My future research will inquire how the citizenry perceives government, trusts government, and provides online feedback to program performance. This is extended into research and knowledge building in management science and business.
Transparency will have growing importance to increase the confidence in government and program performance. Transparency is also a double-edged sword as it also can undermine the trust in government.
Other research interest: Cyber security, governance, and cyber deterrence
Nukes and cyber weapons have one
common tenet - they can strike anywhere in the world without that
any hardware assets have to be moved to that part of the world. The
use of cyber tools in the interest of national security is one of my
research topics.
National security repositioning in an era of austerity - especially nuclear deterrence
The national debt will force the United States in the coming decades to suffer unprecedented reductions in military power, redesign the mix of systems available for military operations, and accept a new geopolitical posture.
Digital lethality
To be able to operate a cyber deterrence environment the assets need digital lethality - an ability to wipe out other systems. Today almost all cyber weapons lack digital lethality which makes threats from cyber space of marginal potential impact. This will change over the next decade.
Nuclear Deterrence
The reduction of conventional forces ushers in a need for supplemental deterrence. Superpowers are increasingly dependent on nukes as deterrent.
Space Debris
Space debris is an increasing threat to space-borne systems. Modern warfare rely on space power and debris can serious damage military space power abilities.
Water and the politics of water, especially the effects of urban sprawl and groundwater over- extraction.
Rational response, especially to security challenges as we have seen the last decade how easy it is to over-react to security breaches.
Corporate citizenship and accountability, especially transparency, trust, and confidence. The research about government has bearing on businesses as well.