What is a homeland security future worth creating? After enough discussion, the homeland security community could probably agree on the broad outlines of a desirable future.
By Christopher Bellavita
Changing Homeland Security: Shape Patterns, Not Programs →
This article analyses the National Military Strategic Plan for the War on Terrorism issued on February 1, 2006 by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
By Nadav Morag
The National Military Strategic Plan for the War on Terrorism: An Assessment →
As the United States enters the twenty-first century, the biggest threat to the national security of the U.S. is terrorist organizations.
By Steve Ressler
Social Network Analysis as an Approach to Combat Terrorism: Past, Present, and Future Research →
This article analyses the National Military Strategic Plan for the War on Terrorism issued on February 1, 2006 by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
By Nadav Morag
The National Military Strategic Plan for the War on Terrorism: An Assessment →
While expert risk analyses are based on calculations of probability and damage, public estimates of risk are more often based on qualitative factors. It is important to understand how the public, not just homeland security experts, perceive and react to the threat of terrorism.
By Clinton M. Jenkin
Risk Perception and Terrorism: Applying the Psychometric Paradigm →
Anecdotal evidence suggests mistakes are repeated incident after incident. It appears that while identifying lessons is relatively straightforward, true learning is much harder.
By Amy Donahue and Robert Tuohy
This article asks if the threat of violence by right-wing extremists, including their possible deployment of weapons of mass destruction, has been neutralized.
By Timothy G. Baysinger
Right-wing Group Characteristics and Ideology →
Much of the media-pundit and popular analysis that has followed the death of al Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has focused on how his death will affect the outcome of the war in Iraq. However, the emphasis on outcome is not the right approach.
By Donald Reed
On Killing al-Zarqawi—Does United States Policy Know its Tools in the War on Terror? →
There is little political will to substantially alter the organizational and programmatic system that characterizes U.S. homeland security. The system we have is the one we have to work with, at least until something significant happens: another attack, a catastrophic natural disaster, a national public health emergency, or a new political administration.
By Christopher Bellavita
Changing Homeland Security: What Should Homeland Security Leaders Be Talking About? →
This article describes the approach approved in the DOD-HLS Joint Operating Concept (HLS JOC) that describes how DOD intends to perform its responsibilities associated with securing the homeland, to include homeland defense and civil support missions, and supporting emergency preparedness planning activities.
By Thomas Goss
“Who’s in Charge?” New Challenges in Homeland Defense and Homeland Security →
