The Psychology of Terrorist Behavior: Where We Are, Where We Need to Be
In this presentation, Professor Horgan explores what we know, and have yet to know, about the processes associated with becoming a terrorist. […]
Counter-terrorism and Human Rights at the United Nations Security Council: Revisiting Hegemonic International Law
What explains the key features of the process unleashed by the adoption of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 1373 on the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks? […]
Cheap Talk about a Free Ride: Counterfactuals, Alliances, and U.S.-Philippines Relations
Do client countries under-invest in their own defense when they have a powerful patron? Although plausible, the causal mechanisms behind free riding are much more complex than typically acknowledged. […]
UCSB FALL HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDTABLE
Roundtable participants will track emerging frontiers in human rights scholarship. […]
Orfalea News
Critical Studies on Terrorism Special Section
An upcoming special section of the journal Critical Studies on Terrorism will feature articles from participants of the After After 9/11 Working Group hosted by the Orfalea Center’s Global Security Hub. The six articles assembled in the special section interrogate the important question, “Is there an After, After 9/11?” from a number of […]
Lella Nouri, visiting Fulbright Scholar, receives Rising Star Award
Dr. Lella Nouri, Lecturer of Criminology at Swansea University and former visiting Fulbright Scholar at the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies at UCSB, received the Rising Star (Early Career Researcher) Award at Swansea University’s 2018 Research and Innovation Awards. […]
Speaking Rights: The Ethos of Human Rights and the Crisis of Cosmopolitanism
On March 28, 2018 The Bahá’í Chair for World Peace invited Professor Alison Brysk to give a lecture on Speaking Rights: The Ethos of Human Rights and the Crisis of Cosmopolitanism as part of The Ethical Foundations of Human Rights Conference at the University of Maryland. More information about the The […]