Naval Postgraduate School
2. NPS Outstanding Theses and Dissertations
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Russian arctic strategy: or how I learned to stop worrying and love bureaucratic politics
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2018-03)
Global climate change is rapidly melting the polar ice caps and thus opening the Arctic to human activity. Russia is particularly affected by these changes as the nation with the longest Arctic coastline and a significant ...
Fake news, conspiracy theories, and lies: an information laundering model for homeland security
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2018-03)
The purpose of this research, broadly speaking, is to expose the threat that fake news poses to our national security. This thesis answers the question: Can the information laundering model, or a modified version of it, ...
ISRAEL'S ASCENDANCE TO A TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED REGIONAL ECONOMIC POWER
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2018-12)
This thesis examines Israel's economic ascendance to one of the most technologically advanced states in the Middle East. The analysis reviews the immigration of Jews into Palestine and later Israel, the Israeli defense ...
INTERNATIONAL EFFECTS OF ALBANIAN ORGANIZED CRIME
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2018-12)
This thesis investigates Albanian organized crime with a focus on the transnational crime of trafficking cannabis cultivated in Albania. It argues that the illicit cannabis market has flourished due to a difficult transition ...
SHOOT THE HORSE AND BUILD A BETTER BARN DOOR: EXPLORING THE POTENTIAL FOR A SUPERFORECASTING METHODOLOGY TO STRENGTHEN THE DHS LEADERSHIP SELECTION PROCESS
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2018-12)
Over the course of several years, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has worked diligently to improve the quality of its leaders. Such efforts have focused almost exclusively on initiating or expanding programs ...
FUTURE MARITIME SECURITY CONCERNS OF THE SRI LANKA NAVY: CHALLENGES VERSUS SOLUTIONS
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2018-12)
This thesis explores how the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) can effectively face its maritime security challenges by utilizing available resources and establishing a maritime strategy to ensure peace and stability in the Indian Ocean ...
THE GRAND ETHIOPIAN RENAISSANCE DAM: RISK OF INTERSTATE CONFLICT ON THE NILE
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2018-12)
Since 2011, Ethiopia has forged ahead with plans to complete the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a massive infrastructure project meant to bring much-needed electricity to the nation and to the region. Egypt opposes ...
Scotland’s potential independence defense implications for Britain, NATO, and the United States
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2018-03)
The significance of an independent Scotland would reach far beyond the borders of the United Kingdom (UK). Although the first Scottish independence referendum did not pass in September 2014, it raised some important questions ...
AN ASSESSMENT OF LIKELIHOOD: POTENTIAL COOPERATION BETWEEN MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS AND AL QAEDA OR ISIS
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2018-06)
The likelihood of cooperative relationships between Mexican drug cartels and Al Qaeda’s core or the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is a matter of debate and U.S. national security. Despite the significance of the ...
INSECURITY AND INSTABILITY IN AFRICA: ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF REGIONAL SECURITY COOPERATION IN THE SAHEL
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2018-09)
Following the increase of transnational threats in the Sahel and even further in the Maghreb, the regional security cooperation’s ability to tackle these threats and their root causes is predicated on certain conditions. ...
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