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If you are interested in pursuing any of the thesis topics listed below,
please contact the MDP-RG Leader, CAPT Jeff Kline, USN.
- The Coast Guard Attaché System - is it being properly leveraged and are attaches being sent to the right places? A side effort could look at the places they are currently sent and rank ordering where they should be sent in the future.
- Improving the security of the cargo supply chain without hindering the free movement of legitimate cargo.
- Identify the roles of the local, state, and federal government and the private owners and operators of critical infrastructure in Maritime Homeland Security.
- USCG's development of Foreign Disclosure policy.
- USCG Marine Safety ("M" type) functions/potential Colombia DIMAR (Maritime Directorate) relationship.
- The idea/feasibility of a Multinational Joint Fusion Center focused on Caribbean Basin issue (i.e. either a separate center based in another country and/or foreign liaison officers added to MIFC LANT much like JIATF-S does).
- USCG/COLNAV Academy relationship-building potential (a "think-tank" and/or visiting professors) in support of further study into information/intelligence sharing issues.
- How to stand up the IAIP.
- Who's on First? Balancing IAIP, TTIC, TSA, NJTTF, and CG Intel.
- Department of Homeland Security: Achieving the Promise of Synergy (Getting All Agencies to Step Up to the Plate).
- Sharing Law Enforcement Information: Overcoming Obstacles in the Beltway.
- Technical topic: Identify/assess some national technical capabilities that will be needed to attain MDA (Drones, Sensors, INTs, etc…).
- Programmatic topic: Identify/assess the CG's most prominent intelligence gap(s) and how to fill it.
- Organizational topics: Identify"lanes in the road" for the National Maritime Intel. Center (ICC) and the MIFCs? Could also look at ICC or ICC vis-à-vis. Area/district Intel staffs.
- Policy topic: Identify respective roles for CGIP and Navy Intel in homeland security?
- Issues of intelligence sharing and corruption among Latin American partners on the war on drugs/ terrorism. Is it wise to entrust our intelligence methods and information to these highly volatile governments?
- What should the role of CGIS be within the CGIP? Are CGIS agents and the CGIS program as a whole positioned to support new efforts? If not, what is the proper structure for CGIS to support such efforts?
- Should the CGIP integrate as much as possible with the other services in terms of jobs?
- How does the rest of the IC view the CGIP? A team player? A strong partner? A drain on the system? And how does that affect efforts to leverage the system and bring information and value added to the Coast Guard as a whole?
- Should the CGIP utilize the Navy’s project EXCEL in developing its workforce?
- How much should the CGIP be involved in intelligence efforts within several new or established organizations: NORTHCOM, JIATF South, JIATF West, all the DoD Combatant and Unified Commands, DIA, CIA, EPIC, NSA, etc.
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