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Author: Thomas R. Mockaitis
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004-08-02
Total Pages: 253
ISBN-13: 113576350X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection of essays examines the strategic dimensions of contemporary terrorist threats. It evaluates the changing nature of modern terrorism in the light of the events of September 11 2001. The collection argues that terrorism now promises to enter the terrain of global "grand strategy".
Author: Walter Russell Mead
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2007-12-18
Total Pages: 255
ISBN-13: 0307427315
DOWNLOAD EBOOKInternational affairs expert and award-winning author of Special Providence Walter Russell Mead here offers a remarkably clear-eyed account of American foreign policy and the challenges it faces post—September 11.Starting with what America represents to the world community, Mead argues that throughout its history it has been guided by a coherent set of foreign policy objectives. He places the record of the Bush administration in the context of America’s historical relations with its allies and foes. And he takes a hard look at the international scene–from despair and decay in the Arab world to tumult in Africa and Asia–and lays out a brilliant framework for tailoring America’s grand strategy to our current and future threats. Balanced, persuasive, and eminently sensible, Power, Terror, Peace, and War is a work of extraordinary significance on the role of the United States in the world today.
Author: Audrey Kurth Cronin
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Published: 2004-01-14
Total Pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9781589012448
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe definition and understanding of "terrorism" is in a state of unprecedented evolution. No longer are acts of terrorism rare and far-flung. Following the horrendous attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, U.S. citizens have had their eyes opened to a new world where this nightmare stalks the daily news and is never far from consciousness. Attacking Terrorism brings together some of the world's finest experts, people who have made the study of this rising menace their life's work, to provide a comprehensive picture of the challenges and opportunities of the campaign against international terrorism. Part one, "The Nature of Terrorism," provides an overview and foundation for the current campaign, placing it within the political and historical context of previous threats and responses. Part two, "The Responses to Terrorism," looks at the range of policy instruments required in an effective strategy against terrorism. The contributors to this volume bring finely honed analyses and nuanced perspectives to the terrorist realities of the twenty-first century—history, analyses, and perspectives that have been too often oversimplified or myopic. They bring a new depth of understanding and myriad new dimensions to the crisis of terrorism. And they reach into aspects of counterterrorism that broaden our grasp on such important tools as diplomacy, intelligence and counterintelligence, psycho-political means, international law, criminal law enforcement, military force, foreign aid, and homeland security, showing not only how these tools are currently being employed but how often they are being underutilized as well. Attacking Terrorism demonstrates that there are no easy answers—and that the road toward victory will be long and arduous, frightening and dangerous—but as Audrey Kurth Cronin states in her introduction, "As the campaign against international terrorism unfolds, a crucial forward-looking process of strategic reassessment is under way in the United States, and this book is intended to be a part of it."
Author: Christopher Harmon
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Published: 2010-04-22
Total Pages: 451
ISBN-13: 0073527793
DOWNLOAD EBOOKToward A Grand Strategy Against Terrorism is a cohesive series of essays prepared by noted academics and counterterrorism practitioners within and associated with the counterterrorism program of the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies. These chapters address both the use of military force and the employment of non-military tools, the role of international cooperation, and the importance of the ideological contest. Collectively, they push toward a grand strategy against terrorism. This volume makes the prudence and research and experience of the Program on Terrorism and Security Studies available to all who want to help in countering terrorism: students; those at military graduate schools; private experts on security in the business world; members of police forces and defense departments; conflict resolution experts; and many other sorts of practitioners seeking a sober and highly international approach.
Author: Stephen D. Biddle
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 50
ISBN-13: 1428910026
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGrand strategy integrates military, political, and economic means to pursue states ultimate objectives in the international system. American grand strategy had been in a state of ux prior to 2001, as containment of the Soviet Union gave way to a wider range of apparently lesser challenges. The 9/11 attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade towers, however, transformed the grand strategy debate and led to a sweeping reevaluation of American security policy. It may still be too early to expect this reevaluation to have produced a complete or nal response to 9/11 policies as complex as national grand strategy do not change overnight. But after 3 years of sustained debate and adaptation, it is reasonable to ask what this process has produced so far, and how well the results to date serve American interests.
