Crash Course The Cold War
This crash course equips learners with essential tools to understand Cold War dynamics and apply them to modern geopolitical challenges through analysis, writing, and strategic skills.

flexible workload of 4 to 360h
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
Crash Course on the Cold War provides you with a quick, solid toolkit to link classic Cold War dynamics to today's rivalries. Explore deterrence, alliances, containment, ideology, and proxy wars, then learn comparative methods to avoid poor analogies. Practice turning historical insight into sharp policy memos, analytical briefs, and concrete recommendations based on reliable, well-verified sources.
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Develop skills
- Cold War crisis analysis: quickly decode brinkmanship, signalling, and escalation.
- Policy memo writing: craft sharp, one-page briefs for time-pressed decision-makers.
- Historical analogy skills: test and adapt Cold War lessons to today's rivalries fast.
- Risk assessment tools: gauge nuclear and conventional threats with clear frameworks.
- Alliance strategy design: refine burden-sharing, deterrence, and crisis coordination.
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