Learning Materials from the NPS Center for Homeland Defense and Security
Course — website/web application. Paul Jonathan Smith. Updated May 2017 The following three modules address counterterrorism in the United Kingdom. Tracing the UK response to violent subnational terrorism back to its efforts against the...
Lecture/presentation. Paul Jonathan Smith. Updated May 2017 Module 1. This first module considers the recent history of terrorism in the UK, radicalization amongst the UK’s Muslim Community, and the UK’s current threats from ISIS...
Lecture/presentation. Paul Jonathan Smith. Updated May 2017 Module 2. This module addresses the development of national security strategy since 2001, touching on the guiding principles behind contemporary UK counterterrorism policy, as well as the...
Lecture/presentation. Paul Jonathan Smith. Updated 2017 Module 3. This final module in the series explores the British domestic counterterrorism structure, emphasizing the importance of interagency cooperation in UK counterterrorism operations. It touches on the...
Course — website/web application. Nadav Morag. [Updated Dec 2016] Islam is a faith of richness and complexity that has manifested itself over time in a broad variety of ways. Unfortunately, it is also used...
Syllabus — text. Nadav Morag, Paul Smith and Seth Jones The objectives of the NS 3028 course are: (1) to understand the transnational nature of terrorism, organized crime, pandemics and other homeland security threats,...
Video – interview. Byron Bland and Jim Breckenridge. In this two-part series, Byron Bland, Associate Director for the Stanford Center on International Conflict & Negotiation outlines the fundamental building blocks of the peace making...
Interview — video. Peter Simpson. After serving 30 years in UK public service, including work in for the London Fire Brigade and the Metropolitan Police Service, Peter Simpson discusses the development of the National...
Video. Nadav Morag. This series consists of two background briefings that deal with nuclear weapons and with the Iranian nuclear program. Briefing 1 provides background information on nuclear weapons and their potential impact. Briefing...
Moghaddam, Fathali. The Psychology of Dictatorship. American Psychological Association (APA). (April 2013.) Ever since World War II, social scientists have recognized the crucial importance of these questions. Yet despite the great strides made in...
Book. Jones, Seth G. Hunting in the Shadows: The Pursuit of al Qa’ida since 9/11. (New York: W.W. Norton, 2012). This comprehensive, landmark history chronicles our ongoing battle against al-Qa’ida, the greatest threat the...
Interview — video. Nadav Morag. In this Viewpoints interview, Naval Postgraduate School Instructor Nadav Morag discusses his new book “Comparative Homeland Security: Global Lessons” which examines the homeland security practices in other liberal democracies...