Download the full issue.This issue of Homeland Security Affairs opens on a sad note: Rich Cooper’s memoriam to Inspector Matthew Simeone, who passed away in March of this year. Co-president of cohort 0601-0602, Matt graduated from the Center for Homeland Defense and Security in 2007. Given his outstanding contribution to developing the Security/Police Information Network (SPIN) for the…
Notes from the Editor
Notes from the Editor (Vol. V, Iss. 1)
Download the full issue. In this issue of Homeland Security Affairs we offer one essay that outlines some of the important homeland security issues of 2008 and a set of essays that describes a potentially significant change in the national homeland security architecture. This edition also has two essays about homeland security technology. One applies coevolutionary…
Notes from the Editor (Vol. IV, Iss. 3)
Download the full issue. The articles in this issue of Homeland Security Affairs explore a wide range of homeland security and defense strategic policies, including the detention of possible terrorists, our level of national preparedness, the use of the military in guarding our borders, and how we might better implement and measure homeland security strategies.…
Notes from the Editor (Vol. IV, Iss. 2)
Download the full issue. How do we define “homeland security?” Is it best addressed at a local, state, or national level? These are the underlying questions posed by our authors in this issue of Homeland Security Affairs. In “What is Homeland Security?” Christopher Bellavita presents seven definitions of homeland security, based on claims about what…
Notes from the Editor (Proceedings of the 2008 CHDS Annual Conference)
Six years after the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, practitioners and academics in the field of homeland security are exploring diverse and complex issues relating to the defense and security of the United States. Nowhere is the growth of the field more evident than in the work of the professionals completing advanced degrees…
Notes from the Editor (Vol. IV, Iss. 1)
Download the full issue. In this edition of Homeland Security Affairs we are pleased to offer articles that demonstrate the increasing depth and breadth of the homeland security discipline. This growth is particularly apparent in “Changing Homeland Security: The Year in Review — 2007,” where Christopher Bellavita asked homeland security professionals to identify what they…
Notes from the Editor (Vol. III, Iss. 3)
Download the full issue. Six years after the attacks of 9/11, the practice and discipline of homeland defense and security have evolved and matured, moving into an era of self-evaluation. The essays and articles in Volume III, Issue 3 of Homeland Security Affairs reflect this stage, asking questions about how we view lessons from the…
Notes from the Editor (Vol. III, Iss. 2)
Download the full issue. Welcome to Homeland Security Affairs, Volume III, number 2. In this issue, we are pleased to offer essays and articles from James Delaney, James Burch, and Thomas F. Stinson, Jean Kinsey, Dennis Degeneffe, and Koel Ghosh. These authors take different angles in examining how we prevent and respond to national threats.…
Notes from the Editor (Vol. III, Iss. 1)
Download the full issue. The articles in this issue of Homeland Security Affairs demonstrate the arc of homeland security studies – from how we think about and address terrorism to how we communicate with one another when dealing with the immediate aftermath of a terrorist attack or natural disaster. Illustrating the arc those studies have…
Notes from the Editor (Vol. 2, Iss. 3)
Download the full issue. Welcome to Volume 2, Issue Three of Homeland Security Affairs. This issue is dedicated to the memory of Lacy Suiter. I believe Lacy would be embarrassed by the idea of dedicating an issue of anything to him. He was a man whose graciousness and modesty were evident whether he was in…