New Microcredential in Terrorism and Counterterrorism!

I am very pleased to announce Empire State’s new microcredential in Terrorism and Counterterrorism! I designed this new microcredential because the majority of our students now have no memory of September 11, 2001, and many of the counterterrorism professionals of this recent era are retiring. Moving forward, employees across the security spectrum will need to …

New Publication! Intelligence and Strategic Competition

This article was first published online in 2023 but it is part of a new special issue on analysis in support of strategic competition in the Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation. Thurston, C. Q. (2025). Back to the basics: international relations, intelligence, and strategic competition. Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation, 22(3), 265–272. https://doi.org/10.1177/15485129231185363 …