A theory has been advanced for what is called “Disaster Diplomacy.”  Its premise is that international disaster response can be a form of diplomacy.  Its primary feature is that disaster aid can serve to overcome political differences and create an atmosphere of cooperation between countries that previously were adamantly opposed on most issues.  Do you feel this is a realistic concept?  Or is it idealistic […]

Assignment:  Identifying the Variables and Writing a Hypothesis (1 page max) After reading the week’s Lesson materials, you will develop a working hypothesis, building on the research topic . ( “Leaderless Resistance and Lone Wolf Terrorism.”)  Remember that once you have identified a research question, you will propose some plausible explanation (answer to the question), which may turn out to be true or not. The point of this exercise is […]

Harris County Commissioners Court meets every other Tuesday. Remember from your reading how counties are “general law” forms of government? They have much less rulemaking power than cities, and much less authority to spend money without specific approval from the governing body. When you look at a Commissioners Court agenda, it’s always surprising – at least to me – to see what is essentially the […]

Identify potential online open sources that may be used by both the protection professional and the aggressor to perform intelligence assessments, and in the case of the protection professional, threat assessments. Provide an example (that has not already been posted by another student). Lastly, describe the components of the Design Basis Risk Management/Assessment Model. 

 For this assignment, you will be presented with three issues. Please respond to all three issues in one cohesive essay, and use APA Level I headings to differentiate between the three issues. Issues 1. Consult the “Issues and Cautions in Studying UCR Data” found on page 30 of the textbook, and identify the weakest and the strongest elements of the 11 shortcomings presented using analyses […]

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Complete the “Building the Boeing 787” case on pages 668-669. Develop a detailed corporate profile and address the questions in the case. Please pay close attention to the corporate profile and follow the attached details on what is needed to complete that portion of the assignment. This case should be a minimum of 4000 words not including the title, thesis, and reference pages. Need to be […]

1) Is government necessary?  Defend your answer.  There are many forms of government we covered in class.  Which do you think gets things done the quickest?  The slowest? We talked about how fragile our rights are.  It’s hard to amend the Constitution but easy to discount it.  Why is it so important for you to respect and protect the rights given you by the Constitution?

  Before we begin to implement any type of network solution, we need to go through a planning stage. One of the most important elements of this phase is Requirement Gathering. We need these requirements from stakeholders so we understand what is necessary to provide in order to meet all of the needs of the requestor. Assume that we are being asked to lead a project […]

Compare and contrast the Washington Post’s investigation of “Top Secret America” with our previous readings on the Intelligence Community. Do you feel “Top Secret America” accurately portrays the Intelligence community to the public? Do you have any concerns or disagreements with either the Post’s accounts or descriptions? Be sure your paper incorporates information and examples from the course readings.