BPC-271 is a practitioner-level course designed to help Security Cooperation Workforce (SCW) professionals recognize and counter how U.S. adversaries—China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea—strategically use humanitarian assistance to expand influence, weaken alliances, and challenge U.S. objectives. The course equips students with tools to analyze adversary tactics, assess their impact on U.S. partnerships and regional goals, and develop policy and programmatic responses that strengthen U.S. influence and security cooperation outcomes.

In this 11-hour Virtual Instructor-Led Training (VILT), students will engage with weekly reading assignments through quizzes, facilitated discussion, and other learning activities. 
To complete this course, students must complete a 1,200 to 1,500-word paper analyzing one adversary’s use of humanitarian assistance, critiquing U.S. policy effectiveness, and proposing actionable security cooperation strategies. This final paper is worth 80% of the grade; weekly quizzes account for the remaining 20%. A minimum score of 80% is required to pass the course.

At the end of the course, students will be allotted time to complete the course evaluation to provide valuable feedback on course design, content, and instruction.