Duke UniversityIslamic Studies

  • David H. Schanzer

  • and Director, Triangle Center of Terrorism and Homeland Security
  • Duke Islamic Studies Center
  • 136 Rubenstein Hall
  • Campus Box 90250
  • Phone: (919) 613-9279
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Specialties

    • Law
  • Research Summary

    Terrorism, national security policy and law, homeland security, emergency preparedness & response
  • Research Description

    Homeland security; terrorism; national security law and policy; intelligence; bioterrorism law & policy; Middle East policy; democratization; emergency preparedness & response; immigration; border security; critical infrastructure protection; privacy & civil liberties
  • Areas of Interest

    terrorism
    national security
    counterterrorism
    homeland security
    bioterrorism
    biodefense
    biosecurity
    border security
    transportation security
    emeregency preparedness
    emergency response
    disaster preparedness
  • Education

      • J.D., cum laude,
      • Harvard Law School,
      • 1989
      • Editor, Harvard Law Review,
      • ,
      • 1987
      • A.B., cum laude,
      • Government,
      • Harvard University,
      • 1985
  • Selected Publications

      • D.H. Schanzer.
      • 2010.
      • "Islamaphobia is threatening America," Pittsburgh Post Gazette.
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      • D.H. Schanzer, C. Kurzman, E. Moosa..
      • 2010.
      • "Anti Terror Lessons of Muslin Americans".
      • [Article]
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      • 2010.
      • America At Risk: Closing the Security Gap.
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      • D.H. Schanzer.
      • 2010.
      • Policy on Terror Trials in Need of Overhaul.
      • Philadelphia Inquirer (also published in the News & Observer)
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      • D.H. Schanzer, J.E. Eyerman.
      • 2010.
      • "Improving Strategic Risk Management at the Department of Homeland Security." IBM Center for the Business of Government Magazine.
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      • 2010.
      • Winning the War on Terror.
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      • D.H. Schanzer, J.E. Eyerman.
      • 2009.
      • "Improving Strategic Risk Management at the Department of Homeland Security.:.
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      • D.H. Schanzer.
      • 2010.
      • Take a Hard Look Before Spending Billions on Security Technology.
      • Durham Herald Sun
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      • 2010.
      • Transforming the Southern Border: Providing Security & Prosperity in the Post 9/11 World.
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      • D.H. Schanzer, S. Ludington, W. Visscher.
      • 2009.
      • "Final Report - Report of the Privacy Subject Matter Experts Panel on the Violent Intent Modeling and Simulation Program.".
      • Institute for Homeland Security Solutions
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      • D.H. Schanzer.
      • 2006.
      • Book Review, "Review of Open Target by Clark Kent Ervin,".
      • Survival
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      • D.H. Schanzer.
      • 2010.
      • Time for Intelligence Interrogations.
      • Raleigh News & Observer, (also published in the Baltimore Sun, the Newark Star Ledger, and the Des Moines Register).
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      • D.H. Schanzer.
      • 2006.
      • Hurricane Katrina: Anatomy of a Disaster,".
      • The Optimist
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      • [Article]
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      • D.H. Schanzer.
      • 2010.
      • We Must Work With Muslim Americans,".
      • St. Petersburg, ( a version appeared in 16 other papers, including the Raleigh News & Observer, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Newark Ledger, and the Des Moines Register)
      • [Article]
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      • D.H. Schanzer.
      • 2005.
      • The War on Terror: A Fifth Year Status Report.
      • Carolina Banker
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      • D.H. Schanzer.
      • 2009.
      • Shedding light, not heat, on torture.
      • Raleigh News and Observer
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      • D.H. Schanzer.
      • 1988.
      • Case Note, "Supreme Court - Leading Cases: Lyng v. UAW.
      • Harvard L. Rev.
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      • D.H. Schanzer.
      • 2009.
      • Cheney's misfiring security critique.
      • Raleigh News and Observer.com
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      • D.H. Schanzer.
      • 2008.
      • "Closing the Doors on Gitmo"..
      • Philadelphia Inquirer,
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      • D.H. Schanzer.
      • 2008.
      • "Words for Evildoers".
      • "Raleigh News & Observer, (also printed in the Newark Star Ledger)
      • [Article]
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      • D.H. Schanzer.
      • 2008.
      • "The Meddling Media".
      • Raleigh News & Observer, Jan. 13,
      • [Article]
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      • D.H. Schanzer.
      • 2008.
      • "The Distorted Ethics of Kiss and Tell".
      • Durham Herald Sun, June 6,
      • [Article]
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      • D.H. Schanzer.
      • 2007.
      • "Capture Won't Snuff al-Qaeda,".
      • Q-Section, Raleigh News & Observer, Sept. 9,
      • [Article]
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      • D.H. Schanzer.
      • 2007.
      • "Why America Is Losing to al-Qaida,".
      • Baltimore Herald Sun,
      • [Article]
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      • D.H. Schanzer.
      • 2006.
      • "If We Were Serious about Ports' Security".
      • Raleigh News & Observer
      • [Article]
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      • D.H. Schanzer.
      • 2006.
      • Blunt Threats Now a Credible Option.
      • News and Observer
      • [Article]
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      Publication Description

      The security measures and regional diplomacy recommended by the Iraq Study Group will not bring about meaningful progress without a political agreement between parties representing broad majorities of Shia and Sunni Iraqis. Such an agreement must include compromises over the powers of Iraq's national government, regionalization, division of oil revenues, decommissioning of militias, amnesty, the status of former Baath Party members, and revisions to Iraq's constitution. We have been trying unsuccessfully to forge such a compromise for over two years. Now, there are very few cards left to play.

      • D.H. Schanzer.
      • 2006.
      • "Data Analysis With Safeguards,".
      • News & Observer
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      • D.H. Schanzer.
      • 2006.
      • "FEMA's Home,".
      • Raleigh News & Observer,
      • [Article]
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      • D.H. Schanzer.
      • 2006.
      • "Strategies for the Struggle Against Terror".
      • Raleigh News & Observer, (also published in Newark Star-Ledger, Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel, and quoted in Detroit Free Press)
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      • D.H. Schanzer.
      • 2005.
      • Oct. 15, The Forgotten Bioterror Anniversary.
      • St. Paul Pioneer Press
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      • D.H. Schanzer.
      • 2006.
      • Homeland Security Must Learn From This.
      • Raleigh News & Observer
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      • D.H. Schanzer with Col. David Hayden.
      • 2006.
      • A Force To Deal With Disasters.
      • Raleigh News & Observer
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      • D.H. Schanzer.
      • 2005.
      • Detect Bombs, Not Scissors.
      • Raleigh News & Observer
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