NSFA - The Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs

Center for National Security and Foreign Affairs (NSFA)

About

The Center for National Security and Foreign Affairs (NSFA) is a research center that provides critical insights on national and international security and foreign policy solutions through policy-relevant research, education, and engagement with a global perspective. NSFA faculty, fellows and affiliates conduct research and publish policy briefs, reports, articles, and books that inform security and foreign affairs policy on topics of expertise:

Causes, tactics, strategy, and resolution of international and civil conflict, and political violence
Territorial & maritime security & disputes
Indo-Pacific security & economic relations, with a focus on Japan
U.S. national security strategies

NSFA also leads dialogues to build a deeper understanding of these critical issues among the greater research community, university students, and the general public. NSFA regularly engages the university community and general public on foreign affairs through lectures by prominent officials and scholars, roundtables, and other activities. A number of sponsored events focus on the U.S. relationship with Japan, acknowledging the military and diplomatic legacy of U.S. Senator Howard H. Baker, Jr. a World War II Navy veteran and former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, for whom the Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs is named.