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- Creator:
- Duran-Jara, Diego
- Description:
- A capstone project submitted to the faculty of the California Maritime Academy in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Global Studies and Maritime Affairs. and Taiwan has been under threat of invasion from China for over sixty years. China has expanded and advanced its naval capacity over the last thirty years. China's growth into a hegemony directly threatens Taiwan as well as the area surrounding. As the region only increases in value with more trade and energy flow, the security of the small island "state" is uncertain and raises concerns in regards to China's strategy for the area. The Chinese maritime threat will only continue to expand until it culminates in the invasion of Taiwan. The expansion of Chinese power in the region supports the claim that China seeks to expand its maritime assets throughout the region. The commitment from China to reunify Taiwan into its territory is a clear sign that aggression will occur within the next two decades.
- Resource Type:
- Paper and Student Research
- Campus Tesim:
- Maritime
- Department:
- Global Studies and Maritime Affairs
52. How the uses of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and their Systems Can Assist in Solving Regional Challenges
- Creator:
- Polewaczyk, Matthew
- Description:
- GMA 400 - Senior Seminar Research and It was just over a century ago when manned flight transformed how humans approach global affairs and regional challenges. In just over two decades, unmanned flight is attempting to overcome the same challenges through technological innovations. In a newly emerging field, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles have the potential to be an efficient means to solve human problems including, disease, crime, food insecurity, and war. While Unmanned Aerial Vehicles are shown to have positive impacts on human issues, their applications should require thoughtful considerations before capital is invested. In several cases, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles are not an appropriate choice, though further development of the technology in the future can increase their effectiveness. However, in the cases where Unmanned Aerial Vehicles are determined to be effective, particularly non-profit based solutions, their implementation is highly beneficial and recommended. Recommended funding solutions include current governmental aid programs vectoring funding allocation towards humanitarian development and research of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Solutions based on new cost-effective solutions.
- Resource Type:
- Paper and Student Research
- Campus Tesim:
- Maritime
- Department:
- Global Studies and Maritime Affairs
- Creator:
- Herburger, Thomas
- Description:
- The Republic of Turkey is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and has indicated aspirations of joining the European Union; both NATO and the EU can be viewed as institutional embodiments of the West and therefore underscore Turkey's Western orientation. The first section of this paper introduces the historical and foundational ties between Turkey and the West. This includes the strong economic and security ties between the two. The second section seeks to identify some of the biggest challenges to Turkey-West relations. These challenges include the historically-strained Greco-Turkish relationship and the issue of Cyprus. The next challenge discussed is the delicate Kurdish issue and how it impacts the current conflict in Syria. The final challenge to Turkey-West relations is the erosion of democratic institutions under Prime Minister-turned President Recep Erdogan. The section following this describes the waning of Western power in the vital Middle East region, and how Turkey is posed to remedy this fact due to its cultural and geographic proximity to the region. Finally, the analysis section seeks to provide recommendations to rectify the challenges while underlining the numerous benefits of a strong relationship between the Western world and Turkey. and A capstone project submitted to the faculty of the California Maritime Academy in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Global Studies and Maritime Affairs.
- Resource Type:
- Paper and Student Research
- Campus Tesim:
- Maritime
- Department:
- Global Studies and Maritime Affairs
- Creator:
- Custodio, Florenz
- Description:
- A capstone project submitted to the faculty of the California Maritime Academy in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Global Studies and Maritime Affairs. 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. As a proper start to the thesis, a definition is provided for the term "Private Military and Security Company", since the general public's awareness of the private military sector may be limited. Next, the historical implications of the private military sector are provided starting from the initial voyages of Christopher Columbus to the modern day private contractor. Controversies surrounding the use of PMSCs and their close resemblance to mercenaries were also analyzed. Further details are given surrounding the security services that the PMSCs of today offer their clientele. Maritime threats and how 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:
- Paper and Student Research
- Campus Tesim:
- Maritime
- Department:
- Global Studies and Maritime Affairs
- Creator:
- Herzog, Andrew
- Description:
- GMA 400 - Senior Seminar Research and In recent years, environmental changes have increased access to a series of maritime routes along the Arctic. Of these, the Northeast Passage, located on Russia’s Northern coast spanning from the Novaya Zhelaniya Straits to Cape Dezhnev, has received the greatest interest as a sea route and a potential source of oil and gas extraction. Current projections regarding decreases in the extent of ice in the Arctic estimate that areas that normally would be frozen over are expected to be ice free for increasingly longer times of the year. These changes are exacerbated by the impacts of global warming and its associated effects on the environment that further increase access to the route for shipping and areas for the extraction of oil and gas. Given the passages ability to undercut the time and cost of shipping between Europe and Asia while providing an alternative source for oil and gas, the route is poised to become increasingly more significant and competitive into the future. Despite these potential benefits to the route’s utilization, the route faces numerous challenges such as a lack of supporting infrastructure, limited seasonal operation, difficult environmental conditions, and many more that if not addressed, would greatly inhibit the competitiveness of the route.
- Resource Type:
- Paper and Student Research
- Campus Tesim:
- Maritime
- Department:
- Global Studies and Maritime Affairs
- Creator:
- Hernandez, Omar E.
- Description:
- A capstone project submitted to the faculty of the California Maritime Academy in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Global Studies and Maritime Affairs. and The past decade in the United States and Europe has seen a rise in populism, radical political groups, and political violence. This analysis will give a detailed insight into the sociopolitical culture of each area. Addressing these issues will be paramount to stopping the rise of these issues, as well as a comparison of the views of liberals and conservatives in relation to these issues. Issues in America that deal with the sociopolitical culture include segregation, the rise of Antifa and the alt-right, and the violent confrontations between those two groups. European issues include the rise of right-wing nationalist parties, the waves of Islamic immigrants, and the increasing tensions between the European Union and several of its member states. The sociopolitical landscape is ever-changing, and analyzing it is important to understand the problems these issues present.
