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Book A New National Security Strategy in an Age of Terrorists  Tyrants  and Weapons of Mass Destruction

Download or read book A New National Security Strategy in an Age of Terrorists Tyrants and Weapons of Mass Destruction written by Lawrence J. Korb and published by Council on Foreign Relations Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost exactly a year after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, President George W. Bush released his National Security Strategy to Congress and the American public. While few have disagreed with the goals of the strategy, there has been a great deal of controversy about how these goals should be applied in practice. This book lays out the best case for three different options, each of which could serve as a guide in implementing the National Security Strategy.

Book Implementing a New National Security Strategy in an Age of Terrorists  Tyrants and Weapons of Mass Destruction

Download or read book Implementing a New National Security Strategy in an Age of Terrorists Tyrants and Weapons of Mass Destruction written by Lawrence J. Korb and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book New National Security Strategy in an Age of Terrorists  Tyrants  and Weapons of Mass Destruction  Three Options Presented as Presidential Speeches

Download or read book New National Security Strategy in an Age of Terrorists Tyrants and Weapons of Mass Destruction Three Options Presented as Presidential Speeches written by and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A National Security Strategy for a New Century

Download or read book A National Security Strategy for a New Century written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A National Security Strategy for a New Century

Download or read book A National Security Strategy for a New Century written by National Security Council (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A National Security Strategy for a New Century

Download or read book A National Security Strategy for a New Century written by United States. Executive Office of the President and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book U s  National Security Strategy  a New Era

Download or read book U s National Security Strategy a New Era written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A National Security Strategy for a Global Age

Download or read book A National Security Strategy for a Global Age written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book From U S  Security to Terrorism

Download or read book From U S Security to Terrorism written by Nationa U. S. National Security Council and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2005-11-01 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defending our Nation against its enemies is the first and fundamental commitment of the Federal Government. Today, that task has changed dramatically. Enemies in the past needed great armies and great industrial capabilities to endanger America. Now, shadowy networks of individuals can bring great chaos and suffering to our shores for less than it costs to purchase a single tank. Terrorists are organized to penetrate open societies and to turn the power of modern technologies against us.From U.S. Security to Terrorism: A Three-Part Series was created by the National Security Council in response to the changing security needs of the United States in a post-9/11 world. Part I, The National Security Strategy of the United States of America, outlines the nation's goals regarding strengthening international alliances, defusing regional conflicts in the Middle East with the hope of preventing the growing threat from weapons of mass destruction, as well as building democracy and promoting economic growth within Islamic nations. Part II, The Global War on Terrorism: The First 100 Days, was issued in 2002 by the Coalition Information Centers. It summarizes specific actions taken by the Bush Administration regarding policies of diplomacy, the complex network of terrorist finances, and military campaigns in Iraq & Afghanistan, humanitarian relief programs including necessary respect for Islam.Part III, The National Security Council's 2003 report The National Strategy for Combating Terrorism, combines the information about the nature of the global terrorist threat today with specific goals and precise objectives on four fronts: defeating terrorist organizations with a global reach, denying support to terrorists, diminishing the underlying conditions that are exploited by terrorists, and defending the United States.

Book Annihilation from Within

Download or read book Annihilation from Within written by Fred Charles Iklé and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Globalization guarantees the spread of new technologies, whether beneficial or destructive, and this proliferation reaches beyond North Korea, Iran, and other rogue states. Our greatest threat is a cunning tyrant who might gain a few weapons of mass destruction and annihilate a nation's government from within, assuming dictatorial power. The twentieth century offers vivid examples of tyrants who have exploited major national disasters by rallying violent followers and intimidating an entire nation. To explain how we have become so vulnerable, Fred Ikle turns to history. Some 250 years ago, science was freed from political and religious constraints, causing a cultural split. Since then, science has advanced at an accelerating pace while religion and politics have moved along a zigzag course. This divergence will widen and endanger the survival of nations. Drawing on his experience as a Washington insider, Ikle outlines the practical measures that could be implemented to help us avert catastrophe.

Book The Gulf and US National Security Strategy

Download or read book The Gulf and US National Security Strategy written by Lawrence Korb and published by Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research. This book was released on 2005-08-10 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No region of the world currently has a larger influence on US security strategy than the Arabian Gulf. The importance of Gulf oil and the struggle against terrorism and religious extremism guarantee the region a prominent place in American strategic planning. With the occupation of Iraq, the Gulf now hosts the largest concentration of American troops in the world, and the region will be central to American security strategy in the near future. The two most uncertain and far-reaching variables in the Gulf are the circumstances of its two strongest powers: Iran and Iraq. Both nations will potentially undergo significant changes in the near future, and the results could fundamentally alter the region’s strategic picture. As the historical and cultural center of gravity of the Muslim world, the Gulf also plays a crucial role in the struggle against terrorism and the United States cannot succeed in tracking down and stopping terrorists without a great deal of assistance from the intelligence, law enforcement and administrative resources of the Gulf states. As long as energy and terrorism are at the top of the American security agenda and the United States remains the world’s preeminent military power, the interests of the United States and the Gulf will be deeply intertwined, and this region will remain the focus of any national security strategy.