Author: Stephen D. Biddle
Publisher: Strategic Studies Institute
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 64
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the three years since 9-11, the Administration has yet to arrive at a clear definition of the enemy or the aim in the War on Terrorism; to date, American policy has combined ambitious public statements with ambiguity on critical particulars. Heretofore, the costs of pursuing such ambitious but ill-defined goals have been high but tolerable. The ongoing insurgency in Iraq, however, is increasing the costs of grand strategic ambiguity to the point where fundamental choices can no longer be deferred. There are two broad alternatives for resolving these ambiguities and creating a coherent and logically sufficient grand strategy: rollback and containment. Rollback would retain the ambitious goals implicit in today's declaratory policy and accept the cost and near-term risk inherent in pursuing them. Containment would settle for more modest goals in exchange for lower costs and lower near-term risks. Neither alternative dominates the other on analytical grounds - both involve serious costs as well as benefits. Most important, the choice between them turns on a series of basic value judgments on the acceptability of risk, the relationship between near-term and long-term risk, and the ultimate degree of security the Nation should seek.
Author: David R. Byrn
Publisher:
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 20
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKOver the last decade the United States has suffered lethal attacks on their citizens and interests around the globe. Following the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon in 2001 President George Bush promulgated the Grand Strategy to prosecute a Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). The administration seeks to leverage all elements of national power-diplomatic informational military and economic to defeat terrorism at home and abroad. Critics of the administration contend that the scope of the GWOT objectives is not feasible or sustainable over the long term-politically fiscally or militarily. However the Bush administration's policies have thus far been successful in minimizing the impact of terrorist organizations on the United States. The occupation of Iraq has proved a conventional deterrent to other countries who may consider support of terrorist groups in their foreign policy interest.
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Published: 2004
Total Pages: 27
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKOver the last decade the United States has suffered lethal attacks on their citizens and interests around the globe. Following the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon in 2001 President George Bush promulgated the Grand Strategy to prosecute a Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). The administration seeks to leverage all elements of national power-diplomatic informational military and economic to defeat terrorism at home and abroad. Critics of the administration contend that the scope of the GWOT objectives is not feasible or sustainable over the long term-politically fiscally or militarily. However the Bush administration's policies have thus far been successful in minimizing the impact of terrorist organizations on the United States. The occupation of Iraq has proved a conventional deterrent to other countries who may consider support of terrorist groups in their foreign policy interest.
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Published: 2006
Total Pages: 20
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe National Security Strategy of the United States of America clearly states that the United States welcomes our responsibility to lead the world in a great mission of freedom and human dignity. With President Bush's approval rating at an all-time low in numerous polls as a result of the war in Iraq American citizens and Congressional leaders are asking what is our policy in Iraq as well as our way ahead in this global war on terrorism? This project will analyze the strategic leadership of the administration and how that leadership has been applied to the global war on terrorism through its current policies and strategy formulation and implementation. The analysis will then assess whether our current strategy is working and whether a change in policy and/or strategy is recommended in order to succeed in the global war on terrorism.
Author: Thomas J. Schluckebier
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Published: 2002
Total Pages: 121
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe end of the Cold War was an opportunity for the United States to select and adhere to a new grand strategy, but a new approach was never chosen because America did not face a threat of sufficient magnitude to make a choice necessary. In the wake of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks, some have argued that the age of strategic ambiguity known as the post-Cold War period is over, and the threat of international terrorism requires America to make a grand strategic choice. This paper examines those choices by presenting four post-Cold War strategy options -- neo-isolationism, selective engagement, cooperative security and primacy -- and examining them through a counterterrorism lens. Specifically, it employs a set of critical strategic questions about the war on terrorism and cites post-9-11 ideas from the proponents of each strategy to answer those questions. Based on those answers, each grand strategy is critiqued by applying a disciplined counterterrorism framework to the reveal tensions inherent in each approach. Finally, while the military cannot make grand strategy or force consistency in its application, it must be able to support it. To that end, this paper proposes capabilities that the United States Air Force (USAF) should enhance or acquire to support the war on terrorism depending on the grand strategy selected. This paper does not recommend a grand strategy or counterterrorism approach. The goal is to present all approaches in an objective and coherent manner. Once all of the approaches are presented, conclusions are drawn by comparing and contrasting the various approaches. While many insights are offered, there are four primary conclusions. First, the increased emphasis on the terrorist threat has not been a catalyst for significant changes in the four competing grand strategies. Second, proponents of each of the grand strategies differ significantly in their approaches to the war on terrorism. Third, information superiority will be a primary USAF capability in the war on terrorism, regardless of the grand strategy pursued. Finally, proponents of neo-isolationism offer the most broad-based approach to the war on terrorism, but their strategy may conflict with other national interests.
