April 4, 2008
The U.S.-Mexico border wall, growing in fits and starts, is both championed and attacked in Congress. We asked professors in several disciplines: What does the wall represent? Their answers: A false security blanket, a waste of money, but also a rallying point that inspires acts of protest and border culture.
March 28, 2008
Candidates for public office focus heavily on physical threats to the U.S., say USC computer security experts, while digital security — both physical and electronic — is barely mentioned.
February 8, 2008
Psychologist Jerald Jellison of the USC College explores the popularity of “change” and its unique, fluid appeal to the human psyche.
February 1, 2008
USC's Virginia Kuhn relates how the candidates' carefully constructed messages get sideswiped by Internet denizens.
January 18, 2008
With its focus on bin Laden's videos, the media misses copious Internet content that has more to say to the al Qaeda faithful and more to teach us about fighting terrorism, says USC's Philip Seib.
January 4, 2008
As we transition into 2008, U.S. Supreme Court Justices hear arguments on election law, the death penalty, the rights of detainees, discrimination, and age bias.
December 14, 2007
Instead of blindly following the bankrupt policy of more sanctions, the West must acknowledge Iran's security and status needs and find a way to reintegrate it into the mainstream of the international community, says Naj Meshkati of the Viterbi School.
December 7, 2007
From USC Experts: An eyewitness in Lebanon; Iraq, Arab-Israeli conflict and Middle East politics; and the nuclear situation in Iran.
July 16, 2007
What: Public address by Michael Chertoff, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Chertoff will discuss security issues with a focus on port and infrastructure protection, and take questions from the audience. Introductory remarks will be made by U.S...August 10, 2006
USC Experts Available To Comment on London Terror Plot and 9/11 Anniversary
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