A Department of Homeland Security Emeritus Center of Excellence led by the University of Maryland

Mila Johns

Mila Johns

Former Researcher

Researcher on START Projects

Anatomizing the Behavior of Chemical and Biological Non-State Adversaries

June 2012 to May 2014

Computational Modeling of Grievances and Political Instability Through Global Media

September 2014 to September 2019

Countering the Inhumane: Modeling Probable Pathways for Human Trafficking Along the U.S.- Mexico Border

September 2013 to December 2014

Extremist Pathways to Power: The Rise of Extremist Ideologies to State Dogma

May 2013 to October 2013

Integration of International Architecture Analysis

September 2013 to March 2015

Organized and/or Transnational Crime/Drug Cartel Nexus with Illicit Radiological/Nuclear Trade, Smuggling and/or Terrorism in Europe and North, Sahelian and West Africa

September 2013 to March 2015

The Threat of Pakistani Criminal Organizations: Assessing the Potential for Involvement in Radiological/Nuclear Smuggling, Collaboration with Terrorist Groups and the Potential to Destabilize the Pakistani State

April 2012 to July 2012

Understanding and Combating Mass Casualty Terrorism (MCT)

June 2008 to December 2011

Selected Publications

Report: Demystifying Gray Zone Conflict: A Typology of Conflict Dyads and Instruments of Power in Libya, 2014-Present (START Reports)

Countering the Inhumane: Modeling Probable Pathways for Human Smuggling and Trafficking Along the U.S.-Mexico Border (Research Brief)

The “New” Face of Transnational Crime Organizations (TCOs): A Geopolitical Perspective and Implications to U.S. National Security (White Paper)

Ricin Letters Mailed to President and Senator (Background Report)

Terrorism and the North Caucasus: An Overview (Background Report)

The thin red line (Op-ed)

News References

Research finds probable pathways and chokepoints for human smuggling along U.S.-Mexico border (Featured Research)

Hybrid organizations have greater motivational and operations ability for RN trafficking (Featured Research)

CBRNe Portal: Tradition or Threat? The Diplomatic Pouch and the Potential for RN Smuggling (START in the News)

Fox News: Russian city visited by Boston bomber a nest of terror, violence (START in the News)

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: The Thin Red Line (START in the News)

New FAS study assesses global economic impact of actions taken against Iran (Featured Research)

Various: Iranian Cult Is No Longer Officially a Terrorist Group (START in the News)