Book Strategic Challenges

Download or read book Strategic Challenges written by Stephen J. Flanagan and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2008-02 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experts analyze seven key security challenges

Book Global Security Engagement

Download or read book Global Security Engagement written by National Academy of Sciences and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2009-07-29 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The government's first Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) programs were created in 1991 to eliminate the former Soviet Union's nuclear, chemical, and other weapons and prevent their proliferation. The programs have accomplished a great deal: deactivating thousands of nuclear warheads, neutralizing chemical weapons, converting weapons facilities for peaceful use, and redirecting the work of former weapons scientists and engineers, among other efforts. Originally designed to deal with immediate post-Cold War challenges, the programs must be expanded to other regions and fundamentally redesigned as an active tool of foreign policy that can address contemporary threats from groups that are that are agile, networked, and adaptable. As requested by Congress, Global Security Engagement proposes how this goal can best be achieved. To meet the magnitude of new security challenges, particularly at the nexus of weapons of mass destruction and terrorism, Global Security Engagement recommends a new, more flexible, and responsive model that will draw on a broader range of partners than current programs have. The White House, working across the Executive Branch and with Congress, must lead this effort.

Book Hitting First

    Book Details:
  • Author : William W. Keller
  • Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
  • Release : 2006-09-03
  • ISBN : 0822973081
  • Pages : 369 pages

Download or read book Hitting First written by William W. Keller and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 2006-09-03 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. war in Iraq was not only an intelligence failure—it was a failure in democratic discourse. Hitting Firstoffers a critical analysis of the political dialogue leading up to the American embrace of preventive war as national policy and as the rationale for the invasion and occupation of Iraq. Taking as its point of departure the important distinction between preemptive and preventive war, the contributors examine how the rhetoric of policy makers conflated these two very different concepts until the public could no longer effectively distinguish between a war of necessity and a war of choice. Although the book focuses on recent events, Hitting First takes into consideration the broader historical, ethical, and legal context of current American policies. Precedents are examined for preventive military action based on conventional as well as nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons threats. The authors also consider recent examples of the rhetoric of "humanitarian intervention," which have tended to undermine traditional notions of national sovereignty, making purportedly "morally justifiable" actions easier to entertain. Intelligence gathering and its use, manipulation, and distortion to suit policy agendas are also analyzed, as are the realities of the application of military force, military requirements to sustain a policy of preventive war, and post-conflict reconstruction.Hitting First presents a timely and essential view of the lessons learned from the failures of the Iraqi conflict, and offers a framework for avoiding future policy breakdowns through a process of deliberative public and governmental debate within a free market of ideas. The critiques and prescriptions offered here provide a unique and valuable perspective on the challenges of formulating and conduct of national security policy while sustaining the principles and institutions of American democracy. This collection will appeal to students and scholars of American foreign policy, international relations, political communication, and ethics.

Book Terrorism

    Book Details:
  • Author : Doug Lovelace
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2008-03-27
  • ISBN : 0195338782
  • Pages : 667 pages

Download or read book Terrorism written by Doug Lovelace and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-03-27 with total page 667 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terrorism: Documents of International and Local Control is a hardbound series that provides primary-source documents on the worldwide counter-terrorism effort. Chief among the documents collected are transcripts of Congressional testimony, reports by such federal government bodies as the Congressional Research Service and the Government Accountability Office, and case law covering issues related to terrorism. Most volumes carry a single theme, and inside each volume the documents appear within topic-based categories. The series also includes a subject index and other indices that guide the user through this complex area of the law. With the addition of commentary from a prominent member of the U.S. national security establishment, Professor Douglas C. Lovelace, this series becomes the premiere resource for an informative and analytical discourse on terrorism and how it continues to have a catastrophic effect on our society. Although Professor Lovelace acknowledges the current Iraq debate in his opening pages, Understanding United States National Security Strategy Relating to Terrorism. Part II: Derivative and Supporting Strategies primarily focuses on the similarly difficult topic of how the U.S. may best secure its homeland. By dividing this topic into three prominent categories (aviation security, maritime security, and domestic security), Professor Lovelace expertly presents a summary of current U.S. security policy and assesses the value of those policies . Within the domestic security category, he also provides detailed guidance on such specialized issues as bio-defense and the connection between the drug trade and terrorist financing. The Terrorism series remains a unique resource on all issues related to terrorism.

Book Effective Strategies Against Terrorism

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  • Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2004
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 176 pages

Download or read book Effective Strategies Against Terrorism written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Terrorism  Asymmetric Warfare  and Weapons of Mass Destruction

Download or read book Terrorism Asymmetric Warfare and Weapons of Mass Destruction written by Anthony H. Cordesman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2001-11-30 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a wide spectrum of potential threats to the U.S. homeland that do not involve overt attacks by states using long-range missiles or conventional military forces. Such threats include covert attacks by state actors, state use of proxies, independent terrorist and extremist attacks by foreign groups or individuals, and independent terrorist and extremist attacks by residents of the United States. These threats are currently limited in scope and frequency, but are emerging as potentially significant issues for future U.S. security. In this comprehensive work, Cordesman argues that new threats require new thinking, and offers a range of recommendations, from expanding the understanding of what constitutes a threat and bolstering Homeland defense measures, to bettering resource allocation and improving intelligence gathering and analysis. No pattern of actual attacks on U.S. territory has yet emerged that provides a clear basis for predicting how serious any given form of attack might be in the future, what means of attack might be used, or how lethal new forms of attack might be. As a result, there is a major ongoing debate over the seriousness of the threat and how the U.S. government should react. This work is an invaluable contribution to that debate.