By a show of hands; how many of you are regestired to vote? *give appropriate response* Well let me just start off by telling you that I am not. I dont really have a good reason for that. I would consider my self to be an opinionated person, and I do care about what happens to this world. But politi...

Clausewitz defines a center of gravity as 'the hub of all power and movement, on which everything depends...' What are the U.S. centers of Gravity for Homeland Defense and Homeland Security?According to Colonel John Osgood, the Army Field Manual 100-5 quotes Clausewitz's definition of center of gra...

International Security We have been asked to discuss the article at hand by Audrey Kurth Cronin and his ideas behind International Security. It also shows his views on how it had evolved throughout the centuries. Terrorism can be defined in many different shapes and forms. One can attemp...

When focusing on anti terrorist tactics several different points need to be discussed. After 9/11 our government has went all out on preventing any other type of attack from terrorist organizations on the United States. With the creation of The Department of Homeland Security by the Bush Administrat...

Today as Americans, our top concern is our war on terror, national security. Prior to September 11th 2001 American has lived with no fear excluding the elderly who had witnessed the attack on Pearl Harbor. We did not have any knowledge that terrorists would or could attack us here at home, nor did ...

The aviation industry is vital to our nation's prosperity, and protecting this system from terrorist attacks or other dangerous acts remains an important national issue. Airplanes have been attacked on the ground, bombed in mid-air, and seized in flight. Airports have also been attacked...

The United States has always faced threats from other countries. But now, as times are changing, we're facing an increasing need to protect ourselves from terrorism within our own borders. In the 21st century, threats to America's internal security, that were once of minimal concern, have moved to t...

The terrorist attacks on New York and Washington D.C. illustrated howvulnerable our country really is to terrorist attacks. They also showedthe lack of security and readiness in most of the nation's airports andplaces of entry. The Federal Government realized it must take a hard lookat secur...

The United States has always faced threats from abroad, but also increasingly from within. In the 21st century, new threats have been introduced due to technological, biological, and chemical advances. These new concerns compromise the security of our nation, while the threats of classic warfare tha...

Terrorism Terrorism is the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to further political or social objectives. It is usually intended to intimidate or coerce our government, individuals, and groups. Terrorism is the most deadly violence our nation has ever faced. Terrorism ha...

The September 11th attacks marked a clear escalation in quality of international terrorism. They have comprehensively changed the way in which we think about terrorism and react to it. The terrorist attacks proved that geographical separation from the area of operations no longer safeguards homelan...

Similar to my experience with stricter airport security rules, the United States Senate has approved of the creation of a massive Department of Homeland Security that will transform the way the federal government responds to emerging terrorist threats. Many Americans have argued against the creatio...

When reflecting upon the horrendous attacks suffered by our nation on September 11, 2001 it would be extremely difficult to choose one aspect of American culture that has been exceedingly and notably affected to greater an extent than another. So many things have changed, diminished or been develo...

The concern of the United States with regards to terror and terrorists activities began way before the 9/11 terrorist incidents. There was the World Trade Center bombings in the 1990s and several attacks on U.S. citizens outside the U.S. Terror and terrorist incidents became a focal point in U.S. go...

This is a timeline of the more severe terrorist attacks on the United States and the American people from 1920 through 2001. More than 25 years ago, despite several terroristic attacks on the United States over the past century, terrorists and terroristic threats simply were not a publicized issu...

Freedom vs. SecurityOn September 11th, 2001, an attack was made on The United States of America. Nineteen terrorists boarded and hijacked four passenger airlines, and used them as weapons against buildings in New York and Washington D.C. The fourth plane was brought down in rural Pennsylvania. Ov...

When my parents went to Seattle on vacation this summer, they noticed that airport security had changed. They went through two check points where luggage was searched, sharp items were confiscated, people that looked Middle Eastern were stopped, and a mother traveling alone with a baby was searched...

Many methods of waging war have been utilized throughout history. Arguably, at some point, was the philosophy that there is no distinction between war and terrorism. And this might even seem logical as a resource in regards to evening battlegrounds by opening the degree of response any third world...

1.Analyze and discuss the intelligence support needed to HLS to prevent terrorism. Homeland security needs an all-encompassing and single point clearing house for intelligence services and support. The centralized requirement will ensure that the "big picture" is always clear, and infor...

The day after September 11th, people started to think how we could prevent it from happening again and improve airport security. I think a vital question came up in order to stop another September 11th scene. The question should Middle-Eastern males be subject to more stringent searches at airport...

What is terrorism? Danger, helplessness, and sadness are synonyms for terrorism. Terrorism is something that happens everywhere in the world, especially in the United States of America. The following is my definition of terrorism and how we can constrain it. Terrorism poses the greatest threat to ...

The fiscal policy plan for 2002-03 is not a reflection of what the people want. Last year the Budget went into a $1.2 billion deficit, and now Australian families have to pay the bill. Added on top of the deficit is the government's plan to create "safer Australia, secure borders, strong defence a...

One major security issue affecting Asia today is Terrorism. Terrorism as defined as the systematic use of terror or unpredictable violence against governments, publics, or individuals to attain a political objective which has been used by political organizations with both rightist and leftist...

The negotiations at the Wye River Conference Center brought about an interim agreement that built upon prior agreements, set up mechanisms to help facilitate further peace, and put in place a time line as well as the procedures to finalize an agreement to bring complete peace to this region. The W...

The negotiations at the Wye River Conference Center brought about an interim agreement that built upon prior agreements, set up mechanisms to help facilitate further peace, and put in place a time line as well as the procedures to finalize an agreement to bring complete peace to this region. The W...