partner-nation institutions and maintaining institutional stability.
