This course serves as the culminating experience of the Masters in Global Security (MAGS). The capstone course allows students to explore a contemporary research area or question of interest to them, applying the multitude of analytical tools to which they were exposed during the program.

MAGS builds on the expertise of over 100 top faculty at Arizona State University – one of the largest and most innovative public research institutions in the country – from multiple fields (political science, history, law, public policy, engineering, management, etc.). It also integrates lectures, case studies and materials from a team of former military (general officers, soldiers, special forces, etc.), former government officials, journalists and scholars, many of whom are significant thought-leaders in the field (Pulitzer Prize winners, high-level leaders, best-selling authors, etc.).

Some topics that have been addressed by student in previous cohorts include:

• The Weaponization of Social Media
• A 2025 National Cyber Security Proposal
• Threats to International Humanitarian Law
• Covid-19 Pandemic Strategy
• How Cryptocurrencies are Changing Terrorist Finance
• Policy Memo: Combatting Weaponized Narratives in US Elections
• Online Radicalization and White Nationalist Extremism
• Women Participation in Mass Atrocities