Reviews/Chapters/Opinion

Austen D. Givens, “New Knowledge, Better Decisions: Promoting Effective Policymaking Through Cybercrime Analysis,” International Journal of Cybersecurity Intelligence and Cybercrime 6, no. 1 (March 31, 2023)

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Austen D. Givens, Corye Douglas, and Nikki S. Sanders, “Haugen Testimony Shows Cybersecurity Researchers Must Also Consider Mental Health,” InfoSecurity Magazine, November 4, 2021

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Austen D. Givens, “Trump’s Boring National Security Record,” Utica College Center of Public Affairs and Election Research, January 8, 2020

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Austen D. Givens, “Eliminating White House Cybersecurity Coordinator A Good Move – Maybe,” Utica College Center of Public Affairs and Election Research, May 31, 2018

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Austen D. Givens, “How Not to Deter Cyberattacks,” Utica College Center of Public Affairs and Election Research, January 24, 2018

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Austen D. Givens, “#FakingIt: Russian Cyber Operations in the 2016 Presidential Campaign,” Utica College Center of Public Affairs and Election Research, November 13, 2017

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Austen D. Givens, “Should Principled Conservatives Join the Democrats?,” Utica College Center of Public Affairs and Election Research, September 13, 2017

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Austen D. Givens, “Meditations on a Local Economic Emergency,” Utica College Center of Public Affairs and Election Research, September 11, 2017

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Austen D. Givens, “Russian Interference: Act of War?,” Utica College Center of Public Affairs and Election Research, March 29, 2017

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Austen D. Givens, “A Conservative Vision for Cybersecurity (Multi-Part Article Series),” Utica College Center of Public Affairs and Election Research

Part 1 – February 22, 2017

Part 2 – March 8, 2017

Part 3 – April 11, 2017

Austen D. Givens, “CIA Wikileaks Latest Front in US/Russia Cyberwar,” Utica College Center of Public Affairs and Election Research, March 9, 2017

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Austen D. Givens, “Trump’s Crash Course in National Security,” Utica College Center of Public Affairs and Election Research, February 15, 2017

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Austen D. Givens, review of Alison Lawlor Russell, Cyber Blockades (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2014), Marine Corps University Journal 7, no. 1 (Spring 2016), pp. 120-122

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Austen D. Givens, “Republicans Missing the Point on Refugee Situation,” Utica Observer-Dispatch, December 6, 2015.

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Austen D. Givens, “Putin’s Cyber Strategy in Syria: Are Electronic Attacks Next?,The Cyber Defense Review, November 17, 2015.

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Austen D. Givens, review of Ami J. Abou-bakr, Managing Disasters through Public-Private Partnerships (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2013), Homeland Security Affairs 9, Article 12 (August 2013), pp. 1-5.

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Austen D. Givens, “The NSA Surveillance Controversy: How The Ratchet Effect Can Impact Anti-Terrorism Laws,” Harvard National Security Journal (Online), July 2, 2013.

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Austen Givens, “Region has key role in future cyber strategies,” Utica Observer-Dispatch, December 16, 2012.

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Dale Jones and Austen Givens, “Public Administration: The Central Discipline in Homeland Security,” in Rosemary O’Leary, David Van Slyke, and Soonhee Kim (eds.), The Future of Public Administration, Public Management, and Public Service Around the World: The Minnowbrook Perspective (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2011), pp. 67-78.

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Austen Givens, “The Limits of Government: The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was an ominous sign for the future of America’s critical infrastructure,” Emergency Management magazine, May/June 2011, pp. 44-47.

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Austen Givens, “The Case Against Iran,” Richmond Times-Dispatch, April 9, 2008.

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