Journal for Strategic Threat Analysis and Response (JSTAR)

The Journal for Strategic Threat Analysis and Response (JSTAR) is accepting submissions for publication.

JSTAR is ISTAR's online journal that publishes student op-ed papers in the field of strategic threats once per semester. Submissions are accepted from both undergraduate and graduate students in all disciplines.

Papers from the humanities or social science disciplines are less than 1500 words total written in an op-ed format. Topics must clearly relate to issues surrounding strategic threats.

Papers from the science disciplines are no more than 1500 words total not including captions and references. Papers are allowed no more than four figures/tables, and should include a brief description of techniques and approaches used, but not a formal description of methods. The findings reported need not be complete, but a clear case should be made for the potential of the work to have an impact on problems relating to strategic threats, applied policy implications of the research.

Authors of published papers receive a one time $50 honorarium.

Please submit all papers to Adrian Arroyo at adychka@gmail.com.

Scope

ISTAR defines strategic threats as:

1) The deliberate expression of intent to inflict damage, destruction, or
disruption on a nation or region's economic, technological, social,
psychological, military, or political resources;

2) natural or unintentional man-made events that may have the capacity to
cause the same disruptive effects.

Possible topic areas include:

• Public Health
  Bio and chemical terrorism
  Hospital emergency preparedness
  Toxicology
  Epidemic control
  Syndromic Surveillance
  Clinical response to traumatic victimization
• Risk Assessment
  Financial recovery
  Site recovery
  Citizens' judgments and biases
  The role of judgments in politics
  Human and environmental components of risk
  Communication in government and business
  Risk education
• Strategic Defense Analyses
  Gaming and simulations
  Historical studies
  Foreign policy
  Defense analysis
• Transportation
  Disaster tolerance and recovery
  Safety critical analyses
• Logistics, Informatics
  Modeling and simulation
  Civil bio-defense information infrastructure
  Detection and response
• Legal Issues/Criminal Justice
  Offender profiling
  Privacy and civil liberty issues
  Roles of law in conflict
• Information and Communications Technology
  Assurance and security of networks
  Safety of computer controlled systems
  Sensor technology, surveillance, and privacy
  Adaptive networks
• Engineering
  Microfabrication
  Portable bio-analytical laboratory development
  Robotics
• Geographical Information Systems
  Design principles
  Prevention, protection, response, and recovery strategies
• Biological Agents
  Bioterrorism
  Pathogenesis of diseases in humans and animals
  Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases
  Epidemiology of infectious diseases
  Diagnosis, prevention and treatment
  Food and water safety

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