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Nation-State Analysis: The Five-Layer Method
Nation-states are the most complex systems humans have built. This course teaches you to analyze them using a five-layer framework: geography, history, demographics, economics, and political structure. You will learn to read government behavior, identify strategic interests beneath the rhetoric, assess geopolitical risk, and produce analytical products on any country in the world.
13 hours 13 modules Certificate included
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What you will learn
- Master core analytical frameworks
- Apply professional intelligence methodologies
- Produce structured intelligence products
- Build practical tradecraft skills
Course modules
2The Analyst's Discipline & Boundary
3Geography — The Bedrock Layer
4History — The Memory Layer
5Demographics — The People Layer
6Economics — The Resource Layer
7Politics — The Decision Layer
8Cross-Layer Causation
9National Interest & Strategic Culture
10Reading Intentions: What It Wants & Fears
11Forecasting Behaviour: What It Will Do
12Producing the Country Assessment
13Capstone: One Nation, End to End