2009 Scowcroft Faculty Research Grant Awards
Sharon Caudle, Bush School of Government and Public Service
"National Societal Security Strategies." Scowcroft Faculty Research Grant funds support travel and related research expenses for this study, which updates and expands recent research by Dr. Caudle on the crafting and content of Western democracies' national security strategies, including homeland security strategies and newer, broadly focused societal security strategies that meld domestic and international security concerns from the citizen to the nation.
Sara Daly, Bush School of Government and Public Service
"Assessing the Strategic Value of Al-Qaeda's Alliances with North African Militant Groups: Implications for U.S. Security." Scowcroft Faculty Research Grant funds support travel and research expenses for this study examining al-Qaeda's relationship with Algerian militant groups, including determining the circumstances that led to the alliance and the implications of the collaboration for U.S. national and regional security.
Katherine Carte Engel, Texas A&M Department of History
"The Protestant International in the Age of Revolution." Scowcroft Faculty Research Grant funds support travel and related research expenses for this book project exploring the consequences of the American Revolution for the Protestant world and its impact on ties between Protestant communities around the North Atlantic rim.
Hyeran Jo, Texas A&M Department of Political Science
"Humanitarian Firewalls: Complementarity and Competition of International Humanitarian Organizations." Scowcroft Faculty Research Grant funds support travel, editing, and other research expenses for this study of how international humanitarian organizations such as the International Committee for the Red Cross and Human Rights Watch operate and interact in conflict zones.
Eric Lindquist, Institute for Science, Technology, and Public Policy
"International Comparative Public Policy Research on Urban Flooding." Scowcroft Faculty Research Grant funds support travel and data collection for this study, which uses a comparative focusing event framework to explore policy impacts over time of major urban flooding events in Europe.
Gina Reinhardt, Bush School of Government and Public Service
Japanese Development and Assistance: How and to Whom?" Scowcroft Faculty Research Grant funds support travel and translation assistance for Dr. Reinhardt's study on Japanese development assistance, which will be incorporated into a larger manuscript exploring the link between foreign aid and socioeconomic development, entitled Shortcuts and Signals: The Struggle over Aid.
Gabriela Thornton, Bush School of Government and Public Service
"Ukrainian Foreign Policy from Independence to the Present." Scowcroft Faculty Research Grant funds support research and editing for Dr. Thornton's collaborative project with Dr. Roman Popadiuk of the Bush Presidential Library Foundation on the key constitutive elements of Ukrainian foreign policy and their future security implications for United States, Russian, and European Union relations.