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- Creator:
- Lomeli, Albert
- Description:
- The developments in the shipping industry have grown significantly in past decades. California's ports are responsible for over fifty percent of the nation’s container cargo volume. The ports must quickly advance to maintain their role in the global supply chain. The purpose of this thesis is to analyze multiple challenges facing California's ports and provide specific policy recommendations that would best address the challenges. The challenges analyzed include Intermodal issues, the Panama Canal expansion, regional ports/ trade wars, labor relations, and the cost of doing business in California. and GMA 460L - Senior Seminar Research Lab
- Resource Type:
- Poster
- Campus Tesim:
- Maritime
- Department:
- Global Studies and Maritime Affairs
- Creator:
- Meyes, Jacob
- Description:
- GMA 460L - Senior Seminar Research Lab and The current drug laws in America are outdated. There are some illicit substances that have great medical potential. Some of these drugs that have medical potential could help to assist the current opioid crisis in America. Other European nations have already implemented more modern Laws to help treat drug addicts and reduce overall substance use. Policymakers in the U.S. must observe other nation’s laws and examine which laws worked and those that did not. Illicit drugs will always make their way into America so laws must be put in place that would help to decriminalize some medical beneficial drugs which in turn will help to fight the opioid crisis. And reduce overall substance use and abuse.
- Resource Type:
- Poster
- Campus Tesim:
- Maritime
- Department:
- Global Studies and Maritime Affairs
- Creator:
- Pinzon, Tristan
- Description:
- GMA 400L - Senior Seminar Research Lab and Ever since they were a British colony, the shipbuilding industry has been a part of the American manufacturing. However, today, the American shipbuilding industry has been slowly crumbling for a long time and no one has done a thing to stop it. There are several factors that have contributed to the are several factors that have contributed to the are several factors that have contributed to the collapsing shipbuilding industry. Foreign competition has made it difficult for the American shipbuilding to be internationally competitive because they have far surpassed the US. However, subsidies, or lack there of, is the largest contributing factor as to why US shipbuilding has gotten to the point where it is today. The United States did once subsidies the shipbuilding industry, but when President Reagan got rid of them without any similar action from other countries, the shipbuilding industry was finished.
- Resource Type:
- Poster
- Campus Tesim:
- Maritime
- Department:
- Global Studies and Maritime Affairs
- Creator:
- Sanford, Justin
- Description:
- The intention of this work is to synthesize and interpret the tenets of geopolitics within the expectation that the coming decades will present unique and unprecedented challenges for states and populations due to the symptoms resultant from a changing environment. The operant assumption is that modern quality of life may come under threat due to these developments by way of multiple environmental vectors such as drought, rising sea levels, and extreme weather. In addition, while a difficult characterization to make with any certainty, the depletion of resource wealth and the attainability of new, disputed deposits is also posited to be a possible impetus for more aggressive, unilateral behavior by newly empowered states around the globe. Ultimately, the ethic of cooperation rather than competition under these circumstances is advocated for by way of the deduction of hypothetical outcomes of state-to-state and state-to-population behaviors. and GMA 400L - Senior Seminar Research Lab
- Resource Type:
- Poster
- Campus Tesim:
- Maritime
- Department:
- Global Studies and Maritime Affairs
- Creator:
- Bichlmeier, Andrew
- Description:
- GMA 400L - Senior Seminar Research Lab and Anthropogenic actions have resulted in the changing of global climate causing increasing temperatures, changes in storms, and the decrease of polar ice. Less ice in the Arctic creates greater access to natural resources, such as minerals and energy, and the opening of shipping lanes which has the potential to cause a geopolitical battle for control of the Arctic. For a nation to have control of territory in the Arctic, they will need the resources to enforce domestic and international maritime law. Through Alaska lies access to maritime transportation and natural resources. The United States, in order to protect these areas, must have a capable force to deploy to the area to maintain sea lanes of communication, conduct search and rescue, and ensure the protection of natural resources. Therefore, the United States must invest in a modern icebreaking fleet.
- Resource Type:
- Poster
- Campus Tesim:
- Maritime
- Department:
- Global Studies and Maritime Affairs
- Creator:
- Cerezo, Daniel
- Description:
- The actions that the U.S. have conducted against VNSAs [Violent non-state actors] in the Middle East have produced little success. These VNSAs have used unconventional tactics to constantly outsmart the U.S., so in order for the U.S. to fully eradicate their influence, they must understand all aspects of each VNSA down to the individual. and GMA 400L - Senior Seminar Research Lab
- Resource Type:
- Poster
- Campus Tesim:
- Maritime
- Department:
- Global Studies and Maritime Affairs
- Creator:
- Mack, Ryan
- Description:
- GMA 400L - Senior Seminar Research Lab and First surfacing in 2011, the Dark Web is a culmination of illicit websites, unable to be located on indexed internet search engines. The first of these Dark Web sites was launched in 2011. Named the Silk Road, this Dark Web site was the first to offer an Amazon like user experience for illicit substances Due to the complex nature of The Onion Router, law enforcement has been struggling to effectively police the Dark Web. In order to properly address this issue, law enforcement must develop a multifaceted strategy aimed at reducing this online illicit trade.
- Resource Type:
- Poster
- Campus Tesim:
- Maritime
- Department:
- Global Studies and Maritime Affairs
- Creator:
- Mendenhall, Tatyana
- Description:
- GMA 460L - Senior Seminar Research Lab and The People’s Republic of China has two foreign policies specifically aimed to build a relationship with its neighbors the Republic of Taiwan (Taiwan), Hong Kong and Macau. Understanding its history with the city-states, and how they each became an essential piece to the PRC’s foreign dialogue can help policymakers develop strategy in reuniting the country.
- Resource Type:
- Poster
- Campus Tesim:
- Maritime
- Department:
- Global Studies and Maritime Affairs
- Creator:
- Listek, Jared
- Description:
- Energy security is essential to a country’s national security and growing economic development. Thorium molten salt reactors have the potential to provide sustainable energy for nations seeking cleaner energy options without compromising energy security. Current nuclear reactors struggle in these areas. Discovered during the Manhattan project in 1944, it did not get developed further because it lacked nuclear weapon potential. There is renewed interest in this technology for countries like India, China, and United States, nations that are heavily reliant on hydrocarbons for energy. Thorium provides the potential to reduce fossil fuel dependency and reduce total carbon emissions. and GMA 400L - Senior Seminar Research Lab
- Resource Type:
- Poster
- Campus Tesim:
- Maritime
- Department:
- Global Studies and Maritime Affairs
- Creator:
- Custodio, Florenz
- Description:
- GMA 400L - Senior Seminar Research Lab and The study conducted for this thesis concerns whether or not the presence of Private Military and Security Companies in the Indian Ocean increase the level of maritime security in the region and measures their effectiveness against various non-state actors. This thesis also brought to light just how fragile and vulnerable maritime commerce can be in specific regions of the world. The historical implications of the private military sector are provided starting from the initial voyages of Christopher Columbus to the relatively recent controversies surrounding the modern day private contractor. Maritime threats and how the security services provided by PMSCs can respond to them while still respecting the legal sphere is also discussed. Finally, three different case studies that involve the major waterways of the Indian Ocean, the maritime threats they face, and how PMSCs can effectively respond are provided. The entire study concluded that PMSCs should be widely more adopted by the international community by the sheer increase of maritime security that they provide to maritime commerce. This is accomplished through their operational successes in the past and how they present themselves as a viable cost-effective alternative to the national armed forces that countries typically use.
- Resource Type:
- Poster
- Campus Tesim:
- Maritime
- Department:
- Global Studies and Maritime Affairs