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The Center for Unconventional Security
Affairs (CUSA) at the University of California Irvine addresses the
security challenges of the 21st century through innovative research and
education programs that integrate experts from the public and private
sectors. Technological innovation, economic globalization, and the
spread of democracy have dramatically transformed the security
landscape. While the incidence of war has declined, other threats have
moved onto the agenda, ranging from global terrorist networks to
environmental change to infectious disease. CUSA has pioneered a
collaborative, interdisciplinary structure that draws on the best
resources available from UCI, the policy community, and the public and
private sectors. CUSA conducts research and provides a range of
educational and public services focused on areas of concern for human
and national security. CUSA is guided by an active and engaged Board of
Advisors and supported by Friends of CUSA.
Our activities are
focused in three main areas. Please select the link below to learn more
about each area:
The Changing Security Landscape
For more information about the background and
context of CUSA, please read The
Changing Security Landscape, an essay by CUSA Director Richard Matthew.
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Technological
innovation, economic globalization, and the spread of democracy have
dramatically transformed the security landscape. While the incidence of
war has declined, other threats have moved onto the agenda, ranging from
global terrorist networks to environmental change to infectious disease.
The Center for Unconventional Security Affairs addresses
the security challenges of the twenty-first century through innovative
research and education programs that integrate experts from the public
and private sector. |
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What others are saying about CUSA:
"CUSA's comprehensive and forward looking research
agenda promises to focus attention on the root sources of global instability and
human insecurity that underlie today's national security issues."
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Ken Rutherford, Ph.D.
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Assistant Professor, Southwest Missouri State
University and Co-Founder, Landmine Survivors Network, a co-recipient of the
1997 Nobel Peace Prize.
"UCI's history of interdisciplinary, forward
looking research makes it an ideal setting for this timely center which brings
together experts from across the campus to study the pressing and complex
security challenges of our day."
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Julius Margolis, Ph.D.
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Professor Emeritus, University of California,
Irvine
"CUSA combines the University of California's
commitment to research and education excellence with a pioneering spirit
that encourages the active participation of the public and private sectors."
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Frank Quinlan
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Ret. Brigadier General, USMC and Attorney
"The Center for the Study of Unconventional
Security Affairs (CUSA) represents an effort underway in the School of Social
Ecology at UC Irvine to bring together academic expertise at UCI with community
and business leaders to forge new research, educational, and outreach
initiatives that will address the rapidly evolving threats faced by our society.
This timely initiative is very deserving of both campus and community support."
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C. Ronald Huff, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine
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