Essays on Homeland

Winning a contract is the ideal goal of many companies seeking tenders from different organizations. Landing a contract provides a good portfolio for future transactions with other clients. Therefore, it is ideal for any company to study and understand tender details provided by the client then come up with a team that will help to win the contract. It is necessary for one to consider several factors when considering another partner in one’s pursuit of winning tenders. Moreover, one has to understand the role required to play in different situations and gear them towards a specific contract. The ...

In December 2016, the US Secretary of State stated that, Israel would either have to be a Jewish State that does not intrude into Palestinian “land” or it should be democratic whereby Palestinians would be given equal rights as dignified citizens of one-state of Israel. This was something many Republicans and Conservatives found to be negative and Anti-American. The purpose of this paper is to argue that the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians cannot be solved. This paper will use elements of persuasion to establish a case to prove that America must stay away from imposing its will on ...

Introduction

Arabs, particularly from Middle East and North Africa have unique psychological challenges that are associated with the back rash that has been brought about by terrorism. In addition to the increased misconception of their religion being associated with the vice, they also face cultural challenges that dictate how they are supposed to live. There are numerous studies that have been carried out among the Arab women on the subject of their mental health. This paper will address the epidemiology of their condition, focusing on the special group on the immigrants, while comparing them with their counterparts at home and ...

Affiliated Institution

Introduction The concept of Homeland Security was precipitated by the terrorist attacks of 9/11 (Shawn 2013). According to the quadrennial homeland security review (2014), the goal of homeland security department and its partners is to build a safe, secure, and resilient nation. This goal is continuously threatened by the evolving nature of terrorism and natural disastrous among other risk factors. In order to mitigate the effects of the risks and threats to the safety, security, and resilience of the nation, the (Department of Homeland Security) DHS developed the five missions to help the department and its partners achieve its ...

INTRODUCTION

Ukraine’s power grid was hacked last December presumably by Russia, showing physical infrastructure affected by cyberattacks Question still loom over the role of cyber attacks on large companies and political bodies (RNC/DNC hacks, WikiLeaks) on the 2016 American election

As such, intelligence and homeland security forces need to turn a stronger eye toward cyber-terror and cybersecurity

I. CYBERTERRORISM

Cyberterrorism increasingly the primary method of attack from foreign bodies and terrorist forces

Three levels of cyberterror: simple-unstructured, advanced-structured, complex-coordinated Attacks occur through Internet communication methods (forums, Skype, VoIP, IM) and DDoS attacks II. CURRENT EFFECTS OF CYBERSECURITY

American intelligence communities and private organizations have been woefully slow in adopting appropriate cybersecurity

Sony leaks of 2014 first evidence of foreign hacks due to political reasons (impending release of The Interview) Top threats include phishing, use of stolen credentials to access sensitive data, data exfiltration ...

Introduction

The nature of "The Cherry Orchard", in terms of the genre has always been controversial. Often the play is defined as a "tragicomedy", or an "an ironic tragicomedy." However, it is vital to understand what genre the play is as it defines the code of reading the play and the characters. What does it mean to see elements of tragedy in the play? This would mean to a certain extent agree with the characters’ originality, their sincere and true suffering. However, it is impossible to see any strong trait in characters that are "weak-willed", "aching", "whining", and have "lost ...

Terrorism is a worldwide threat that does not recognize the borders, and that affect people and states irrespective of the geographical locations. Individual as well as groups believe advancing their political aims by the use of terror and pose a serious threat to their country democratic values and the freedom and rights of the citizen mainly by targeting the innocent people (Noflsinger, Newbold & Wheeler, 2007). The acts of terrorism are unjustifiable and criminal thus must be treated as such under all the circumstances. However, there are strategies to combat terrorism activities globally and respect human rights. The first strategy ...

