Download or read book Defense Science Board Summer Study Task Force on DoD Responses to Transnational Threats Volume III Supporting Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the study, the Task Force concludes that the Department should treat transnational threats as a major Department of Defense mission. Transnational actors have three advantages: I) they can have ready access to weapons of mass destruction; 2) we cannot easily deter them because they have no homeland; and 3) they respect no boundaries, whether political, organizational, legal or moral. Further, warning may be short and attribution may be slow or ambiguous. Since the United States is now the dominant military force in the world, potential adversaries will be driven to asymmetric strategies to meet their objectives. As such, transnational threats represent an important national security problem. Notably, the Department of Defense has the capacity to mitigate these threats with its extensive capabilities, training and experience. In the attached report, the Task Force suggests a multi-faceted strategy for the DoD to address this increasingly important class of threats. This strategy involves the development of an end-to-end systems concept, investment in critical technology areas, and the leveraging of similarities between civil protection and force protection. The Task Force concludes that the Department also needs to increase its emphasis on responding to this threat by more clearly assigning responsibilities and by providing mechanisms for measuring its readiness to respond. We hope this Summer Study provides insights on how to mitigate transnational threats to the Nation. It stops short, however, of providing a plan. We strongly encourage the Department to take on the task of developing an implementation plan that identifies the appropriate allocation of resources and areas for emphasis.
Download or read book The Defense Science Board 1997 Summer Study Task Force on DoD Responses to Transnational Threats Volume 1 Final Report written by Defense science board washington dc and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transnational actors have three advantages: I) they can have ready access to weapons of mass destruction; 2) we cannot easily deter them because they have no homeland; and 3) they respect no boundaries, whether political, organizational, legal or moral. Further, warning may be short and attribution may be slow or ambiguous. Since the United States is now the dominant military force in the world, potential adversaries will be driven to asymmetric strategies to meet their objectives. As such, transnational threats represent an important national security problem. Notably, the Department of Defense has the capacity to mitigate these threats with its extensive capabilities, training and experience. In the attached report, the Task Force suggests a multifaceted strategy for the DoD to address this increasingly important class of threats. This strategy involves the development of an end-to-end systems concept, investment in critical technology areas, and the leveraging of similarities between civil protection and force protection. The Task Force concludes that the Department also needs to increase its emphasis on responding to this threat by more clearly assigning responsibilities and by providing mechanisms for measuring its readiness to respond.
Download or read book The Defense Science Board 1997 Summer Study Task Force on DoD Responses to Transnational Threats Volume II Force Protection Report written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transnational actors have three advantages: 1) they can have ready access to weapons of mass destruction; 2) we cannot easily deter them because they have no homeland; and 3) they respect no boundaries, whether political, organizational, legal or moral. Further, warning may be short and attribution may be slow or ambiguous. Since the United States is now the dominant military force in the world, potential adversaries will be driven to asymmetric strategies to meet their objectives. As such, transnational threats represent an important national security problem. Notably, the Department of Defense has the capacity to mitigate these threats with its extensive capabilities, training and experience. In the attached report, the Task Force suggests a multi-faceted strategy for the DoD to address this increasingly important class of threats. This strategy involves the development of an end-to-end systems concept, investment in critical technology areas, and the leveraging of similarities between civil protection and force protection. The Task Force concludes that the Department also needs to increase its emphasis on responding to this threat by more clearly assigning responsibilities and by providing mechanisms for measuring its readiness to respond.
Download or read book Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Preventing and Defending Against Clandestine Nuclear Attack written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The DSB addressed this threat in previous studies conducted in 1997 (also chaired by Richard Wagner) and 1999/2000 (chaired by Roger Hagengruber). Much has changed since then. The 11 Sept. 2001 attacks demonstrated the intent of terrorists to inflict massive damage. Nuclear proliferation has proceeded apace, with North Korea and Iran achieving nuclear weapon capability or coming closer to it, and it could spread further. The United States is engaged in a war against terrorism, and DoD is beginning to devote significant effort to combating WMD. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been established. Thinking about the threat of clandestine nuclear attack has changed, and some efforts to explore defenses have begun. However, one thing has not changed: little has actually been done against the threat of clandestine nuclear attack. The DSB Summer Study on Transnational Threats (1997) first developed the ambitious idea of a very large, multi-element, global, layered civil/military system of systems of scope sufficient to have some prospect of effectively thwarting this threat. There was little resonance with this vision (outside of the Task Forces in 1997 and 2000), but since then, and especially since the attacks of 11 Sept. 2001, it has begun to be discussed more widely. This report will revisit such a national/global system, largely as context for the main focus of the Task Force: DoD's roles and capabilities. Following briefings from many government agencies and subject matter experts, the Task Force arrived at its basic findings and recommendations in early 2003. Since then, those results have been discussed in over 40 meetings within DoD and elsewhere, leading to certain refinements. This report reflects the outcomes of that process and weaves together viewgraphs used in the discussions with elaborating text.
