Volume XII

Volume XII

What Comes Around, Goes Around (and Around and Around): Reviving the Lost History of FEMA and its Importance to Future Disasters

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) lacks a coherent historical record. Often this results in the agency repeating the mistakes of its past.

By H. Quinton Lucie

What Comes Around, Goes Around (and Around and Around): Reviving the Lost History of FEMA and its Importance to Future Disasters

A History of Violence: A Quantitative Analysis of the History of Terrorism in New York City

In a recent quantitative analysis of the past 40 years of terrorist activity in New York City, the FDNY’s Center for Terrorism and Disaster Preparedness identified several trends in terrorist activity that may have value to future policy formation, both in New York City and in similar municipalities elsewhere.

By Matthew Quinn

A History of Violence: A Quantitative Analysis of the History of Terrorism in New York City

More Options for Quantifying Deterrence and Reducing Critical Infrastructure Risk: Cognitive Biases

We expand on the application of quantifiable deterrence to critical infrastructure/key resource protection by considering cognitive biases. These biases include what we call “information obfuscation bias” and “prospect bias.”

By Eric F. Taquechel and Ted G. Lewis

More Options for Quantifying Deterrence and Reducing Critical Infrastructure Risk: Cognitive Biases

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The Ultra-Marathoners of Human Smuggling: How to Combat the Dark Networks that Can Move Terrorists over American Land Borders

This essay presents the key findings of a systematic analysis of U.S. court records about SIA smuggling, as derived from 19 known prosecutions and a variety of other data between 2001 and 2015.

By Todd Bensman

The Ultra-Marathoners of Human Smuggling: How to Combat the Dark Networks that Can Move Terrorists over American Land Borders

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Questioning the Criticality of Critical Infrastructure: A Case Study Analysis

The Department of Homeland Security holds the statutory mission to protect the nation’s critical infrastructure which is composed of nationally significant systems and assets. The loss of this infrastructure would result in debilitating consequences to the safety and security of the United States.

By David Riedman

Questioning the Criticality of Critical Infrastructure: A Case Study Analysis

NORAD

What is NORAD’s Role in Military Cyber Attack Warning?

For more than fifty years, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has been responsible for conducting aerospace warning and control missions for the defense of North America. In accomplishing those operations, Commander NORAD is responsible for making the official warning to both the president of the United States and the prime minister of Canada if North America is suddenly under aerospace attack.

By Randall DeGering

What is NORAD’s Role in Military Cyber Attack Warning?

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