Transnational Threat Networks and Human Security
The final decades of the twentieth century witnessed a dramatic upsurge in the pace and scale of technological innovation, economic globalization, environmental change and political transformation. The impacts of these processes are varied and complex. On many fronts-from literacy to life expectancy-humankind has experienced remarkable and well-documented gains. But our interconnected and rapidly changing world is also being challenged by an expanding list of transnational threats such as climate change, infectious disease and global terrorism. CUSA's research examines responses to terrorism and other security threats and the implications of individual responses for policy responses and support for government.
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Societal Implications of Individual Differences in Response to Turbulence: The Case of Terrorism
The final decades of the twentieth century witnessed a dramatic upsurge in the pace and scale of technological innovation, economic globalization, environmental change and political transformation. The impacts of these processes are varied and complex. On many fronts-from literacy to life expectancy-humankind has experienced remarkable and well-documented gains. But our interconnected and rapidly changing world is also being challenged by an expanding list of transnational threats such as climate change, infectious disease and global terrorism. Learn more ...
CUSA at 2009 Emergency Management and Homeland Security Summit
Bryan McDonald presented to the California State University's 2009 Emergency Management and Homeland Security Summit held at the California State University Chancellor's Office in Long Beach, California on June 29, 2009. This event brought together academics, agency representatives, and homeland security professionals to showcase academic excellence and research within California on homeland security and emergency management.
CUSA participates in dialogue on energy security
CUSA Director Richard Matthew joined 25 leaders from academia, government, and the private sector for a workshop on energy policy and the need to balance national security, environmental sustainability, and economic prosperity goals. This workshop was hosted by Sandia National Laboratories and the University of California, San Diego's Sustainability Solutions Institute. Read more about this event.
Bryan McDonald interviewed on "Privacy Piracy"
Bryan McDonald was featured in an interview on KUCI's "Privacy Piracy"with Mari Frank on Wednesday, February 25 from 5-6 pm. During the interview, Dr. McDonald covered CUSA's research, education and public service activities and provides more details on our projects related to terrorism, food security and human security. You can listen to this interview online or download a podcast of it at www.kuci.org.
New Threats to World Security: Terrorism and other Transnational Threats
Bryan McDonald presented CUSA's research on terrorism, including results for our NSF funded survey of American's, as part of a talk on "New Threats to World Security: Terrorism and other Transnational Threats."This talk was presented to Palmia Men's Issues Group, Mission Viejo, California, February 12, 2009.
Climate Change and Security
Richard Matthew was invited to present on "Climate Change and Security,"at the Mansfield Center, Montana in October 2009.
Post-9/11 America: Conventional Wisdom Versus Popular Pragmatism
"Post-9/11 America: Conventional Wisdom Versus Popular Pragmatism" has been published in the Spring 2008 issue of Democracy & Society. This article draws on data collected as part of our NSF funded project on "Societal Implications of Individual Differences in Response to Turbulence: The Case of Terrorism."
Global Climate Change: National Security Implications
CUSA Director Richard Matthew's presentation at a colloquium on "Global Climate Change: National Security Implications"sponsored by the Strategic Studies Institute and the Triangle Institute for Security Studies is now available in Global Climate Change National Security Implications. Carolyn Pumphrey, ed. (Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2008).
Related Publications
George E. Shambaugh, Richard A. Matthew, Roxane Cohen Silver, Bryan McDonald, Michael Poulin and Scott Blum. "Public Perceptions of Traumatic Events and Policy Preferences during the George W. Bush Administration: A Portrait of America in Turbulent Times." Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 33, no. 1 (2010): 55–91.
Matthew, Richard, Bryan McDonald and George Shambaugh. (2008). "Post-9/11 America: Conventional Wisdom Versus Popular Pragmatism." Democracy & Society, Vol. 5 No. 2 (Spring 2008).
Silver, Roxane Cohen and Richard A. Matthew (2008). "Terrorism." In V. N. Parrillo (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Social Problems. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Richard Matthew and George Shambaugh. "The Limits of Terrorism: A Network Perspective." International Studies Review Vol. 7 No 4 (December 2005).
Richard Matthew and George Shambaugh. "The Pendulum Effect: Explaining Shifts in the Democratic Response to Terrorism." ASAP: Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy Vol. 5 No. 1 (2005).
Richard A. Matthew and Bryan McDonald. "Networks of Threat and Vulnerability: Lessons from Environmental Security Research." Environmental Change and Security Project Report 10 (2004).
Bert B. Tussing, Lieutenant Colonel, USMC(RET), "Sharing Information for Homeland Security," January 2004.
Timothy W. Luke, "Postmodern Geopolitics in the 21st Century: Lessons from the 9.11.01 Terrorist Attacks," November 2003.
Martin van Creveld, "How Not To Fight Terrorism," September 2003.
Matthew, Richard A. & George Shambaugh. 1998. "Sex, Drugs and Heavy Metal: Transnational Threats and National Vulnerabilities." Security Dialogue 29 (2).