Browsing by Author "Strunk, Daniel"

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    American Cyber Insecurity: The growing danger of cyber attacks
    (2014-05-23) Strunk, Daniel; Colin, Scott; Chris, Brown; Desmond, Lee
    This paper aims to advise American policy makers on a correct course of action regarding the advent of cyber warfare. Cyber-attacks have become ubiquitous in the 21st century and pose a direct threat to the safety of American interests abroad and domestically. Beginning with an analysis of the history and lessons from past cyber conflicts this paper moves on to proscribe a set of actions to protect American security in the 21st century. We conclude that the current legal framework for evaluating cyber-attacks needs to be re-framed in a manner more conducive to American interests.
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    How to end the hook-up culture: An economic and institutional examination of the hook- up culture on college campuses
    (2014-04-21) Strunk, Daniel
    The hook-up culture that exists amongst modern day college students is a well-documented phenomenon in sociological, psychological, and gender studies research, but little to no research exists examining such a culture from an economic or institutional perspective. This paper provides a definitional summary of the literature on the hook-up culture, examining its social norms, origins, and harms, and adds that the hook-up culture can be conceptualized as an economic club good. Borrowing upon Gerry Mackie’s work, it then argues that the hook-up culture can be viewed as a societal convention analogous to the historic Chinese practice of footbinding and the modern day practice of Female Genital Mutilation. Importantly, the author does not claim that the hook-up culture harms men and women to the same degree as footbinding or FGM. Both footbinding and FGM are degrees of magnitude more harmful and more demoralizing than the hook-up culture—and it would be offensive to argue otherwise. Instead, the author’s point in making the comparison is solely structural: when each of the three conventions persist, they persist because those harmed cannot socially coordinate. Thus, to understand how to end the hook-up culture, it is helpful to understand how similar conventions ended (or could end). The paper then provides three frameworks for “solving” the harms the hook-up culture propagates.
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    To Infinity and Beyond: In Support of US-Proposed Space Principles of Conduct (SPoC)
    (2013-05-30) Strunk, Daniel; Pavia, Nicole; Khan, Samreen; Liberman, Harry
    This paper takes the form of a mock Presidential memo drafted for President Obama's 2012 transition. It outlines the current status of space policy and weaponization, and argues that the U.S. propose an international Code of Conduct to govern outer-space activities.