CoLPS: Homeland Security

Explains how our anxieties about public safety have translated into command-and-control procedures that annoy, intimidate, and are often.

Explores the complicated reality of life in present-day Syria with unprecedented detail and sophistication, drawing on new first-hand testimonies from opposition fighters, exiles lost in an archipelago of refugee camps, and courageous human rights activists.

An edited volume of papers presented at the Cato Institute's Dangerous World Conference, experts on international security assess, and put in context, the supposed dangers to American security.

Investigates how states decide to employ cyber in military and intelligence operations against other states and how rational those decisions are.

The view advanced in this book analyzes what makes emergencies different from other types of similar events and proposes that states of emergency are in fact poorly understood and therefore needlessly mismanaged when they occur.

This book addresses a range of issues surrounding the search for scientific truths in the study of international conflict and international political economy.

Analyzes the complex set of factors affecting the security of port and maritime operations, including shipping, politics, economics, crime, and terrorism.

Addresses a variety of challenges and solutions within the transportation security sphere in order to protect our transportation systems.

A pivotal reference source that overviews current difficulties, challenges, and solutions that technology must adapt to in crisis situations.