Part Two: The Evolution of National Security Strategy
Assessments of Past, Present and Future Threats to Our National Security – Implications at Home and Abroad
This discuss topic addresses the changing nature of the threat to U.S. national security from the Cold War to the present. It also considers the implications of these changes to our governmental structures and our legal and policy regimes.
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Responding to Foreign Based Terrorism at Home – What’s the Right Approach?
This discussion topic looks at the similarities and differences between law enforcement and national security operations. It also considers the legal and policy bases for differences between law enforcement and national security and how the terrorist threat has required a re-examination of these two previously distinct paradigms.
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The Need for a New National Security Strategy
A range of new threats—including, but not limited to, terrorism—pose difficult questions as to how the United States should protect its interests. This discussion topic addresses the need for a unifying strategy—which the U.S. has not had since the end of the Cold War—to guide the development of national security policies and the execution of national security operations.
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