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Environmental and Urban Security Risks, New Chapter on Climate Change Impact by NSA Professor James Russell
July 25, 2018
NSA Professor James Russell has just contributed a chapter titled “Environmental and Urban Security Risks" to Eckart Woertz’s new monograph, Wise Cities in the Mediterranean.
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SIGS Dean Wirtz and NSA Professor Dahl Publish on ISIS and Intelligence
July 1, 2018
SIGS Dean James Wirtz and NSA Professor Erik Dahl each contributed a chapter to a new book published by Brookings Institution Press titled The Future of ISIS.
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NSA Department to Have New Chair: Professor Clay Moltz
June 19, 2018
Professor Clay Moltz will assume the duties of as the new Chair of the Department of National Security Affairs effective 1 October 2018 and continue to 30 June 2021. He was strongly recommended by the...
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New Publications on Ideological Vulnerabilities of Islamist Extremism by NSA Professor Hafez
June 17, 2018
Professor Mohammed Hafez, NSA Department Chair, has published two new articles illuminating the ideological vulnerabilities of Islamist extremism.
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New Articles on Programing Challenges and Command and Control by NSA Professor Young
June 1, 2018
In early 2018, Defense & Security Analysis published an article by NSA Professor Thomas-Durell Young titled “Programming Challenges and Impediments to reform: Identifying Pragmatic Solutions.” Usi...
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Two New Articles by NSA Professor Rachel Sigman
May 4, 2018
Two new articles by Professor Rachael Sigman: "Democracy for All" and "Ghana First."
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NPS is #1 in Homeland Security Education
April 12, 2018
US News recently ranked the Naval Postgraduate School at number one in the area of homeland/national security and emergency management, even topping schools such as Harvard. This is because of the pro...
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Water Thieves or Political Catalysts? Joint Article by Former NSA Student and Professor Baylouny
March 13, 2018
NSA Professor Anne Marie Baylouny and former NSA student LT Steve Klingseis have written a joint article titled, “Water Thieves or Political Catalysts?"
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Professor Anne Clunan Has New Article on Russia and the Liberal World Order
March 11, 2018
New article by NSA Professor Anne Clunan, titled “Russia and the Liberal World Order.”
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“Archives and Inference:” NSA Professor Darnton’s Article Explores US Entry in WWII
January 31, 2018
New article by NSA Professor Christopher Darnton, titled “Archives and Inference: Documentary Evidence in Case Study Research and the Debate over U.S. Entry into World War II.”
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New Article on Afghanistan's Electoral Representative Democracy by NSA Professor Tom Johnson
January 4, 2018
New article by NSA Professor Tom Johnson titled “The Illusion of Afghanistan's Electoral Representative Democracy."
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Graduating NSA Student, MAJ William Swenson, Is Medal of Honor Recipient
December 18, 2017
NSA student graduate, MAJ William D. Swenson (US Army), is a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor, which is the highest and most prestigious military decoration awarded for exceptional valor....
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NSA Alumus Promoted and Published
December 7, 2017
Colonel Michael Fenzel (US Army), who defended his Ph.D. dissertation in the NSA Department in 2013 ("No Retreat: the Failure of Soviet Decision-making in the Afghan War, 1979-1989"), has been promote...
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Publication by NSA Professor Covell Meyskens on Three Gorges Dam
December 5, 2017
In a chapter titled “Building a Dam for China in the Three Gorges Region, 1919–1971” in the forthcoming book Water, Technology and the Nation-State (Routledge, June 2018), NSA Professor Covell Meysken...
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NSA Professor Ryan Gingeras Has New Publications on Turkish Politics
December 4, 2017
Given the ongoing interest in organized crime within the Republic of Turkey, NSA Professor Ryan Gingeras offers analysis of major controversies affecting the Turkish state today. Grounded in...
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NSA Professor Afshon Ostovar Awarded Book Prize from Washington Institute
December 1, 2017
The NSA department if proud to report that Professor Afshon Ostovar, a new hire and resident expert on Iran, has been recognized with a distinguished book award. His book, Vanguard of the Imam: Politi...
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NSA Chair Publishes on Fratricidal Jihadis and Why They Lose
November 30, 2017
Professor Mohammed Hafez, Chair of the Department of National Security Affairs, published his research on rebel-on-rebel fratricide and its consequences for jihadi movements seeking to win their civil...
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NSA Professor Jessica Piombo Awarded Minerva Grant
November 13, 2017
NSA Professor Jessica Piombo has been awarded one of the Minerva Initiative University Grants. It is part of the full grant program that OSD Minerva runs, rather than the defense institution prog...
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NSA Department Welcomes COL Uwe Hartmann
October 29, 2017
The NSA Department extends a warm welcome to its newest faculty member and alumnus, COL, Uwe Hartmann, PhD from Germany.
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NSA Professor Scott Jasper Advocates for Automated Cyber Defense
October 28, 2017
NSA Professor Scott Jasper recently had an article published in The Diplomat and another in The National Interest, both on cyber defense. In the article in The Diplomat, titled “Russia Sanctions ...
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Effective 29MAR21, SIGS adopts a new name: the Graduate School of International and Defense Studies (IDS)
March 29, 2021
The main purpose behind this name change is to better signal to both internal and external stakeholders the school’s unique identity and mission of security-focused graduate education on emerging chal...
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Divided We Fall: Why the ‘America First’ Policy Has Created New Problems; Article by Professor Zachary Shore
December 4, 2020
Professor Zachary Shore’s most recent article, “Divided We Fall: Why the ‘America First’ Policy Has Created New Problems,” appears on The National Interest webpage. In his article, he discusses the un...
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New Atlantic Council Article by Scott Jasper: Why Foreign Election Interference Fizzled
November 23, 2020
Dr. Scott Jasper on why foreign election interference in the US 2020 election fizzled.
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NSA Scott Jasper on Russian Influence on the American Vote
October 30, 2020
In a recent and timely article, published by The Conversation, NSA Dr. Scott Jasper reflects on Russia’s influence on America’s upcoming 2020 election.
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NSA Professor Rachel Sigman Awarded 2020 Hamming Teaching Award
September 25, 2020
NSA Dr. Rachel Sigman has been honored with the 2020 Hamming Teaching Award for her caring dedication to her teaching and students.
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