Notes from the Editor

In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on our Nation, the Homeland Security Affairs Editorial Committee decided to invite CHDS faculty members and HSAJ Editorial Board members to write reflective essays on the development of homeland security as a discipline and field of practice. We asked CHDS faculty members to select CHDS theses that had a significant impact on their own understanding and on the field and discipline. We also asked Editorial Board members to reflect on similarly impactful HSAJ articles over the past 16 years. Read more.

9/11 20th Anniversary Issue

9/11 20th Anniversary Issue

Rodrigo Nieto-Gòmez reflects on the impact of Marissa Madragal’s CHDS thesis, “Obsessive – Compulsive Homeland Security: Insights from the Neurobiological Security Motivation System”

By Rodrigo Nieto-Gòmez During an interview with al-Jazeera in 2004, Osama bin Laden repeated something that he had spoken about before, with regards to his theory of the case behind the actions and operations of al-Qaeda: “We are continuing this […]

Rodrigo Nieto-Gòmez reflects on the impact of Marissa Madragal’s CHDS thesis, “Obsessive – Compulsive Homeland Security: Insights from the Neurobiological Security Motivation System”

Erik Dahl reflects on the impact of Roy Brush’s CHDS thesis, “Silent Warning: Understanding the National Terrorism Advisory System”

By Erik Dahl I have chosen to discuss the impact of Roy Brush’s CHDS thesis on the field.     I was Roy’s advisor, and Carolyn Halladay was second reader.  He was in cohort 1303/4, and graduated in December 2014.

Erik Dahl reflects on the impact of Roy Brush’s CHDS thesis, “Silent Warning: Understanding the National Terrorism Advisory System”

David Brannan reflects on the impact of CHDS theses by Candice Wright, Richard Fleece, David Heller, Gary Settle, Devon Bell, and Michelle Mallek

By David Brannan I’m passionate about practitioners merging street savvy with methodologically sound and analytically honest functional knowledge. I was working at the DC office of RAND on 9-11 and thought then, as I do now, that we must put

David Brannan reflects on the impact of CHDS theses by Candice Wright, Richard Fleece, David Heller, Gary Settle, Devon Bell, and Michelle Mallek

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