- Resource Type:
- Paper and Student Research
- Campus Tesim:
- Maritime
- Department:
- Global Studies and Maritime Affairs
- Creator:
- Bickel, Mary Sue
- Description:
- A capstone project submitted to the faculty of the California Maritime Academy in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Global Studies and Maritime Affairs. and The United Kingdom has chosen to leave the European Union. This exit will cause inevitable change on both the European Union and the United Kingdom. The future policies of the United Kingdom follow a path set out in history that has been analyzed and studied by political science scholars and theorists. As the United Kingdom leaves they will set out on a trip that will alter their history and determine a new line of policy that they have not experienced before. New agreements will need to be made to deal with the military obligations, military security, border control, immigration, tourism, fishing, trade, the economy, and foreign direct investment. All of these with change in the coming years as the United Kingdom fully separates from the bonds of the European Union that has been constricting the United Kingdom. Using three scenario's the United Kingdom could fall into one of these would transform their international relations, as well as the international system.
- Resource Type:
- Paper and Student Research
- Campus Tesim:
- Maritime
- Department:
- Global Studies and Maritime Affairs
- Creator:
- Hadeen, Tedric
- Description:
- GMA 400 - Senior Seminar Research and The Maritime Silk Road is a Chinese foreign policy launched in 2013 as a part of China’s One Belt One Road Initiative. The Maritime Silk Road is a vast infrastructure and investment project that stretches from eastern China to Europe. China instituted the MSR with the objective of securing important Sea Lanes of Communication, expansion of trade through infrastructure investments, and to increase its influence to a global scale. This paper aims to investigate the following research questions based on the case studies of Sri Lanka and Myanmar: How do Chinese interactions between itself, Sri Lanka and Myanmar differ because of China’s distinct goals in each country?; What are the economic, geopolitical, and naval goals China will achieve by means of investment in Sri Lanka and Myanmar? How does the MSR, used as a foreign policy, aid China’s rise as a global power? In conclusion, China used numerous un-economical projects to debt trap Sri Lanka to achieve a footprint in the Indian Ocean, with the lease of Hambantota port. This move secures Chinese trade in the region of its rival, India, and could give China a forward presence advantage in coming conflicts. China pursues a mutual beneficial trade relationship in Myanmar through infrastructure projects in Myanmar’s hinterland. China is using these projects to increase trade efficiency into central China while decreasing its dependence on the Malacca straits for trade. This relationship provides China with energy security, overland access to the Indian Ocean, and a growing export market. For Myanmar, it provides needed infrastructure and technology to expand its economy, which will help solve Myanmar’s social unrest.
- Resource Type:
- Paper and Student Research
- Campus Tesim:
- Maritime
- Department:
- Global Studies and Maritime Affairs
- Creator:
- Turner, Alex
- Description:
- GMA 400 - Senior Seminar Research and This paper analyzes what Seattle can do to support the larger TEU vessels overwhelming aging port infrastructure in their container terminals. Larger container vessels are beginning to overwhelm port infrastructure in United States ports that are attempting to renovate to the larger ships. Seattle has terminal infrastructure with inadequate renovations to keep up with newer and larger ships bringing more containers. The main goal for Seattle’s future infrastructure is to improve infrastructure efficiencies through terminal development and automation implementation. The improvements will combat the port infrastructure problem against growing container vessels. Two questions were asked. What are the challenges in renovating port infrastructure and what are other ports doing? The key challenges to automate Seattle includes security risks, financing investments to renovation projects, and automation concerns. Two case studies were done for Seattle and Long Beach ports and three Asian ports to compare the challenges and see the port success. Results found security in Seattle should be upgraded as more technology is added to port infrastructure. Current investments of Seattle could fully automate a terminal now if funds are allocated. Automated ships and terminals will be future of the maritime industry. The other ports compared have shown devotion to investing in their terminal infrastructure and being the ports of the future with automation implemented at every port. The maritime industry and the ships show no signs of slowing down for terminals. Evidence found shows the Port of Seattle truly needs to automate infrastructure to meet demand of the maritime industry. Several solutions are available for Seattle’s port to improve itself regarding efficiency. Main challenge impacts can be reduced with automation and good investments into terminal infrastructure.
- Resource Type:
- Paper and Student Research
- Campus Tesim:
- Maritime
- Department:
- Global Studies and Maritime Affairs
60. An Analysis of How Natural Disasters Create National Security Threats Across All Levels of Society
- Creator:
- Saucedo, Kolby L.
- Description:
- A capstone project submitted to the faculty of the California Maritime Academy in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Global Studies and Maritime Affairs. and Natural Disasters are quickly becoming the biggest threat to a state’s national security. These threats to security can come across all levels of society. Various disasters carry the ability to take lives, destroy environment and urban infrastructure, and spread an influx of diseases. Natural disasters have both short-term and long-term impacts on a state’s national security. When coupled with vulnerability, a nation can crumble when struck with a natural disaster. Natural disasters are seen as threat multipliers, and this thesis attempts to draw conclusions between the connection of natural disasters and their ability to disrupt national security through a variety of case analyses.
- Resource Type:
- Paper and Student Research
- Campus Tesim:
- Maritime
- Department:
- Global Studies and Maritime Affairs