What exactly is the focus of the syllabus? An understanding of the role of Regional Combatant Commands in foreign policy? Operational art? Civil-military relations? Without a better understanding of your organization's mandate, any suggestions are a shot in the dark.

Perhaps your members could participate in the first two years of an ROTC course, with no service obligation (I think Tufts is associated with MIT's program). Of course, actually joining the military for a few years might provide some insights as well. I write that last sentence with no malice or sarcasm. If your group's members wish to get involved in national security issue, a knowledge of what it feels like to be a boot brown bar, or even a private in the third rank will go a long way to make them consider the impact of their decisions once they achieve positions where they can influence policy and perhaps commit young men and women to war. Maybe some of your members are vets?