AMU & APU School of Security and Global Studies

08/30/2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dykU-e6uJLw

In this video, Dr. Melissa Schnyder discusses the experience of transitioning into an applied doctorate program in Global Security at American Public Univers...

08/30/2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYpueDfVjfE

American Public University’s Director of Doctoral Research Experiences, Dr. James Hess, describes the new Doctorate of Global Security program. To get start...

04/21/2023

Here's a conference opportunity

International Criminology Hybrid Conference
September 27-29, 2023
Virtual Conference
Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers
292 Rue Saint-Martin, 75003 Paris, France

Both in-person and virtual participants are welcome!
TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL:
Please email a written proposal (1-2 pages) or a topic you would like to discuss to the PSO Executive Director Daniel Gutierrez at [email protected]. Short videos are also accepted in lieu of a written proposal.
The early deadline for submissions will be July 20th, 2023. Early submissions will be given priority.
Papers, roundtables, panels, are invited. We seek proposals based on the multidisciplinary study of the criminal phenomenon, making use of the humanities and social sciences to understand the crime, the criminal, the victim, criminality, and society’s reaction to crime. Proposals should aim to take rigorous and critical approaches to criminality, and incorporate risk prevention and risk management strategies that take into account the dynamics of crime and the ethical and political stakes surrounding it.
For more details please visit:

International criminology Hybrid conference – Policy Studies Organization (ipsonet.org)

04/13/2023

Global Security Doctoral Student Trei McMullen completed his practicum with the Port of Miami.

04/13/2023

For those of you interested in disaster response, here is a link to an article written by Dr. Michelle Watts and Dr. Kate Brannum. They went to Guatemala and interviewed firefighters and other volunteers after the 2018 volcano eruption.

Natural disasters are devastating in many ways; the impact is worse when government response is insufficient. Guatemala’s government has a history of corruption and of contributing to socially cons...

04/04/2023

Finland has been accepted into NATO!

Finland is joining NATO just as its center-left government lost a general election. Here's what to expect with the center-right National Coalition Party in charge.

03/24/2023

Global Security Doctoral Student, Pedro Maldonado, and Professor Casey Skvorc consulting before Pedro's presentation at SECOLAS 2023 in my favorite city, Antigua, Guatemala. We have a group of doctoral students heading to Iceland as well soon.

03/19/2023

You might want to check out some of the publications of SSGS faculty. Some are available only through the library or interlibrary loan. Others, however, are open access. Here are two by Dean Drumhiller: The first, co-written with Dr. Casey Skvork, is titled A Psychological and Political Analysis of a 20th Century “Doctator”: Dr. François Duvalier, President-for-Life of Haiti . https://gsis.scholasticahq.com/article/27803 The second, cowritten with Global Security Chair Dr. Kate Brannum, is entitled, Religion and State Authority: Control of the Child. https://www.ijcam.org/articles/religion-and-state-authority-control-of-the-child

A forum for academics, practitioners, and policymakers to engage in meaningful dialogue about contemporary global and security issues.

03/16/2023

Join APU’s Dr. Robert Nalbandov on Tuesday, Mar. 21, at 12 pm ET.
This School of Security & Global Studies (SSGS) webinar will cover the key challenges relevant to global security that emanate from Russia as a global threat; in Ukraine, Europe, and Beyond.
Register Now: http://ow.ly/BnTl50Nh4kG

03/15/2023

https://www.brookings.edu/interactives/ukraine-index/

It has been one year since Russia launched its brutal, full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The Brookings Institution Ukraine Index compiles key security, economic, and political data to highlight the consequences of the war and track its trajectory as circumstances change.