North Carolina's Research Triangle - Providing Security Through Research, Technology, and Ideas
The Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security's mission is to promote the national security by advancing our understanding of terrorism and the means to combat it through research, teaching, and developing partnerships between universities, industry and government.
News & Announcements
On the July 30th episode of The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Triangle Center Director David Schazer comments on the issue of homegrown terrorism following seven arrests in North Carolina.
Strategic Risk Management in Government: A Look at Homeland Security -- a new report published by The IBM Center for the Business of Government includes a paper written by Triangle Center Director David H. Schanzer and RTIs Joe Eyerman. In it, Schanzer and Eyerman describe the recent history of strategic risk management in the Department of Homeland Secuirty and set forth a series of findings and recommendations directed to the Executive Office of the President, the department, and Congress. A key recommendation is that the department enhance the analytical capability necessary for strategic risk management.
IHSS awards approximately $1.5 million for six applied research projects conducted at RTI International, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) and Duke University. Specific information about the projects can be found here on the IHSS website.
The Institute for Homeland Security Solutions (IHSS), a research consortium between RTI International, Duke University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the North Carolina Military Foundation, is pleased to announce the publication of four new research briefs. To view these briefs, please visit the publications section on the IHSS website. IHSS research briefs synthesize the state of the knowledge and research in discrete areas in the social and behavioral sciences relating to homeland security.
Shedding light, not heat, on torture -- a new op-ed by Triangle Center Director David Schanzer
Cheney's misfiring security critique -- an op-ed by Triangle Center Director David Schanzer
A discussion about U.S. counterterrorism with David Schanzer, Director of the Triangle Center of Terrorism and Homeland Security. Sponsored by the National Security Law Society. A WEBCAST of this event is available through the Duke Law School.
In celebration of Data Privacy Day 2009, The Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security, along with Intel Corporation, hosted a Panel Discussion on The Future of Privacy and National Security. Participants included leading experts from the United States Departments of Homeland Security, Justice and State, the European Commission, the Council of European Union, and privacy experts from the private sector and academia. A PODCAST of this event is now available on iTunes U.