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Doubleshott

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  • Birthday 03/30/1989

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    Dubai, UAE
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    History/Security studies
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    2013 Fall

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  1. Hi, Anyybody know of any Arabic Summer language programs in the UK (or even the EU) that are along the lines of Middlebury or UT at Austins? In terms of immersion, academic standard and format. I have an EU-country's passport (so could maybe avail of scholarship/reduced tuition). Any advice or tips would be appreciated. Thanks
  2. Hey, Obviously the vast majority of Security studies and defense orientated schools are on the East coast, but do you guys know of any well-known schools on the West coast. I am looking for a terminal masters or maybe an MPhil, but not a PhD program. So far I can only find the Monterrey school, but not much else. Any others I've missed?
  3. Well thanks for your help and advice nonetheless, my principal inquiry was the level of academic rigour, both actual and percieved.
  4. Its a relatively unsual sub-field that only a number of places in the world specialise in. This place in Israel is one of the few that do it. I am probably going the route of Kings College London's war studies deptartment, but if they are the same price (relatively) and the educational apsect is respected (which with your first comment I am in a slightly more doubt of) then I would literally be able to look at case studies first hand, practice my arabic freuqently (I realise there are lots of arabic speakers in London) and recieve a much more pratical education than I probably would at KCL. In any case it is merely an idea.
  5. Howdy, Somewhat unusual question but I am sure someone on here knows something or can point me in the right direction at least. To be clear, I am looking for fact and some conjecture. Israeli universities: Firstly, how do they compare to UK/US universities at a grad level? are they en-par or slightly below? In quality, rankings, reception in the rest of the world etc. ? Secondly (and this is a a far more specific question), does anybody know anything about this school?: http://www.ict.org.il/ It is affiliated to an interdisciplinary school that I cant seem to find much on: http://portal.idc.ac.il/en/main/homepage/Pages/homepage.aspx I'm interested in the areas of counter-terrorism and was interested in killing two birds with one stone, doing an MA and improving my arabic, which I could potentially do it at the above school. I figured that few countries have the experience that Israel does when it comes to this field, teach in English, have case studies on their doorstep and have sizable arabic communities that I could practice/learn from. However, I am afraid of both being scammed financially and with an education, so little seems to be readily available on the internet. Any advice, relevant hearsay or sharing of experience of this or (other Israeli institutions) would be much appreciated. Thanks
  6. Hi two quick questions for those in or recently finished at LSE, were there opportunities to TA to undergrads in your area and make some money? was there realistically enough time? It could alter my entire year if I can work somewhat towards paying that tuition off.
  7. The HUMINT area is the area I'll have the most interest and qualifications with to date. This all started with it too, I wrote my senior thesis on the interrogation of Malayan communist POWs, the information gleaned and its use in propaganda ops during the Malayan Emergency. As a result it is the area I have the most pull towards. I'll keep looking Into it I guess. Maybe I can avoid the more risque elements that require clearance.
  8. Well this appears to be quite a lot of bad news for just one evening, this issue is so glaringly obvious that I didn't even fathom it before now. However before i conclude anything I am going go to look down a few more avenues, for instance there's a guy in my schools poli sci dept that I know happened to work for RAND a number of years ago and might at least know some more about full-time employment procedures and if they have means of doing something in a cases like this. Thank you for your help, I appreciate it. Stephen
  9. Wow, I mean I was prepared for the bad news but this is still quite a blow. Do you think it is similar enough situation for the private sector? Reading through the comments below that article it seems that some of the ties are so so minimal (almost laughabley so) and yet people get turned away/uncleared Its a bizarre situation alright, it seems like such a sweeping blanket rule that is likely to omit so many well qualified people. Being irish and of British origins I figured I was well inside the 'club' of trustworthy origins and almost boringly unaffiliated with anything vaguely controversial...
  10. Hello all, long time lurker, third time poster Hoping this question gets a little more of a response than my last one, but here goes the background: So someone mentioned on another thread that they knew someone with an internship at the CIA, so this got me thinking and I in turn looked at its website and the FBI's regarding hiring and even internships for graduates. Intelligence analysis and/or security are two fields I've now made some serious moves to get involved with. Similarly, I would consider not going down the public/gov. route and would love to be involved in the private sector. However, while many of you take this field and jobs for granted I appear to have a massive problem. I am not a U.S. Citizen and right now have neither years under my belt/nor sufficient qualifications to be fast tracked. Furthermore, I dont appear likely to get it for many years, if at all (save naturalization). As it stands, I am an Irish citizen (more so due to circumstances outside my own control i.e. my parents lack of foresight), while I could possibly be eligible to work for the UK version of things (I was born, grew up there and my father is dual British-Irish) it seems that I am completely unable to work in the gov. sector of security/intelligence right now. Also, to top of this impasse it seems that a lot of the private sector require security clearance with more 'sensitive' modern sources/intel and again im worried that I will be judged unclearable and thus, nearly unemployable. While I have nothing but benevolent ties to the US through friends, family, sports etc etc it seems to amount to squat as citizenship seems sine que non, without it one seems automatically suspect and unwelcome So the question: Can anyone with either sufficient experience/knowledge of this area of employment or field please shed some light on this situation/ Does anybody have any similar experience with this sort of thing? Cheers
  11. From reading the majority of posts on here it would seem like there's a multitude of things one should do. While I'm not applying for a year (im just finishing my senior year in the next few weeks) I have check list of things to do, obviously some of these you will already have done, but: * Get published in as prestigious/relevant a place as possible * Improve your other language skills (im going to try and finally become fluent in french by moving to france for a number of months, while working on my spanish too) * Improve your GRE/ SOP (or in my case, start them) *Try and improve your math if its relevant Overall I just want to improve myself across the board. All the while making some money, hopefully.
  12. Hey all, A similar idea was mentioned on another thread from a few months back, but I didn't see an exact (or at least satisfactory) answer to the question. I am extremely interested in a number of the SS programs on offer, in particular Georgetown, Columbia and GWU, however I am a tad wary of pigeonholing myself for the future. I am at a crossroads in my decision making at the minute, I can either choose the more numerous but less specific option of a solid IR MA or I can elect to go with my heart and proceed with a SS MA. My fear is that the particular area of IR/govt affairs I want to go into may be too specialised and I may come to regret it a few years from now. Essentially, I would like to know: does studying too specifically for security limit any lateral movement into other areas of politics or government? Did anybody else have any similar fears or doubts? Can anybody in the field confirm or allay my worries? Cheers and Thanks
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