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Image of article author Local Government Resources Are National Assets in a Disaster
By Ken Parker
Published 8/20/2008
summary -Ken Parker, City Manager of Port Orange, FL, describes local emergency response practices, shows how informal interstate assistance led to formal Emergency Management Assistance Compacts, and discusses the National Emergency Management Network.

Image of article author Strengthening the Nonprofit Community's Response to the National Capital Region's Next Disaster
By Multiple authors
Published 7/1/2008
summary -When disaster strikes the National Capital Region, the success of the response depends largely on the ability of the organizations and the people of these jurisdictions to coordinate their efforts and resources. They rely in turn on an extensive array of nonprofit organizations to deliver critical services. Yet until fairly recently, not much had been done to help the region's nonprofits improve their preparedness, either as individual organizations or as a community. With a unique corporate-nonprofit partnership taking shape, the situation is beginning to change.

Image of article author Soft Systems Methodology Applied to Systematic Screening at U.S. Airports
By Multiple authors
Published 6/3/2008
summary -Philip R. Hammar, Brian Sauser, and John Boardman apply soft systems methodology to the problem of passenger screening at airport checkpoints, using systemigrams to represent the relationships between the stakeholders in providing security and value to the commercial air transportation system.

Articles last updated Thu May 3, 2007 2:40 PM
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Image of Allah's Bomb: The Islamic Quest for Nuclear WeaponsAllah's Bomb: The Islamic Quest for Nuclear Weapons
By Al J. Venter
summary - Veteran war correspondent Al Venter looks at the ample evidence that Islamic countries and al-Qaeda are seeking atomic weapons and are likely to use them. He reckons the likelihood of nuclear weapons use as high. Analytic Services senior editor Steve Dunham reviews the book.

Image of BioviolenceBioviolence
By Barry Kellman
summary - In Bioviolence: Preventing Biological Terror and Crime, Barry Kellman describes the underestimated danger of biological agents falling into the hands of those who would be inclined to use them, and provides a wide-ranging and detailed policy analysis on how to prevent this from happening.

Image of The Atomic Bazaar: The Rise of the Nuclear PoorThe Atomic Bazaar: The Rise of the Nuclear Poor
By William Langewiesche
summary - In The Atomic Bazaar: The Rise of the Nuclear Poor, William Langewiesche describes how we are entering a “world in which many countries have acquired atomic bombs, and some may use them.” Poor countries, he says, “for a host of reasons, are more likely to use their nuclear weapons than the great powers have been … At the extreme is the possibility, entirely real, that one or two nuclear weapons will pass into the hands of the new stateless guerillas, the jihadists, who offer none of the retaliatory targets that have so far underlain the nuclear peace.” Langewiesche, however, gives solid reasons why acquiring a nuclear weapon or the means to manufacture one would be very difficult (though not impossible). Analytic Services senior editor Steve Dunham reviews the book.

Book Reviews last updated Wed Jan 23, 2008 3:36 PM
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Image of commentor Brandon FriedA Look at Ben Gurion International Airport’s Security
By Brandon Fried
Published 8/6/2008
Summary - Brandon Fried, Executive Director of the Airforwarders Association, discusses security operations at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport—arguably the most protected aviation facility in the world—which Fried visited in May 2008 with a group of airport managers, Department of Homeland Security officials, elected community leaders, and biometric experts.

Image of commentor Nigel WestUsing Cold War Tactics to Meet the Challenge of Suicide Jihad
By Nigel West
Published 4/8/2008
Summary - Nigel West discusses whether Cold War tactics would be useful against suicide terrorists who make no effort to conceal their identities.

Image of commentor Urs ZiswilerThe Swiss–U.S. Counterterrorism Partnership
By Urs Ziswiler
Published 4/27/2007 1:56:00 PM
Summary - In “The Swiss–U.S. Counterterrorism Partnership,” Urs Ziswiler, Swiss Ambassador to the United States, discusses joint activity in combating the financing of terrorism and exchanging information, along with two new areas of cooperation: responding to bioterrorism and threat convergence.
Commentaries last updated Fri 4/27/2007 1:56:00 PM
Interviews
Image of interviewee, Elaine DukeInterview with Elaine Duke
7/17/2008
Introduction -The journal interviews Elaine C. Duke, Homeland Security Deputy Under Secretary for Management, about the Homeland Security Department’s plans for the transition to a new presidential administration.

Image of interviewee, Thad AllenInterview with Thad Allen
10/16/2006
Introduction -The Journal of Homeland Security interviews Admiral Thad Allen, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, who discusses the challenges facing the Coast Guard today.

Image of interviewee, Rob QuartelInterview with Rob Quartel
5/24/2006
Introduction -Quartel discusses the Dubai Ports World sale, cargo security, and international trade.
Interviews last updated Tue February 1, 2007 11:36 AM
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