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Central America’s Challenge: Achieving Security & the Rule of Law

Political Science Conference Room Howard Phillips Hall 305 G

This event has been rescheduled for July 14th. Join the School of Politics, Security, and International Affairs along with the IC CAE for Central America’s Challenge: Achieving Security & the Rule of Law, a presentation by Evelyn Villarreal Fernández. Central American countries face a dangerous convergence of threats stemming from drug-trafficking geopolitics, organized crime (including […]

Seminar on Food Security – From the Field to the Table (Home and Restaurant)

The primary purpose of this presentation is to help better understand the many facets in predicting the risk of threats against the United States food production, distribution, safety, networks, and automation infrastructure nationally and internationally. Food safety and security is a public health imperative and has been identified as a major 21st century health threat. The need […]

They all fall down: Economic insecurity, general strikes, and threats to political stability during austerity in Southern Europe

Political Science Conference Room Howard Phillips Hall 305 G

Join us as Dr. Alison Johnston speaks about economic insecurity, general strikes, and threats to political stability during austerity in Southern Europe. She is currently an assistant professor at Oregon State University and earned her PhD in European Political Economy from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Abstract: The European Debt Crisis, and the […]

Complexity and cross-boundary effects in security: Britain and the Unification of Germany, 1989-1990

Political Science Conference Room Howard Phillips Hall 305 G

Dr. Patrick James will present his research entitled "Complexity and cross-boundary effects in security: Britain and the Unification of Germany, 1989-1990." This study, co-authored by Jarrod Hayes of Georgia Tech University, focuses on Britain and the unification of Germany in 1989-90. It assesses British perceptions of the process of reunification. The key concepts used to account […]

How Domestic Protests Influence Coups d’état, 1952-2005

Political Science Conference Room Howard Phillips Hall 305 G

Join us as Dr. Clayton Thyne presents his research on How Domestic Protests Influence Coups d’état. The paper considers how domestic protests influence coups. Protests signal regime illegitimacy, which incentivizes coups and provides a favorable post-coup climate for reforms. Protests also ease coordination obstacles among coup plotters, and make international actors less likely to punish coup […]

A Picture is worth around 300 Words: Visual Representation of Descriptive Data

HPH Computer Lab, Room 310

Dr. Clayton Thyne will present "A Picture is worth around 300 Words: Visual Representation of Descriptive Data". Scholars frequently explain their data either in a sentence or in a table, often providing only information about the mean and standard deviation.  This approach not only eats up precious space in a manuscript, but often hides spatial […]

Practicing Political Science

Political Science Conference Room Howard Phillips Hall 305 G

This talk will focus on the transition from academia to practicing political science. Dr. Trace C. Lasley will discuss his research interests, past and current work, and his job as a senior strategist for the Department of Homeland Security as well as his work on the National Security Council. He will also share his view […]

Life and Careers in the Intelligence Community

Student Union, Pegasus Ballrom

Join us on Thursday November 5th for our Speaker Series: Life and Careers in the Intelligence Community. A panel of practitioners from at least five different intelligence agencies will be represented and will introduce the intelligence community to students by talking about their lives and careers in the field. The speakers will talk about their […]

Geospatial Security: Opportunities and Insights from the Intelligence Community, Academics, and the Private Sector

UCF Student Union, Room 220

This panel brings together government, academic, and private sector practitioners involved in the analysis of geospatial data in the fields of security and intelligence. This event will expose students to the interesting technical skills and opportunities that are fast becoming one of the most important avenues of intelligence analysis. Students will hear from a diverse […]

Better than the Truth: Extra-factual Sources of Threat

Political Science Conference Room Howard Phillips Hall 305 G

On Thursday, August 25th, we will be starting Fall 2016 with an event from Dr. Kelly Greenhill of Tufts and Harvard University.  She's finishing up a book on the surprising role that "extra-factual information" (EFI) can have on individuals and groups when they are attempting to validate and assess threats—and how that fear can lead […]