Terrorist havens are an imortant policy problem today. The policy and academic literature has generally concluded that failed states are more likely to be terrorist havens, but some have begun to question this conventional wisdom. While the link between state failure and terrorist havens is fairly clear, it does not tell the entire story. This thesis borrows from an aspect of social mobilization theory to try to explain why some havens are more resilient to outside pressure than others. It argues that a shared collective identity between the group providing haven and the havened terrorist group makes the havening group less likely to buckle under outside pressure. To test this theory, the thesis compares the frames that define al Qaeda's collective identity with those of the Sudanese National Islamic Front and the Afghan Taliban to see if observed variation in haven resiliency can be explained by the levels of shared collective identities in each case. The findings suggest that the theory can account for the variation in resiliency, while raising new questions for future research.

CHDS State/Local / This thesis proposes to overhaul the state and urban area homeland security strategy program by improving the strategic planning process, guidance and assistance, and strategy review in collaboration with state and local stakeholders. Federal, state, and local reviewers regard the current state and urban homeland security strategies as generally inadequate and indicative of limited strategic planning processes. Comprehensive, enterprise-wide homeland security strategies are essential in coordinating preparedness efforts and limited resources. A collaborative effort between the federal government and state and local stakeholders would promote a value innovation in strategic planning that will transform state and urban area homeland security strategies. / Preparedness Officer, DHS - Office for Domestic Preparedness

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Political Science, 1982. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND DEWEY. / Includes bibliographical references. / by Maria Helena Moreira Alves. / Ph.D.

After the end of the Cold War, with the development of globalization, the battlefield of international competition has transferred from military and political area to economy. This transformation is related to the result of the globalizational interdependence. Although the opening of China is necessary, but the inclination of the interdependency should never be ignorant after connected with world economy. The tendency not only represents the process of Chinese development, but decides China¡¦s diplomatic thought and policy even more. It even also helps to calculate China¡¦s development direction in the future. Therefore, it would be more meaningful to discuss China¡¦s national security with the thought of world interdependence. It would be the point of this essay¡Xthe interdependency¡Xto examine and illustrate the relationship, phases, and nature between China and the world. Except for explain the concept of Chinese economy; it would also compare the history and the features of interdependence. With this comparison, it would reveal the tendency of Chinese economic security and the credibility of this theory. Finally, it would deduce the better way to transform the power of China in the future.

Thesis (M.S. in Defense Analysis)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2009. / Thesis Advisor(s): Simmons, Anna. Second Reader: Lee, Doowan. "December 2009." Description based on title screen as viewed on January 27, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: Population and resource control measures, Population control, Counterinsurgency, COIN, Populationcentric COIN, Social control, Social movement theory. Includes bibliographical references (p. 51-53). Also available in print.

Thesis (M.A. in Security Studies (Homeland Security and Defense))--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2009. / Thesis Advisor(s): Morag, Nadav ; Brannan, David. "December 2009." Description based on title screen as viewed on January 27, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: Criminal organizations, Terrorist organizations, Drug trafficking organizations, Human smuggling, Information sharing, Corruption, Terrorism, Irish Republican Army, Asylum, Mexico. Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-98). Also available in print.

Thesis (M.A. in Security Studies (Far East, Southeast Asia, the Pacific))--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2009. / Thesis Advisor(s): Miller, Alice. Second Reader: Chakwin, Mark. "December 2009." Description based on title screen as viewed on January 28, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: PLA modernization, ROK-U.S. Relationship, ROK-China Relationship, Direct and Indirect Threat, Socotra Rock dispute, The Northeast Project, Taiwan issue, South China Sea dispute. Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-82). Also available in print.

Thesis (M.A. in Security Studies(Homeland Security and Defense))--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2009. / Thesis Advisor(s): Yost, David S. ; Wirtz, James J. "December 2009." Description based on title screen as viewed on January 27, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, nuclear weapons. Includes bibliographical references (p. 53-58). Also available in print.

Thesis (Master of Arts in Security Studies (Homeland Security and Defense))--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2009. / Thesis Advisor(s): Bergin, Richard ; Rollins, John. "December 2009." Description based on title screen as viewed on February 1, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: Immigration, homeland security, transparency, fraud, smuggling, trafficking, crime, terrorism, DNA, technology, standards, interoperability, collaboration. Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-114). Also available in print.

Thesis (M. A. in Homeland Security and Defense)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2009. / Thesis Advisor(s): Dahl, Erik, J. ; Baylouny, Anne Marie. "December 2009." Description based on title screen as viewed on February 1, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: Racial profiling, ethnic profiling, religious profiling, Muslim identity, Islamic Terrorism, Criminal Intelligence, information sharing, Intelligence Led Policing, counterterrorism. Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-120). Also available in print.