Challenges of Deploying From a Contested Homeland
What are the challenges of deploying from a contested homeland, and how can the United States address those issues from a "whole-of-nation" resiliency approach?
Cultural Studies
Cultural and sociological analysis – research into the ideology, political, and economic nature of a culture to better understand its people and government for national security purposes.
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Articles
DHS Releases First-Ever Indigenous Languages Plan to Strengthen Language Access
Last week, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the release of its first-ever Indigenous Languages Plan, furthering the Department’s commitment to language access in our service to millions of people every day. The…
DoD Releases Strategy to Build Resilient, Healthy Environments for Service Members and Families
The DoD Strategy for Resilient and Healthy Defense Communities sets forth the Department’s commitment to fulfilling what defense leaders say is a national security imperative and moral obligation to provide the total force with healthy,…
U.S. Army Lab Technicians Train Together With Allied Medical Professionals in Germany
MUNICH, Germany – American soldiers from a one-of-a-kind mobile laboratory command trained with German and Tunisian military medical professionals at the Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology in Munich, Germany. During a week-long training session, soldiers from…
Webinars
Managing Public Health During a Migration Crisis
In February 2024, the Homeland Defense and Security Information Analysis Center (HDIAC) lead a Table Top Exercise (TTX) in support of military physicians in a residency program. During this program, students obtained their master’s in…
Podcast: The Effects of Multilingualism and Socio-culturalism on the Brain
Part 1 This discussion will address the comparative similarities and differences of the multilingual brain with the socio-cultural brain. While the multilingual brain functions unconsciously to create new meanings, new sensitivities, and new cross-cultural information…
The Changing Nature of Alliances: Rising Powers’ Perspectives
Projections regarding the future of the global order have traditionally relied on two assumptions: 1) rising powers are gradually “rising from within” the existing global governance infrastructure; and, 2) U.S.-led institutions are robust. To effectively…
Events
International Public Safety Association Annual Conference
The 2023 International Public Safety Association Annual Conference will bring together public safety officials – law enforcement, fire, EMS, telecommunications, emergency management and allied emergency responders from around the United States and internationally. Some sessions…
HIMSS Global Health Conference
The HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition is an influential health information technology event where 40,000+ professionals throughout the global health ecosystem meet to build relationships during networking events, learn from experts in hot-topic education…
Critical Infrastructure Protection and Resilience 2023
Critical Infrastructure Protection and Resilience North America will take place March 7-9 in Baton Rouge, LA. Session topics will include: CI Interdependencies and Cascading Effects in Community Situational Awareness Emerging Threats Against CI Crisis Management,…