Researching states of emergency

Research at the Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations is dealing, among other things, with the following questions: What causes democracies to declare a state of emergency? Do the emergency measures used in times of crisis help democracies to function as viable and free societies or do these unleash disruptive and destructive forces? When, how, and why are states of emergency terminated?

1. Researching global security issues
2. Managing crises
3. Investigating-Discovering

1. Undertaking pre-disaster planning
2. Providing rapid emergency response
3. Demanding tightening of law enforcement during crises

1. Providing data base on states of emergency

1. Violation of rights of vulnerable groups during states of emergency
2. Unpreparedness for food emergencies
3. Unforeseen environmental crises
4. Suspension of rights during states of emergency
5. International crisis escalation
6. Ineffective emergency relief distribution
7. Inadequate international crisis management
8. Inadequate emergency services
9. Excessive imposition of states of emergency
10. Disaster unpreparedness