My Friend

I have a friend back in my homeland who I talk to, almost every week, through Facebook Chat. She is my childhood friend. We grew up in the same street. I felt close to her as a friend because she was very nice to me and our parents are also friends so they would always see each other whenever there are special occasions. My friend is one year younger to me, so I am a little protective of her. Unfortunately, I needed to leave our homeland and settle here to study. So, in order to make sure that our ...

Insurance for Arab women migrants v their counterparts in their homelands

In the United States, Arab migrant women are part of an immigrant population from the Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) regions. Health insurance coverage for this group depends on their legal and income statuses. In essence, several thousand have gained coverage under the now threatened Affordable Care Act, with others covered under Medicare, Medicaid, or alternative sources of private insurance. This group majorly comprises of current U.S citizens of Arab origin (Amer & Awad, 2015). However, non-citizen Arab women migrants fall under the 21 percent uninsured residents. These individuals include both undocumented and legally present Arab immigrants. In essence, ...

Introduction

One of the largest and most controversial topics pertaining to nationwide and homeland security is the issue concerning nuclear weapons. Being one of the most deadly and effective war tactic known to man, nuclear arsenals have the potential to wipe out a major part, if not all, of humankind and as such they pose a major threat to countries and societies at large. It is interesting—and quite alarming—to note that even though people are majorly aware of the destruction that nuclear weapons have, most of the major countries keep a nuclear arsenal for potential use in military ...

Institutional Racism towards Black Americans

Racism, as several experts describe, has been a way of life, for quite some time in the United States (Nesbit). The rise of the pre-colonial era, and immigrations, slavery and the way people drifted towards different shores in search of power can all be accounted to the present day situation that we face in America. While slavery and apartheid ended long before, what is left over is our own complicated melee of whites, blacks, and Asians, and many more races, in a mixed colorful bouquet, and yet, creating a lot of confusion in the minds of both people and ...

After the carnage of 9/11, the international community turned its local and joint efforts to the struggle against terrorism and prevention of terroristic activities. Antiterrorism initiatives have been run by various international organizations, particularly by the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee, and by the United States government, which applies its resources to combat terroristic activities on a domestic scale and in countries overwhelmed by terroristic groups. As Chalk notes, “the coordinated terrorist strikes of 9/11 galvanized a [] response by the United States government to increase the country’s physical and financial security in the face of potential future attacks” (Chalk, ...

Abstract

Emergency Planning as a Profession In this paper, I will bring forward arguments that emergency planning and emergency management are progressively being recognized as a profession in most parts of the world. Emergencies are usually linked to natural disasters or events caused by humans. In these cases, a need arises to mobilize the population for humanitarian action or self-defense against natural disasters like floods, earthquakes, fires, or human conflict, such as military attack or terrorist threat. The importance of emergency planning is also reflected in the International Humanitarian Law, for instance, in the Geneva Conventions on Protecting the Vulnerable ...

The United States government with the aim of enhancing the government security against both domestic and foreign terrorist activities enacted the USA PATRIOT Act. The provisions of the Act were to ensure the government put in place necessary investigatory equipment that would help the government to detect and neutralize these activities before it happens (Congress, 2002). However, the Act is modifiable to improve its effectiveness in counteracting terrorism. Most importantly, the law should categorize the necessary tools for investigation set aside. In particular, this is because terrorism activities of the 21st century and beyond use high-level technology and therefore ...

Answer 1

The role of the US-CERT is to respond to cyber threats on the US industrial sectors through prevention, detection of the attacks, and responding to them before damage is done. US-CERT has some efforts towards preparedness and incident and recovery management (Reiter & Rohatgi, 2004). US-CERT have invested in analysis systems that enable them to review, research, vet, and document computers defense attributes to enable them to respond to threats that they consider to be credible. Actually, there are many threats that have been detected by the US-CERT, but only a few of them have forced rapid report because they ...

National Security Council

Colleagues, good morning and welcome to the White House! The fact that you are here today already speaks highly of you all, considering the demanding education requirements, professional skills and personal integrity required to serve in this office. My name is Keith Kellogg, a retired Army Lt. Gen. I was recently appointed as chief of staff and executive secretary of the National Security Council. You may have seen my name in media headlines branding me as the top spy and the right hand of the National Security Adviser to the President (Bender, 2016). The realities are slightly different. As ...

