The WMD curriculum educates joint Warfighters in countering WMD theory and strategy, using a curriculum that enables critical thinking and informs national strategy and globally integrated operations under conditions of disruptive change. Since 2012, the WMD Center has offered a WMD studies master’s degree-level area of concentration to students selected to attend National Defense University, that includes coursework in deterrence theory, nuclear policy, etc. The objectives of the concentration are to provide interested students with a foundation in the national security strategies, policies, and operational art associated with acquisition, development, and deployment of weapons of mass destruction; introduce them to the national security objectives nations have sought to secure through such weapons and through international security negotiations to control them; and allow NDU students to pursue their independent interests in WMD studies through various specialized courses or research.