For the 2017 UAPI Summit Special Issue, Homeland Security Affairs presents the best papers from the 2017 University and Agency Partnership Initiative (UAPI) Summit Conference. This issue also contains executive summaries from eleven other outstanding papers from the UAPI Summit. All of the papers submitted for presentation at the meeting were vetted by an academic jury, and then the five best papers were selected by the Homeland Security Affairs Editorial Committee. Read more.
Today nearly every crime or homeland security threat that once required some physical nexus with the nation’s traditional borders (land, sea, and air) is being committed, or at least facilitated, by some cyber component.
By Phillip Osborn
Cyber Border Security – Defining and Defending a National Cyber Border →
VEOs ability to utilize or acquire one or more unique resources or capabilities provides a competitive advantage over other groups in the larger Jihadi Industry.
By Michael Logan, Gina Ligon, and Douglas Derrick
Applying an Organizational Framework to Examine Jihadi Organizations as an Industry →
Protecting critical infrastructure, especially in a complex urban area or region, should focus on identifying and prioritizing potential failure points that would have the most severe consequences.
By Duane Verner, Frederic Petit, and Kibaek Kim
Incorporating Prioritization in Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Programs →
We explain unique contributions of ways to model threat, vulnerability, and consequence, which have implications for how we assess risk.
By Eric F. Taquechel and Ted G. Lewis
Investments in information communication technologies, such as those made by the state of Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina, can help to facilitate the resilience of disaster response networks.
By Thomas W. Haase, Gunes Ertan, and Louise K. Comfort
by Alexander Siedschlag Introduction Homeland Security is strategically defined as an enterprise based on a concerted national effort: a nation-wide comprehensive activity, including all of government across federal, state, local, territorial and tribal tiers; the public and the private sector;
Protecting the Right to Be an American: How Pennsylvanians Perceive Homeland Security →
by Emily Damm, Amy Jones, Skye Cooley, and Elizabeth Roshelli The size and scope of the Syrian refugee crisis has made it a salient humanitarian crisis for the international community that has given rise to fears among European and U.S.
by Sarah L. Desmarais, Joseph Simons-Rudolph, Christine Shahan Brugh, Eileen Schilling, & Chad Hoggan North Carolina State University Background One strategy in the fight against terrorism involves identifying individuals who are at heightened risk of joining terrorist organizations or perpetrating terrorist
by Dr. R. B. Watts In 1995 over 60,000 migrants from both Haiti and Cuba attempted to reach the United States through maritime means, primarily vastly overcrowded sailboats and rafts. While it is unclear how many died in the attempt
Preparing for the Next Mass Migration: Lessons from the Past and Recommendations for the Future →
by Mary Tyszkiewicz Abstract Community resilience can be created via small group practices to respond to emerging threats, like accidents, disasters and terrorist emergencies. My case study research shows that that innovation happens when people care and connect in small
Community Resilience for Emerging Threats →
