Differences in typical MIPP fellows track at SAIS and SECDEF Strategic Thinkers Program (STP) MIPP track
4 of the 8 MIPP courses for SECDEF STP track are offered only to the cohort of OSD screened military officers (O4-O6), selected from all 4 Services.
All 4 courses (STP I–IV) are required as part of SECDEF STP enrollment. Students may individually select remaining 4 courses from SAIS MIPP track options.
Drawing on the disciplines of applied strategic studies and history (including the importance of economics, culture, geography, etc.), the selected officers track through the 4 STP courses together, as a cohort, in what has been designed as a laboratory for critical thinking.
The STP courses are taught through a mix of hands-on war games, decision exercises, staff rides, research, classroom discussion and the Socratic method.
Alll STP courses are led by the Director, SECDEF STP - Professor Dan Marston.
Officers in the STP cohort will have exclusive access to world-class instructors and military experts who are renowned for their scholarship, influence and networks, both inside the NCR and around the world.