College of Security and Global Studies
The College Mission
The College of Security and Global Studies (CSGS) is a unique college in the service of the United Arab Emirates through the American University in the Emirates (AUE). The College programs, provide hands-on knowledge and research experience to its students and faculty. Its aim is to reach out for academic and research excellence national, regional and international in accordance with the vision and strategic framework of the American University in the Emirates; To shape leaders with diverse knowledge capabilities and capacities. Students are educated in a multinational educational environment. They experience interdisciplinary approaches, towards their studies, that are both of theoretical and practical value. Students experience first-hand how security, strategy, diplomatic, information analysis and future studies among others are shaped, through knowledge and experience shared and gained at AUE.
The Mission Statement:
College Mission Goals are:
- Create a community of global culture through the culture of the UAE.
- Create a multi-dimensional and multi-disciplinary strategic and security culture, adopted according to the current and emerging needs of the 21st century, while creating a community of tolerance and happiness through stability and security.
- Operational efficacy in meeting the global and strategic challenges for the 21st century, by providing simulating management, leadership and decision making in live-feed, and multi-leveled exercises and scenarios.
- Methodologically approach current and future research in the related fields of strategy, security and all other related fields of global affairs, public policy and global governance.
- Enhance, part of the AUE, and lead on with a new generation of strategic and security experts, creating leaders and decision makers.
- Innovate, foresight and offer the UAE a global strategic hub of options for sustainable development through an active and robust visionary approach.
STATS & FUN FACTS
4
Programs
253
ALUMNI WORLDWIDE
424
ENROLLED
STUDENTS
76%
OF ENROLLED STUDENTS RECEIVE AID
Updated as of August 4th, 2023
UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM
Bachelor of Arts in
Security and
Strategic Studies
GRADUATE PROGRAM
Master of Arts in
Security and
Strategic Studies
Master of Arts in
Diplomacy
Master in Security
Studies and
Information
Analysis
Faculty
Prof. Chahine A. Ghais
Professor / Dean
Prof. Dusko Tomic
Professor / Program Director - Security And Strategic Studies
Dr. Eldar Šaljić
Associate Professor / Program Director - Security Studies And Information Analysis
Dr. Nahla Hamdan
Assistant Professor/Program Director - Master of Arts and Diplomacy
Dr. Gerasimos Rodotheatos
Assistant Professor / Department Chair - BA In Security And Strategic Studies
Dr. David Meyer
Associate Professor
Dr. Renny Castaneda
Assistant Professor
Dr. Kleanthis Kyriakidis
Assistant Professor
COLLEGE ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
| Name | Designation |
|---|---|
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Major Faisal Abdullah Bin Belailah |
Director of Strategy and Future Foresight Department, General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners’ Affairs
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Ms. Maryam Mohammed AlSaabri |
Head of Future Foresight Section, General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners’ Affairs
|
|
HE. Jean-Paul Tarud K. |
Former ambassador of Chile Advisor to the Abu Dhabi Government
|
|
Lt. Colonel Vladimir Tokalic, |
Military Attaché of the Republic of Serbia in the UAE
|
|
Prof. Panteleimon Sklias |
Rector, Neapolis University, Cyprus
|
|
Gela Bezhuashvili |
Former Minister of Defense of Georgia Georgian Strategic Analysis Center
|