Faculty & Research Published Research Research Education Economics Social Psychology Health Policy Social Entrepreneurship Environmental Policy Ethics Leadership Racial Justice and Equity Political Science Advocacy Domestic Policy & Politics International and Global Affairs Democracy Social Equity International Development Research and Commentary (-) National Security Facet Area of Focus - Research Bala Mulloth Frederick P. Hitz Gerald Warburg Philip Potter Facet People - Research National Security Policy Center Facet UVA Partner - Research Published Research National Security International and Global Affairs Honor Among Thieves: Understanding Rhetorical and Material Cooperation Among Violent Nonstate Actors Authors: Philip Potter, Christopher W. Blair, Erica Chenoweth, Michael C. Horowitz, Evan Perkoski We find that when groups share an ideology, and especially a religion, they are more likely to sustain material cooperation in the face of state repression. Learn more Published Research National Security Innovation Tradecraft: Sustaining Technological Advantage in the Future Army Authors: Bala Mulloth, Adam Jay Harrison, Bharat Rao For more than three years, the US Department of Defense (DoD) has been improving how it innovates in the face of rapid technological change. Dozens of departmental, service, and agency initiatives have emerged to address different aspects of the innovation problem. Learn more Published Research National Security Nonprofileration Policy Crossroads Authors: Gerald Warburg On October 1, 2008, Congress enacted a proposal that originated with President George W. Bush in 2005 to approve an unprecedented nuclear trade pact with India by removing a central pillar of US nonproliferation policy. Despite the numerous political challenges confronting the Bush administration, the initiative won strong bipartisan support, including votes from Democratic Senators Joseph Biden, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama. Learn more Published Research National Security Why Spy: Espionage in an Age of Uncertainty Authors: Frederick P. Hitz What motivates someone to risk his or her life in the shadowy, often dangerous world of espionage? What are the needs and opportunities for spying amid the “war on terrorism”? And how can the United States recruit spies to inform its struggle with Islamic fundamentalists’ acts of anti-Western jihad? Learn more
Published Research National Security International and Global Affairs Honor Among Thieves: Understanding Rhetorical and Material Cooperation Among Violent Nonstate Actors Authors: Philip Potter, Christopher W. Blair, Erica Chenoweth, Michael C. Horowitz, Evan Perkoski We find that when groups share an ideology, and especially a religion, they are more likely to sustain material cooperation in the face of state repression. Learn more
Published Research National Security Innovation Tradecraft: Sustaining Technological Advantage in the Future Army Authors: Bala Mulloth, Adam Jay Harrison, Bharat Rao For more than three years, the US Department of Defense (DoD) has been improving how it innovates in the face of rapid technological change. Dozens of departmental, service, and agency initiatives have emerged to address different aspects of the innovation problem. Learn more
Published Research National Security Nonprofileration Policy Crossroads Authors: Gerald Warburg On October 1, 2008, Congress enacted a proposal that originated with President George W. Bush in 2005 to approve an unprecedented nuclear trade pact with India by removing a central pillar of US nonproliferation policy. Despite the numerous political challenges confronting the Bush administration, the initiative won strong bipartisan support, including votes from Democratic Senators Joseph Biden, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama. Learn more
Published Research National Security Why Spy: Espionage in an Age of Uncertainty Authors: Frederick P. Hitz What motivates someone to risk his or her life in the shadowy, often dangerous world of espionage? What are the needs and opportunities for spying amid the “war on terrorism”? And how can the United States recruit spies to inform its struggle with Islamic fundamentalists’ acts of anti-Western jihad? Learn more