Realizing Resilience
Academics and practitioners see resilience as a critical driver of a community’s success or failure in recovering or bouncing back from disasters. Jill Raycroft discusses …
The Reflecting Pool
Cyber Federalism
Today’s cyber risks to critical infrastructure and public services affect all levels of government. Eric Rosner (MA 1601/2) explores the current state of cybersecurity, examines …
Transnational Crime and Malicious AI
Criminals are often early adopters of new technology and artificial intelligence is no different. Kevin Peters (Masters 1705/6), Chief for the National Threat Evaluation and …
Superforecasting: E Pluribus Analysis
Experts draw on years of experience to detect patterns and make predictions when facing novel situations. US Secret Service Assistant Special Agent In Charge James …
Law Enforcement’s Role in Pandemics
COVID19 has swept the globe in little more than 3 months. Health officials have enacted quarantine orders to reduce the disease’s spread but who enforces …
Better Safe Than Sorry
Why does the click-through rate on threatening headlines far exceed those that are more benign? Calling something a threat through a provocative headline or soundbite …
Improving Human Performance Through Mindfulness
First responders prepare themselves physically for complex and chaotic situations but what about mental preparedness. Yonkers Fire Department Assistant Chief John Flynn (Masters 1501/ELP 1301) …
The Human-Machine Interface: Promise and Peril
The human-machine interface found in today’s complex machines introduces unprecedented opportunities for promise and peril. Jackie Lindsey (Masters 1601), currently the Cabinet Secretary at the …
Information Laundering
How is it that fringe stories and counterfeit narratives get traction, enter mainstream media, and are accepted as fact? Intelligence expert Samantha Korta (Masters 1605/1606 …
Unbounded Risk
Providing perfect security in an era of unbounded risk is impossible. In my interview with Jack Anderson (Masters 1401), we talk about caribou scapula divination …
Future High: American drug policy in 2030
Jessica Bress is the Director of Continuing Education for the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department. Her thesis explores United States’ drug policy and finds it wholly …
Anti-Intellectualism and the Search for Truth
We live in a world where information is abundant. But in our search for truth we must be careful. Without carefully curating the quality and …