Police officers are responsible for keeping peace in the country. They apprehend and pursue individual who breaks the law, solve issues of the community, enforce traffic law, arrest suspected criminal, investigate crimes and respond to emergencies. They are usually assigned to patrol particular areas to be familiar when inspecting suspicious circumstances. Training is significant before one becomes a police officer as it will expose him or her to a new situation to handle challenging tasks during the career life. I think the best education level of the police should be college degree level. The college degree level is ideal ...

Q1 Based on the best quote, “Take whatever idiot they have at the top of whatever agency and give me a better idiot Give me a caring idiot, give me a sensitive idiot, just don’t give me the same idiot” by the president of the Jefferson Parish, Aaron Broussard and the words from James Lee Wit that states “we promised to make an agency that could deliver on the political promises” (Cooper & Block, 2006). This suggests that FEMA was expected to provide the best services that were related to homeland security, for instance dealing with disaster, Hurricane Katrina ...

Abstract

The decision to invade and occupy Veracruz, Mexico in 1914 by the Americans was a serious mistake. This brought about the development of resentment by the Mexicans of America, as it came on the heels of the loss of Mexican territory to the United States. President Wilson’s decision was clearly an example of the meddling that was to be typical of the United States in order to promote its hegemony around the world. That the United States would go as far as making decisions on who would become the leader of states such as Mexico and other neighboring ...

Report To Respond To DHS Request for Information

Report To Respond To DHS Request for Information It is worth mentioning that the Department of Homeland Security ensures that the nation is safe from the danger of attacks, especially external threats from terrorists and other attacks that may make Americans feel insecure. Apart from that, homeland security ensures that in the case of an attack on Americans, the impact does not escalate. Hence, it is an all-around entity that was set up to safeguard the security interests of all Americans regardless of which part of the country one resides. Also, both natural disasters and human-made disasters are taken ...

The 9/11 attacks became the stimulus for the creation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for it made the people become aware of the massive destruction that can be caused by terrorist attacks. After the September 11 attack in America which destroyed the Twin Towers in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, America decided to create an agency that is solely dedicated to secure all borders of the country, respond to disasters and to strengthen the cyber security and infrastructure, and to deter any act of terrorism. Although there are some events of terrorism occurred in ...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which was established in late 2002 as a response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001; folded over 20 federal agencies into one organization (DHS, 2016). The idea behind such a decision was that by putting, essentially the nation’s civil defense organization under a unified command, the government could more effectively identify, analyze and thwart any credible risks to the nation’s security. Naturally, in combining such a large number of agencies there were a number or redundancies and synergies that were established. Take for example, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) ...

Question One

The National Military Strategy (NMS) outlines how the U.S. employs its military forces to advance and protect national interests. Security agencies must be in a position to rapidly adapt to emerging threats while also maintaining comparative advantage over the existing ones. In most instances, success depends on how the military instruments can support other instruments of power and facilitate other networks of partners and allies. On the other hand, the U.S. Joint Forces Command was a unified combatant command that provided particular services to the military. The Joint Forces’ mission that aligns with and supports the National Security Strategy ...

Abstract

The Hurricane Katrina is considered the most devastating storm in the United States due to its magnitude of destruction and the casualties involved. Though the weather forecasters had predicted about the storm, the American government had not put any measures to deal with the catastrophe. As a result, the Gulf Coast States that was hit hardest by Katrina lost properties worth billions as well as thousands of lives. The parties involved in the rescue process included the Army Corps, Coast Guards, as well as FEMA. The Katrina hurricane recorded the government inefficiency in two levels. The first one is ...

