One of several resources exclusively available to alumni of the NESA Center on GlobalNET is our library of on-demand courses. The self-paced courses are available to alumni through the Learning Management System (LMS): https://lms.globalnetplatform.org/nesa. Alumni must log in to their GlobalNET account to access the LMS and take the courses.

The 51 courses currently available cover a wide range of security topics (see the full list of topics and courses below). The course content consists of video presentations and self-guided PowerPoint presentations from NESA Center faculty and other subject matter experts. Following each presentation is a knowledge-based test comprised of 10-15 questions. When the test is passed, the user will earn a certificate of completion for the course (example below). Users have up to 15 attempts to pass.

^{Certificate example}

Topics and Courses (as of October 2024)

African Security

1. Climate Change and Security in Africa*
2. Taking Stock of African Peace Operations*
3. Taking Stock of African Peace Operations: The Multinational Joint Task Force*
4. The Nigerian State and Insecurity*
5. The Role of Non-State Actors in Ensuring Africa’s Security
6. Why Al-Shabaab Persists in Somalia*

Changing Character of War

7. The Changing Character of War: The 'Four Faces' of Future Wars
8. Adapting to the Changing Character of War

Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence

9. Artificial Intelligence and Africa’s Security Landscape*
10. Cyber Dimensions of Statecraft in Africa*
11. Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence
12. Emerging Cyber Dimensions of Africa’s Security Landscape*
13. Strategic Implications of AI
14. The Fourth Industrial Revolution: Trade and Security

Drone Warfare

15. Drone and Counter-Drone Warfare

Futures Research

16. Futures Research Methods and Black Swans

Gray Zone

17. Gray Zone Operations: The China Model
18. Gray Zone Operations: The Russia Model
19. Operating in the Gray Zone: Countering Iran's Asymmetric Way of War

Great Power Competition

20. Emerging Powers and Strategic Competition
21. Global Power Technological Competition: Russia
22. India's Strategic Rise, South Asia's Choices, and Great Power Competition
23. Red Sea Waters: Great Power Competition Beyond the Indo-Pacific
24. U.S.-China Competition: Information and the Cyber Domain
25. U.S. Engagement and Outreach Across the Indian Ocean Region: In the Shadow of Great Power Competition

Human Security

26. Civil Society and Human Security

Law of Armed Conflict

27. Law of Armed Conflict

Maritime Security

28. Maritime Militias: A Challenge to Maritime Security
29. The Maritime Dimension of Africa’s Security
30. Challenging Maritime Trends and International Law
31. Maritime Security in the Western Pacific
32. Underwater Domain Awareness: Considerations from the Indian Ocean Region

MENA Region Security

33. Future Security in the MENA Region
34. The Changing Role of MENA Security Forces

Missile Defense

35. Missile Defense Basics

National Security

36. Alliances
37. Global Trends and Security Threats: Ten Priorities for the 2020s and Beyond
38. National Oversight Institutions and Security Sector Governance*
39. National Security, Stability, and Progress: Ten Recommendations for National Leaders
40. Scholars and Policymakers – Where is the Gap?

Resource Security

41. Resource Security
42. Water Cooperation Opportunities

Social Media

43. Implications of Social Media

Strategic Intel

44. Strategic Intelligence and Technology

Transnational Threats

45. Shared Illicit Activities: Illegal Mining, Cultural Smuggling, and Wildlife Crime

Violent Extremism

46. Disengaging Violent Extremists*
47. Islamist Militancy in The Sahel
48. Violent Extremism in Cabo Delgado*
49. Violent Extremist Disengagement and Reconciliation

Women, Peace, and Security

50. Weaponizing Women: Women, Peace, and Security in the Gray Zone
51. Women in African Peace and Security*

*Developed in partnership with the Africa Center for Strategic Studies.

Some courses have video presentations in regional languages including Arabic, Russian, and French in addition to the English video. To view the courses themselves in your preferred language, install the Google Translate extension to your browser using the links on the LMS home page. On-Demand Course User Guides – available under QUICK LINKS at the top right of this page – are available in English, Arabic, Russian, and French.

We are continuously growing our library of online courses and will notify alumni via email when new courses become available on the LMS.

Our alumni community of more than 13,000 security professionals is at the core of what we do, and we hope these courses help our alumni enhance their professional military education, gain new skills, advance their careers, and most importantly, develop as leaders in their field.