In his recently published book America’s New Map, Barnett refines and updates his prior theories and presents bolder and, some say, fantastical ideas that may strike some as grandiose. In contr...
This article quantitatively analyzes risk of death by school shootings in the USA using data from 1900 to 2023 for the purpose of determining if school shootings are black swans. By Ted G. Lewi...
The true threat at the heart of generative AI may lie not in the erosion of our ability to determine whether any one discrete image or video is real or not, but in finding ourselves in a place in...
I proffer that island residents’ very vulnerability, caused by geographic realities and their real or perceived exposure to hazards that are concomitant with state failure, triggers action to i...
By Bobby Garcia – Executive Summary – The rising volume of irregular migrants poses a significant challenge for the U.S. government. Although irregular migrants were once composed predominant...
By Michelle Caron – Executive Summary – This comparative research examines approaches to gender diversity and the use of force in policing in the United States and the Netherlands. It specifi...
By James Collins – Executive Summary – Major fires aboard U.S. Navy (USN) vessels undergoing maintenance routinely require mutual aid assistance from nearby municipal fire departments for ext...
By Jonathan Dorrough – Executive Summary – Legitimacy is vital for any institution to fulfill its mission and achieve its goals. For the police, whose mission is essential to a well-functioni...
By Kelli Foy – Executive Summary – Anticipating, preventing, and mitigating acts of terrorism and targeted violence remains an ongoing and urgent challenge for law enforcement and homeland se...
By Daniel Harrington – Executive Summary – Social and political polarization are long-standing phenomena in the annals of American history. Even our most cherished foundational event – the ...