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INSULT TO INJURY: DISASTER DISPLACEMENT, MIGRANT THREAT PERCEPTION, AND CONFLICT IN HOST COMMUNITIES
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-03)
Environmental disasters are complex problems not only for the communities directly hit but also for areas that receive the people forced out of their homes. In developing nations, this situation is called internal displacement ...
A STUDY OF MUSICOLOGY AND SOCIAL DISCOURSE IN MID-TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICA
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-12)
Social scientists and philosophers generally agree that music pervades most cultures and helps form people's identities and worldviews. This thesis examines music associated with mid-twentieth-century discourse movements ...
ELECTRONIC BORDER SEARCHES AFTER RILEY
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-12)
This thesis discusses the implications of the Supreme Court’s 2014 decision in Riley v. California for the search of electronic devices at the border, termed "electronic border searches." It explores the degree to which ...
MUTED VOICES: TOWARD AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE U.S. ASYLUM PROGRAM AT THE SOUTHWEST BORDER
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-12)
The often-dismissed people who live, work, and pass through the Mexico-U.S. border can offer new insight into the U.S. asylum program crisis. This thesis develops a concept called muted voices that can help identify, access, ...
TAINTED LOVE, CRAB PICKERS, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR FRAUD: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF DETERRENCE MECHANISMS IN USCIS
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-12)
The marriage immigration benefits programs and the H-2B visa program for temporary nonagricultural workers are programs that, amid fraud or abuse, could lead to nefarious actors gaining access to the United States and ...
BALAS Y BARRIOS: AN ANALYSIS OF U.S. DOMESTIC AND REGIONAL ANTI-GANG POLICIES FROM A HUMAN SECURITY PERSPECTIVE
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2021-12)
Threats to human security from transnational organized crime (TOC) and gangs have increased since the 1990s in the Americas. The United States implemented the Strategy to Combat Transnational Organized Crime, the U.S. ...
UNITING U.S. AGENCIES TO FIGHT THE ILLICIT USE OF CRYPTOCURRENCY
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2022-12)
In 2022, the Biden administration published an executive order in which the growing use of digital assets was deemed a national security threat. While this thesis focuses on cryptocurrency, it is more broadly about how the ...
THE USE OF FORCE IN THE 22ND CENTURY: MAN VERSUS MACHINE
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2022-12)
This research sought to determine whether current use-of-force models are applicable in situations without a human actor regarding the interdiction of autonomous vehicles. The project involved a historical overview of ...
REFUGEE RADICALIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES: SCOPE OF THREAT AND STEPS TOWARD MITIGATION
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-12)
The rhetoric of the Trump administration has fomented a belief among the U.S. public that refugees are a source of terrorism and a growing threat to the security of American citizens. This rhetoric has been reinforced by ...
THE DISABLED SOLDIER: A CASE FOR DISABLED AMERICANS IN THE U.S. ARMED SERVICES
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2022-03)
Despite the rising demands and functions of non-kinetic warfare, the military bars most disabled Americans from entry. Artificial intelligence, complex decision-making, and fifth-generation-warfare elements stress a ...
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