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- Creator:
- Batoon, Andre
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- The United States has one of the largest international borders with approximately 7,458 miles of land borders and 95,000 miles of shoreline. The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 forever changed the way the United States treated its international boundaries. The creation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in 2002 refocused the efforts of multiple law enforcement agencies to develop a new strategy to not only secure the borders against illegal immigration but also against illicit drug trafficking, narcoterrorism, and transnational organized crime both from land and at sea. In the Summer of 2019 the total number of illegal immigrant apprehensions reached its highest point since the turn of the 21st Century. This border "crisis" was the result of the strategic misalignment of America’s overarching objectives, concepts, policies, and resources regarding immigration, border security, and its diplomatic relations with Central and South American countries and Mexico. Although the Trump administration has taken steps to remedy the border crisis, in order to construct a long term solution for ending the immigration crisis, the United States will have to begin by reconstructing their current strategic approach in order to secure not only the Central American countries but the western hemisphere as a whole. and GMA 460L - Senior Seminar Research Lab
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- Poster
- Campus Tesim:
- Maritime
- Department:
- Global Studies and Maritime Affairs
- Creator:
- Lange, Robert
- Description:
- GMA 400L - Senior Seminar Research Lab and Sea level rise is one of the most pressing concerns for coastal communities in the world today. In the San Francisco Bay Area, there is a predicted 15 to 55 feet of sea level rise, putting not only billions of dollars at risk, but threatening the very way of day-to-day life occurring in the region. The effects of Sea level rise will cause the inundation of infrastructure around the bay; with transportation networks, economic centers, residential areas, key infrastructure providing daily services and even water supplies being flooded with sea water. The threat of sea level rise comes from inaction, where current aging infrastructure cannot hold back the approaching tides of the future. The San Francisco Bay Area as a whole must respond to this issue and adapt to changing circumstances, or a catastrophe will occur, which may very well cripple the Bay Area.
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- Poster
- Campus Tesim:
- Maritime
- Department:
- Global Studies and Maritime Affairs
- Creator:
- Thanh, Lydia
- Description:
- GMA 400L - Senior Seminar Research Lab and Aging ships in the transportation fleet are being replaced with larger ships called the new-Panamax. These bigger vessels were unable to fit through a key shipping route for Asian Producers to reach the majority of their customer base on the United States Eastern Seaboard. The Panama Canal, for the better part of a decade, was unable to accommodate the new wave of ships and had to default shipments to the West Coast and the US land bridge. In the summer of 2016, the new expanded Panama Canal opened for operation. Producers and shippers are choosing to divert their routes and keeping cargo on the ships longer because it is more direct and economically profitable
- Resource Type:
- Poster
- Campus Tesim:
- Maritime
- Department:
- Global Studies and Maritime Affairs
- Creator:
- Estes, Kyle J.
- Description:
- GMA 400L - Senior Seminar Research Lab and Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea (Nigeria) has been a problem that the oil industry operating in the area has been facing. Pirates in the Gulf of Guinea are more ruthless than their counterparts in the Gulf of Aden and the Strait of Malacca (the two other main piracy hotspots), as Nigerian pirates claim to be committing these acts of piracy for the betterment of their people. Due to a corrupts government system, the relationship between the oil industry and the government has tarnished the environmental well being of the Niger Delta. Because of this, Nigerian Pirates operate on a basis of gaining reprimands from the government to the people of the Niger Delta. Pirate attacks often harm the safety of the mariner by injuring and killing them. Nigerian pirates tend to target vessels that are employed by the oil industry to disrupt the oil supply, however attack other vessels as well. Attacks against fishing vessels are very common, however go often times unreported. Because of this, an accurate number of attacks can not be acquired, making it extremely difficult to compare against other piracy hotspots. Most Nigerian pirates have shifted their end goal to the bunkering of crude oil. Bunkering is the theft of stealing oil, in order to sell it illegally on the black market. They do this to turn a large profit, while harming the Nigerian oil industry.
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- Poster
- Campus Tesim:
- Maritime
- Department:
- Global Studies and Maritime Affairs
- Creator:
- Freitas, Katherine
- Description:
- GMA 460L - Senior Seminar Research Lab and The privatization of the third sector has resulted in non-governmental agencies to step into the role of meeting civil society needs due to the government abandonment of these services. This sector is a trillion-dollar industry comprised of a complex interactions of practices, models, institutions, and bureaucracies. The privatization of these services has created the non-profit industrial complex which has separated social service provisions from social justice.
