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Author Biography
Dr. Michael Tucker earned a M.A. from American Military University (2016) in Homeland Security. His master thesis explored the internal structure and behavior of the largest Mexican drug cartels. Dr. Tucker received his Ph.D. from Liberty University (2022) in Criminal Justice: Homeland Security where his research focused on right-wing extremism, domestic terrorism, and violent crime.
From 1989 to 2010, Dr. Tucker worked as a Sheriff’s Officer-Lieutenant with the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office in Paterson, NJ. After retirement, Dr. Tucker worked for the Department of Homeland Security as a Federal Security Inspector-Aviation at John F. Kennedy Airport in Queens, New York. After leaving government service, Dr. Tucker entered private employment as a security and criminal investigative consultant working on large FEMA subcontracts. He is currently a Lecturer in the Department of Criminal Justice at North Carolina Central University in Durham, NC.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5038/1944-0472.18.1.2285
Subject Area Keywords
Homeland security, Political violence, Terrorism / counterterrorism, Violent extremism
Abstract
This article critically examines the historical definitions of American right-wing extremism as utilized by the media, political community, academia, and the government. We suggest that the historical definitions of the right wing are inadequate and fail to describe extremism accurately and consistently. Using evolutionary game theory, this article further argues that right-wing extremism (and left wing) is based on an evolutionary process to secure social existence and will rise as predators challenge historical hierarchical systems.
Recommended Citation
Young, Christopher and Tucker, Michael Damian. "American Extremism: An Evolutionary Process." Journal of Strategic Security 18, no. 1 (2025)
: 128-160.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5038/1944-0472.18.1.2285
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