Download or read book DoD Responses to Transnational Threats written by Craig I. Fields and published by . This book was released on 1997-06-01 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study principally addresses DoD capabilities, options, and responses to transnational threats. It recommends a long-term strategy for DoD's responses that leverages the Dept.'s resources and strengths, using 6 elements: treat transnational threats as a major DoD mission; use the existing national security structure and processes; define an end-to-end operational concept and system-of-systems structure; provide an interactive global information system on transnational threats; address needs that have long been viewed as "too hard"; and leverage worldwide force protection and civil protection.
Download or read book Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Mission Impact of Foreign Influence on DoD Software written by United States. Defense Science Board. Task Force on Mission Impact of Foreign Influence on DoD Software and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Deterrence and Influence in Counterterrorism written by Paul K. Davis and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2002-11-27 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It may not be possible to deter fanatical terrorists, but members of terrorist systems may be amenable to influence. The U.S. counterterrorism strategy should therefore include political warfare, placing at risk things the terrorists hold dear, a credible threat of force against states or groups that support acquisition of weapons of mass destruction, and maintaining cooperation with other nations engaged in the war on terror, while also preserving core American values.
Download or read book Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on DOD Warfighting Transformation written by United States. Defense Science Board. Task Force on DOD Warfighting Transformation and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications written by and published by . This book was released on 2002-07 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Final Report of the Defense Science Board DSB Task Force on Predicting Violent Behavior written by United States. Defense Science Board. Task Force on Predicting Violent Behavior and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This DSB study is one of several reviews that resulted from the killings that took place on November 5, 2009 at the Fort Hood, Texas Soldier Readiness Center. The study discusses the current state of military policy and readiness for dealing with violent behavior, and suggests improvements. It provides recommendations for the Department against perpetrators of "targeted violence", those individuals who conduct pre-meditated attacks against specific individuals, populations or facilities. While the Task Force charter focused on predicting violent behavior, they determined the most effective means of responding to the challenge of target violence is to undertake preventive measures. To that end, the Task Force recommends a near term focus on threat management units to provide an effective, low-footprint means of mitigating threats of targeted violence in the DoD community. Key to the successful functioning of TMUs, information sharing between concerned parties must be improved to include providing better clarity on such sensitive issues as religious freedom, medical and legal privacy issues.
Download or read book Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on the Creation and Dissemination of All Forms of Information in Support of Psychological Operations PSYOP in Time of Military Conflict written by United States. Defense Science Board. Task Force on the Creation and Dissemination of All Forms of Information in Support of Psychological Operations (PSYOP) in Time of Military Conflict and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Defense Science Board Task Force Report written by United States. Defense Science Board. Task Force on Predicting Violent Behavior and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2This DSB study is one of several reviews that resulted from the killings that took place on November 5, 2009 at the Fort Hood, Texas Soldier Readiness Center. The study discusses the current state of military policy and readiness for dealing with violent behavior, and suggests improvements. It provides recommendations for the Department against perpetrators of "targeted violence", those individuals who conduct pre-meditated attacks against specific individuals, populations or facilities. While the Task Force charter focused on predicting violent behavior, they determined the most effective means of responding to the challenge of target violence is to undertake preventive measures. To that end, the Task Force recommends a near term focus on threat management units to provide an effective, low-footprint means of mitigating threats of targeted violence in the DoD community. Key to the successful functioning of TMUs, information sharing between concerned parties must be improved to include providing better clarity on such sensitive issues as religious freedom, medical and legal privacy issues.
Download or read book Responding to War Terrorism and WMD Proliferation written by Bianka Janssen Adams and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book New Explorations Into International Relations written by Seung-Whan Choi and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses a range of issues surrounding the search for scientific truths in the study of international conflict and international political economy. Unlike empirical studies in other disciplines, says Seung-Whan Choi, many political studies seem more competent at presenting theoretical conjecture and hypotheses than they are at performing rigorous empirical analyses. When we study global issues like democratic institutions, flows of foreign direct investment, international terrorism, civil wars, and international conflict, we often uncritically adopt established theoretical frameworks and research designs. The natural assumption is that well-known and widely cited studies, once ingrained within the tradition of the discipline, should not be challenged or refuted. However, do such noted research areas reflect scientific truth? Choi looks closely at ten widely cited empirical studies that represent well-known research programs in international relations. His discussions address such statistical and theoretical issues as endogeneity bias, model specification error, fixed effects, theoretical predictability, outliers, normality of regression residuals, and choice of estimation techniques. In addition, scientific progress made by remarkable discoveries usually results from finding a new way of thinking about long-held scientific truths, therefore Choi also demonstrates how one may search for novel ideas at minimal cost by developing new research designs with original data. Here is a valuable resource for students, scholars, and policy makers who want to quickly grasp the evolutionary pattern of scientific research on democracy, foreign investment, terrorism, and conflict; build their research designs and choose appropriate statistical techniques; and identify their own agendas for the production of cutting-edge research.
Download or read book Can Terrorism Be Prevented written by Bekir Cinar and published by Ahmet Cinar. This book was released on 2010 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Creating the Defense Threat Reduction Agency written by Joseph P. Harahan and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Post Modern Terrorism written by Boaz Ganor and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