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- Poster
- Campus Tesim:
- Maritime
- Department:
- Global Studies and Maritime Affairs
- Creator:
- Whittington, Tanis
- Description:
- The Arctic is a vast and changing region. Climate change is affecting the availability of many sectors in the Arctic and opening the door for state actors to approve the implementation of industrial resource development, as well as commercial shipping lanes. This thesis seeks to bring territorial claims from states in the Arctic into a singular compilation from the Russian perspective. Finally, this thesis recommends a proposed solution to disputed territory in the Arctic after a thorough analysis of the policies presented throughout the thesis. and GMA 400L - Senior Seminar Research Lab
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- Poster
- Campus Tesim:
- Maritime
- Department:
- Global Studies and Maritime Affairs
- Creator:
- Sanchez, Dylan
- Description:
- GMA 400L - Senior Seminar Research Lab and This paper examines the critical components of successful offshore wind development. In doing so it recognizes the historical context behind the global movement towards renewable energy technologies and how varying political attitudes on climate change and energy security still affect the development of renewables today. In searching for factors that lead to the successful development of offshore wind energy, and conversely what factors, or lack thereof, have proven harmful to the outcome of successful onshore and offshore development the criteria identified three key components: suitable locations, adequate legal frameworks, and community support. Suitable locations consist of areas of offshore space with wind speeds high enough to be economically viable and compatible sea floor for the turbine support structure. Adequate legal frameworks are comprised of the necessary policies and incentives established by public sector entities to promote renewable energy development and the specific regulatory process for offshore wind projects. Community support factors include the general acceptance of wind technologies as well as local reactions to specific siting projects and how that can be helpful or harmful. Lastly, this paper will take the criteria established and apply a critical perspective to two cases studies: the unsuccessful Cape Wind and the European model of offshore development where it will then draw conclusions on the lessons learned from the two different approaches.
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- Poster
- Campus Tesim:
- Maritime
- Department:
- Global Studies and Maritime Affairs
- Creator:
- Reamico, Kenn Austin
- Description:
- The unification of the Democratic People’s Republic Korea (DPRK) and the Republic of Korea (ROK) is no easy matter. Both Koreas must address their differences, such as their economies, government structures and cultural identities. The German reunification model serves as a prime example for unified Korea. Unifying Korea peacefully requires the aid of U.S., China, Russia and Japan. This thesis is to analyze the possible solution and challenges that's facing the Korean unification. and GMA 400L - Senior Seminar Research Lab
- Resource Type:
- Poster
- Campus Tesim:
- Maritime
- Department:
- Global Studies and Maritime Affairs
- Creator:
- Conner, Kenia
- Description:
- GMA 400L - Senior Seminar Research Lab and The Cruise Industry has been instrumental to setting the standard of creating and establishing the presence of international crews. Encouraged by open ship registries and the globalized labor market, the cruise industry finds its employment from international manning agencies provide cheap and reliable labor. With most of the crewmembers coming from South East Asia and Eastern Europe, the community of crew members that is found onboard creates for an interesting dynamic. Furthermore, most of the lowest positions onboard are dominated by individuals from countries that are outside the economic core while the higher ranking positions are dominated by individuals whose home countries are apart of the economic core, furthering the ideology of colonialism. The benefits, challenges, and dynamics of migrant cruise ship workers provide for a distinguishable social environment.
- Resource Type:
- Poster
- Campus Tesim:
- Maritime
- Department:
- Global Studies and Maritime Affairs
- Creator:
- Foster, Travis
- Description:
- In every ocean on the planet there is growing threat of piracy and organized crime, and to combat this the United States and other countries have organized specialized military units that are subject matter experts in the maritime world. For the United States and its allies to remain safe and secure in their global trade, the maritime Special Operations Forces (SOF) of the United States must continue to improve its abilities and resources and GMA 460L - Senior Seminar Research Lab
- Resource Type:
- Poster
- Campus Tesim:
- Maritime
- Department:
- Global Studies and Maritime Affairs