Key issue / Introduction

The Department of Homeland Security was created in 2002 to protect the homeland security of the United States. Cybersecurity is a goal of the department and involves the protection against the unauthorized or illegal use of electronic information or data. It involves the protection of computers, networks, data and programs. Cybersecurity involves a number of factors. Those will malicious intentions can have operated from any place in the world. Cyberspace and systems that are physical have strong linkages. Vulnerabilities to cyberspace are difficult to reduce. Those who invade and attack cyberspace are difficult to identify due to the complexity ...

An internship with Abu Dhabi Airport entitled Abu Dhabi Airport Internship report completed in partial fulfilment of the requirements for CEHS 396-Internship in Homeland Security

Abstract

This report offers the description of my internship at the Abu Dhabi Airport Company (ADAC) in the United Arabs Emirates. Fundamentally, Abu Dhabi Airport is a public joint-stock organization that is fully owned by the Abu Dhabi government. It is located 16.5 nautical miles east of the Abu Dhabi City, which is the second largest city within the United Arab Emirates. My primary duties and responsibilities as an intern were to understand about the ...

According to the world-famous quote, “The one who owns information owns the world”. That is why it is important to stay aware of all current state of affairs and the emergent technologies. In order to do so, a certain well-structured and complex approach to information and its analysis is definitely needed, and the one may be provided by the technique of the Intelligence Cycle. Therefore the aim of this essay will be to introduce and analyze the concept of the Intelligence Cycle, as well as consider the methods of information gathering about potential terrorists, which is one of the ...

Outbreaks of infectious disease is a problem that has existed throughout the history of the United States of America with three influenza outbreaks in the 20th century killing approximately 604,000 Americans between 1918-1968 (Johnstone, 2008, p. 1). While pandemics are quite noticeable, a biological weapon attack may be less noticeable. This is a huge issue when it comes to Anthrax which can remain dormant and undetected within an area for a number of years before finding a host to contaminate (Johnstone, 2008, p. 2). Another issue with Anthrax is that it is near indestructible. However, the United States ...

DQ 1

Various perspectives of policing functions at the state level Policing or simply law enforcement in the US is deemed to be a rather complicated activity. The overall role perspectives of the three levels of policing agencies in the US involve fighting, deterring and controlling crime. That said, it is important to note that the functioning at the state level includes activities like controlling crime in the highways, law enforcement in towns which lack officers, statewide crime investigations, administrative roles, technical duties as well as court-related functions (McGraw- Hill Education, n.d).

The organization and management of the federal level constitute ...

Introduction

The degree that digital terrorism is a threat to people’s safety is amongst the most challenging of themes in the twenty first century. To a limited extent, this is a result of terminological question . More far reaching originations of digital terrorism as any type of online terrorist action obviously have a tendency to be connected with a higher evaluated likelihood of the risk's emergence than accomplish more prohibitive records (Cassim, 2012). In the meantime, as itemized further underneath, contending risk evaluations stay regardless of the fact that we limit our centre to smaller understandings of this idea (portrayed, ...

The shattering terrorist attacks and the causalities associated with them have resulted in the focus on security leadership issues. Terrorist attacks are often unexpected and the incidences bring panic and disruption to the organizations affected. The disruption makes it difficult to set up effective response plans because communication flow is disrupted making it difficult to coordinate response activities. The security leadership plan is based on being prepared and proactive in handling and responding to terrorist attacks through the establishment of a co-operative effort plan (Pischke & Hallman, 2008). The proactive approach is meant to enhance psychological preparedness which prevents battle ...

CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE ROLE OF CRISIS IN INDUCING POLICY CHANGE

Introduction Most nations make policies after they enter serious crisis. There is a general notion that a critical problem requires a critical solution. Thus, nations that came under Nazi or Japanese attack in the eve of the Second World War declared a state of emergency and made sweeping changes to their national policies. These changes had far-reaching impacts on the functioning of the arms of governments and the entire nation had to suspend various activities to implement the policies in response to the crises. However, after World War II, significant events have been considered as turning points in national ...

