The multi-layer PageRank algorithm provides a portable and flexible tool that can be modified by practitioners to specific infrastructure networks of interest.
By Jacob Miller, Dr. Bill Kay, Patrick Mackey, Dr. Samrat Chatterjee
Multi-Layer Network PageRank for Critical Infrastructure Analysis →
This issue of Homeland Security Affairs examines significant developments in the technological and human dimensions of security challenges facing our nation. The five articles in this issue highlight the interplay between emerging analytical capabilities and evolving security threats and offer
Editor’s Notes for Volume XX →
“Terrorist groups are not only learning organizations. They are also calculating, rational actors who may perceive a change when the level of violence previously used is no longer effectively communicating their political message.”
By David W. Brannan
A Perfect Storm: Hamas Terrorist Escalation →
In this research note, the authors examine the utility of the new anti-government/anti-authority violent extremism category by comparing event-level characteristics of domestic terrorism incidents committed by AVEs, SCVEs, and MVEs.
By Michael K. Logan, Clara Braun, Seamus Hughes
Comparing Significant Acts of Anti-Government Violent Extremism: A Research Note →
The United States border remains a concern as the number of border crossings has drastically increased over the last few years, highlighting concerns about U.S. immigration policy and the simultaneous issues of international criminal activities.
By Michael K. Logan, Clara Braun, Seamus Hughes
Security on the Southern Border: What is the National Guard’s Role? →
“The intersection of AI and national security offers fertile ground for experts, pundits, and fear mongers alike. Scharre makes clear that it is the nature of the relationship between human and machine that will determine the ways in which AI will contribute to or erode the security of nations.”
By Daniel E. Levinson
A Review of Four Battlegrounds, Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Paul Scharre →
Emergency Management practitioners and academicians have worked for over two decades to professionalize and standardize the EM field. This article presents findings from a Capstone Project at FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute’s National Emergency Management Executive Academy, focusing on the importance of Next Generation Core Competencies for EM professionals in the face of evolving challenges.
By Kimberly Campbell, Sarah Custer, Mary Jo Flynn-Nevins, Alex Schubek, Robert Granzow III, and Kristy Moore
Emergency Management: A Practitioner-Based Evaluation of the 2017 Core Competencies →
This article explores the necessity for emergency management to be nonpartisan as our nation encounters frequent disasters. It further discusses the implications for both political parties to cease politicization and enhance support for communities facing escalating disaster impacts through equitable practices.
By Yali Pang, Nakeina E. Douglas-Glenn, Curtis Brown, Jennifer J. Reid, and J. Herman Tomasi
A Bipartisan Perspective: Integration of Equity into Emergency Management →
Healthcare workers in Emergency Departments and Emergency Medical Services are at particularly high risk for occupationally acquired infectious diseases due to their close contact with infected patients and insufficient protection, resources, training, and compliance. This article stresses the importance of hand hygiene as a key strategy to reduce these risks and recommends implementing multimodal strategies to improve hand hygiene compliance, which is vital for protecting workers and strengthening the healthcare system’s resilience.
By Ryan S. Houser, Alexander Linder, and Erin Sorrell
Welcome to Volume IV of Pracademic Affairs! We are back with another installment of this exciting forum for practitioners and practitioner-scholars. We are grateful for the many submissions we received for this issue and thank Homeland Security Affairs for their continued
Editor’s Notes for Volume IV →
