Research Hubs
Global Security
The Interdisciplinary Research Hub on Global Security brings together scholars from across the social sciences, humanities, sciences and engineering to examine contemporary issues of security, conflict, risk, humanitarian intervention, militarization, disaster management and related security institutions for conflict management. Our aim is to develop an interdisciplinary forum for discussion of new research and for public engagement.
North Korea and Myanmar: Divergent Paths
The stories of North Korea and Myanmar (Burma) are two of Asia’s most difficult. For decades they were infamous as the region’s most militarized and repressed, self-isolated and under sanctions by the international community while, from Singapore to Japan, the rest of Asia saw historic wealth creation. Andray Abrahamian, author
W.Nomikos & Patrick Hunnicut – Global Security Hub Presentation
Please join us for a last minute addition to the Global Security Hub Paper Workshop where we will discuss Will Nomikos and Patrick Hunnicut’s paper, “Does UN Peace Enforcement Reduce Violence? Assessing Peacekeeping at the Local Level”. As always, we will meet in the Orfalea Center Conference Room (Girvetz 2320).
Research Agendas for the Study of Terrorism Workshop
The Orfalea Center is bringing together leading scholars of terrorism to focus on research agendas for deepening our collective understanding of terrorism, counterterrorism, media presentations and public perceptions of the problem of terrorism and responses to it.
