| INSCT Student Research |
Each year INSCT facilitates student research projects for the Maxwell Capstone project. Past past publications have focused on addressing issues relating to homeland security including disaster preparedness, transportation security, and analysis of the USA Patriot Act's application. These reports have been submitted to the United States House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security.
Integrating USAID and DOS: The Future of Development and Diplomacy
This year, a team of six MPA students worked with the Project on National Security Reform Issue Team and examined the role of development and diplomacy in national security. Their report examined how foreign assistance is administered through the federal government and how this function could be consolidated within the Department of State, making it more effective. Click here to read the report.
Securing America's Passenger Rails: Analyzing Current Challenges and Future Solutions, was recently prepared by MPA students for their workshop capstone project. This report has been included in the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security's online publication, Homeland Security Digital Library, which is a targeted collection of recently-released documents that are expected to influence homeland security policy and strategy development.
MPA Students (left to right): Nick Armstrong, Edward Cox, Dan
Wears, P.C. Zai, Drew Bland, Eric Oddo
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Securing America's Passenger Rails: Analyzing Current Challenges and Future Solutions, Report prepared by MPA Workshop group.
This study of the “Chemical Corridor,” compiled by researchers at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University, was submitted to the United States House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security (HCHS) to provide its members with an overview of New Jersey’s current state of preparedness for responding to a chemical catastrophe.
The House passed a bill (HR1680) on Oct 23, 2007 regulating sales of ammonium nitrate. See the INSCT MPA Workshop report from 2005 below titled "Legal Controls on Explosive Materials" that contributed to this effort.
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National Security Leaks
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Whistleblower Protection Act
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Triage During Mass Casualty Events
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Amending the HIPPA to Mandate Disclosure For the Creation of a National Health Alert Network
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Are We Ready: A Practical Examination of the Strategic National Stockpile in Response to Public Health Crises, Report prepared for United States House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security Democratic Staff
Fall 2005-Spring 2006 Topics:
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Northern Border Security
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U.S. National Security Strategy
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Terrorist Financing
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Outsourcing War
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National Security, Technology, and Expectations of Privacy
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Responding to Disasters in the Homeland: The role of the military and federal, state, and local government actors
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Legal Controls on Explosive Materials, Report prepared for United States House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security Democratic Staff. Read story in spring 2008 issue of Maxwell Perspective.
Fall 2004-Spring 2005 Topics:
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The USA PATRIOT Act: How Can We Prevent Terrorism and Protect Civil Liberties?
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Securing the U.S. Homeland
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Securing the U.S. Border
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The Treatment of Detainees in the War on Terrorism
Fall 2003-Spring 2004 Topics:
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Information Sharing & Homeland Security Conference, Background Papers
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Commentary on Enemy Combatant Cases
The Student Association on Terrorism and Security Analysis (SATSA) is hosting its 5th Annual Conference on Peace and Security. We invite papers from all academic disciplines, such as international relations, public administration, anthropology, law, political science, history, sociology, business management, peace studies, economics, conflict studies, geography, and communications. Chosen papers will be invited for presentation and the Conference to be held on February 20, 2009. SATSA and the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs at the Maxwell School will publish selected articles presented at the conference. Click here for more information.
