Calhoun: The NPS Institutional Archive Theses and Dissertations Compilations of Thesis Abstracts, from 2005 2015-03 Compilation of abstracts, March 2015 Monterey, California; Naval Postgraduate School http://hdl.handle.net/10945/45535 NPS-04-15-002 COMPILATION OF ABSTRACTS Unrestricted Theses, Dissertations, and Final Projects NPS Class of March 2015 Office of the Vice President and Dean of Research NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL Monterey, California • www.nps.edu ii PREFACE This publication, Compilation of Abstracts, contains abstracts of unrestricted theses, capstone project reports, and dissertations submitted for the master of arts, master of business administration, master of science, and doctor of philosophy degrees for the Naval Postgraduate School’s March 2015 graduating class. 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The admissions website is at http://www.nps.edu/Academics/Admissions/Index.html. iii iv TABLE OF CONTENTS Mission.............................................................................................................................................................................. xi Academic Programs ....................................................................................................................................................... xi Student Research ...........................................................................................................................................................xiii Degrees Offered............................................................................................................................................................xiv Academic Awards Announced March 2015 .............................................................................................................xvi MASTER OF ARTS Master of Arts in Security Studies The Maoist Movement and Its Impact on the Democratic Transition of Nepal .................................................. 3 Preventing Escalation in the South China Sea’s Disputed Waters: A Comparative Study of Republic of the Philippines and Socialist Republic of Vietnam ...................................................................... 3 The Evolution of Malaysia’s Immigration Policy since 1970 ................................................................................... 4 Libya: A Contemporary Conflict in a Failing State ................................................................................................... 4 Making the Case for Humanitarian Intervention: National Interest and Moral Imperative .............................. 5 The Strategic and Political Impacts of Collateral Damage from Strike Warfare .................................................. 5 Mission Command: Retooling the Leadership Paradigm for Homeland Security Crisis Response?................ 6 U.S. Decision Making and Post-Cold War NATO Enlargement ............................................................................ 6 Strategic Improvements to TSA Spot Program .......................................................................................................... 7 Crowdsourcing Intelligence to Combat Terrorism: Harnessing Bottom-Up Collection to Prevent Lone-Wolf Terror Attacks ........................................................................................................................ 7 Can the 2014 Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro Succeed in Mindanao Where Previous Agreements Failed? .................................................................................................................... 8 Airmanship on the Ground: How the Aviation Industry Can Fundamentally Change the Way First Responders Manage Complex Emergencies .............................................................................................. 8 Reducing Homeland Insecurities: Ending Abuse of the Asylum and Credible Fear Program .......................... 9 Asymmetric Power Balance and Its Implications for Regionalism in South Asia ............................................... 9 Systems Fragility: The Sociology of Chaos ............................................................................................................... 10 Yemen: Comparative Insurgency and Counterinsurgency ..................................................................................... 10 When Policy and Strategy Collide: U.S. Intervention in Lebanon 1982–1984 ....................................................11 The Importance of the Effective Utilization of Women at Arms .........................................................................11 Cybersecurity Information Sharing between Public–Private Sector Agencies ................................................... 12 The Influence of Strategic and Organizational Cultures on the Revolution in Military Affairs within the U.S. Army ............................................................................................................................................. 12 Nationalism: The Media, State, and Public in the Senkaku/Diaoyu Dispute ..................................................... 13 Winning the Hearts and Minds: Improving U.S. Counter-Radicalization Efforts through a Study of the United Kingdom’s Prevent Strategy ............................................................................................. 13 The Troubled Relationship between Israel and the European Union: An Empirical Explanation .................14 Regionalism and Secession ............................................................................................................................................14 The Limits of the Asean Regional Forum ................................................................................................................ 15 Finding the Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing: Ways to Distinguish and Deter Lone-Wolf Terrorists .................... 15 The Relationship between Islamism and Women in Civil Society: A Look at Turkey and Egypt .................. 16 U.S. Strategic Interests and Georgia’s Prospects for NATO Membership .......................................................... 16 Improving Emergency Management by Modeling Ant Colonies ......................................................................... 16 Offense–Defense Theory Analysis of Russian Cyber Capability ...........................................................................17 Fighting Narcotraffic in Latin America: Mexico and El Salvador—A Comparative Approach ......................17 Preempting Mass Murder: Improving Law Enforcement Risk Assessments of Persons with Mental Illness .......................................................................................................................................................... 18 Syria and the Rise of Radical Islamist Groups ......................................................................................................... 18 Strategies of Successful Poverty Reduction: Case Studies of Tanzania and Zambia ......................................... 19 Beyond Measure: New Approaches to Analyzing Congressional Oversight of Homeland Security .............. 19 Gender Equity: Women’s Political Empowerment in South Korea .....................................................................20 v TABLE OF CONTENTS Assessing Technology Innovation in the PLA .........................................................................................................20 The Evolution of the Mexican Military: From the Mexican Revolution in 1910 to 2014 ................................. 21 State Defense Forces and Their Role in American Homeland Security .............................................................. 21 Civil–Military Relations and Militarization in El Salvador ....................................................................................22 The Role of Civil Society in Shaping Democratic Civil–Military Relations during Political Transition in Nepal ................................................................................................................................................22