Browsing Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs by Type "Working Paper"

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    • Community Resilience, Centralized Leadership & Multi-Sectoral Collaboration 
      Agogo, Emmanuel; Blackburn, Christine Crudo; Cameron, Elizabeth; Crespin, Richard; Klett, Josh; Lauer, Alinda; Natsios, Andrew S.; Parker, Gerald W. Jr.; Soc, Maria; Venczel, Linda; White, James (Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, 2019-05)
      One hundred years ago the 1918 influenza pandemic swept the globe, killing between 50-90 million people. The loss of life was so great that cities throughout the United States struggled to keep up with burials; it is ...
    • Establishing the North American Disease Defense Shield (NADDS) at the Panama-Colombia Border 
      Natsios, Andrew S. (2022-02-28)
      The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the devastating impact infectious diseases can have on human health, social orders, economies, and political systems. Throughout human history, pandemics have remade governments and ...
    • Global leadership at the crossroads: Are we prepared for the next pandemic? 
      Blackburn, Christine Crudo; Natsios, Andrew S.; Parker, Gerald W. Jr.; Katz, Rebecca; Osterholm, Michael T.; Laine, Glen A.; Fair, Joseph (Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs (The Bush School), 2018-05)
      "In this report, the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs at The Bush School of Government & Public Service at Texas A&M University outlines eight priority areas and their accompanying recommended action items to ...
    • International Higher Education Facing New Political Realities: A Call to the Community for a Compelling Research Agenda and Advocacy Strategy 
      Davis, Herbert (2017-09-27)
      The international higher education community is now confronting unprecedented challenges as it pursues ongoing federal support for its long-established programs. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the need for a ...
    • Pandemic Preparedness and Response in the Age of Technology 
      Blackburn, Christine Crudo; Camargo, Krisa; Laine, Glen A.; Natsios, Andrew; Parker, Gerald W.; Holt, Samantha; Reid, Austin; Wolf, Lilianna (2020-07-06)
      Effective pandemic preparedness and response depend on the quality as well as the speed of obtaining relevant information, especially from remote and hard to reach areas of the world, where most known and unknown disease ...