INSS Student Research
Journal of Strategic Security Publications
Gary Adkins, "Red Teaming the Red Team: Utilizing Cyber Espionage to Combat Terrorism," Journal of Strategic Security
Esther Solis Al-Tabaa, "Targeting a Female Audience: American Muslim Women's Perceptions of al-Qaida Propaganda," Journal of Strategic Security
Hector Escobar, “Developing a Better Understanding of the Personal Dimensions of Working at the Central Intelligence Agency,” Journal of Strategic Security
America Y. Guevara, "Propaganda in Mexico's Drug War," Journal of Strategic Security
Eric Gutierrez, "Generating Effective Patrol Strategies to Enhance U.S. Border Security," Journal of Strategic Security
Kris Hemme, “Critical Infrastructure Protection: Maintenance is National Security,” Journal of Strategic Security
Emilio Morales, “Global Climate Change as a Threat to U.S. National Security,” Journal of Strategic Security
Stacy Langston, "The Threat of Domestic Bioterrorism: Fact or Fiction," Journal of Strategic Security
Barry Peterson, "Red Flags and Black Markets: Trends in Financial Crime and the Global Banking Response," Journal of Strategic Security
MS-INSS Thesis Projects
Matthew W. Richardson, Al Shabaab's American Recruits: A Comparative Analysis of Two Radicalization Pathways (2012)
Stephen Keith Mulhern, An Analysis of Hezbollah's Use of Irregular Warfare (2012)
David K. Lyons, Analyzing the Effectiveness of Al Qaeda’s Online Influence Operations by Means of Propaganda Theory (2013)
Stacy M. Langston, The Threat of Domestic Bioterroism: Fact or Fiction? (2013)
Gary Adkins, Utilizing Cyber Espionage to Combat Terrorism (2013)
Michael Yatskievych, North Korean Supernotes: Nuclear Arms Financed by Counterfeit Currency (2014)
Eric Gutierrez, A Visualization and Simulation Tool That Will Generate Effective Patrolling Strategies to Protect the U.S. Borders From Illegal Intrusion Using Game Theoretic Methods and Models (2014)
Sean Curtis, La Lutte pour L'Azawad: MNLA Public Relations Responses to Conflict in Northern Mali, 2011-2014 (2015)
Selected Capstone Projects 2012-2016
Paige Costanzi, The Islamic State’s Information Warfare: Social Media and Propaganda Engineering (2016)
Julio Escalon, Lone Wolf Radicalization in a Post-ISIL World (2016)
Esther Solis Al-Tabaa, Targeting a Female Audience: An Understanding of Muslim Women Recruitment Strategies (2015)
Patricia Devine, An Examination of the Effectiveness of State and Local Fusion Centers Toward Federal Counterterrorism Efforts (2014)
America Guevara, Propaganda in Mexico's Drug War (2012)
Kris Hemme, The Importance of Critical Infrastructure Maintenance for National Security (2014)
Miguel A. Ibarra, 21st Century Chinese Military Power Projection (2013)
Jose Jimenez, Examining Mexican Transnational Criminal Organization's Corruption of U.S. Federal Law Enforcement (2013)
Stephanie Montes, The Climate Crisis: Climate Induced Migration in the Asia-Pacific Region (2013)
Emilio Morales, Global Climate Change is a Threat to U.S. National Security (2014)
Barry Peterson, The Black and Gray Market Arms Trade in Support of Insurgencies (2014)
April Rodriguez, A Comparative Study of Domestic Terrorism: An Empirical Evaluation of Security Responses by the United States and Great Britain (2014)
Lisa Saenz, WMD Terrorism and the Al Qaeda Network: An Analysis of AQIM and Al-Shabaab (2013)
Joseph Sanchez, The Mara Salvatrucha and Regional Instability (2015)
Hans Sassenfeld, Counterfeit Prevention Strategies in the Military Supply Chain: Increasing Reliability at a Higher Price (2013)
Ernesto Silva, Music and Friends: Right-Wing Domestic Terrorism and its Culture and Influence (2012)
Jacob Silva, Pro-Beijing Propaganda in Taiwanese Media (2015)
Daniel Valencia, The Evolving Dynamics of Terrorism: The Terrorist-Criminal Nexus of Hezbollah and The Los Zetas Drug Cartel (2013)
Milan Villarreal, Exploiting VKontakte to Better Understand the Caucasus Emirate's Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (2015)
Mark Wilson, Intelligence: The Need Exists in Law Enforcement (2012)
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