Introduction

Emergency management has a place in the history of not only the US but its environs as well. The period between 1900 and 2010 has seen disasters that have ranged from earthquakes, drought, and hurricanes just to mention a few of the natural disasters that have marred the country. There are those disasters that have faced the country only that this time, they were deemed to be artificial in the sense that human factors had a hand in them. These include oil spills, terrorism, and human arsonists. It is critical to note that in the earlier times when disasters ...

The Middle East history has a high number of full-scale, inter-state wars, such as the wars due to Arab-Israeli conflicts, Yemen war, and Iran-Iraq war. The Arab-Israel conflict has two elements to it, which are the Israeli-Palestinian element and the Israeli-Arab element. At the end of the 1800s, the Promised Land was set up so that the Jewish people can overcome the anti-Semitism and persecution and the migration of Jews to the Promised Land created issues. During WWI, the British convinced the Arab Leaders to revolt against Ottoman Empire as they support Germany, in return for which the British ...

Ever since the infamous attacks in the World Trade Center last September 11, 2001, the view of the world regarding terrorism has changed forever. To counter terrorism attacks in their countries, governments of various nations have set up diverse procedures and operations that specifically aim to curb the terrorist organizations and their attacks, and to eliminate their threats once and for all. For example, airport terminals thoroughly scan passengers, malls and various establishments check the baggage of entrants, surveillance companies spy on telephone calls by civilians in order to search for suspicious activities, etc. have been utilized in order ...

U.S. Senator, Missouri

2011-Present

Personal Background Martial Status: Married to Abigail Blunt Education: B.A. History, Southwest Baptist University (1970) https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt M.A. History, Missouri State University (1972) https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt Previous Experience: Clerk of Greene County, Missouri (1972-1984) https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt Missouri Secretary of State (1985-1992) https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt President, Southwest Baptist University (1993-1996) https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt U.S. House of Representatives (1996-2010) https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt

Committee Assignments:

Appropriations Committee 2011- present https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt Commerce. Science, and Transportation Committee 2011-2016 https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt Rules and Administration Committee 2011- present (became chairman 2015) https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt Joint Committee on the Library 2015- present https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt Joint Committee on Printing 2015-present (vice chairman) https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt Committee on Armed Services 2013-2014 https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt

Sponsored Legislation

2016 https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/browse?sponsor=400034#bill_type[] ...

A. Bibliographical research about Robert Frost

1. Childhood and youth of Robert Frost 2. Life twists in later years

B. Career challenges and achievements

1. First steps in literary world 2. Poetry keyline and poetic achievements C. Writing style and attitudes of Robert Frost 1. Style and peculiar features 2. Major themes D. Poem presentation III. Conclusion Being a renowned American poet, Robert Lee Frost is an eminent figure in the literary world and a distinguished artist with a profound oeuvre of remarkable masterpieces, remembered, nurtured and admired to this date. His life and artistic legacy raise a particular interest and urge to investigate his life story and fundamental factors ...

The United States has seen a change in its security situation over the last three decades. Before the 9/11 attack, U.S. concentrated on preventing the attack of its citizens and property by jihadists who were mostly affiliated to Muslim countries. Still, U.S. authorities tracked the footsteps of all foreign-grown movements that posed a danger to the property and U.S. citizens working out the United States. After 9/11 attack, the U.S. began focusing on a more comprehensive and robust system to protect the United States from both domestic and international terrorism attacks. At this juncture, domestic and international groups carried ...

At 8:46 on New York time the first plane hit the World Trade Center north tower. After 17 minutes the second plane hit the south tower of the WTC. Fifteen years ago the US lives have changed forever. It is a well-known fact that the United States was not prepared for a terrorist attack of such magnitude. The terrorist attack of 11 September 2001 has changed the United States as well as the world. People started to treat terrorism as a "threat №1". Some experts have called the September 11 attacks, “the beginning of Third World War”.US president's ...

Abstract

This paper aims at establishing the validity of Dr. Stephen Flynn’s recommendation for resilience in the event of a tragedy. Terrorism, particularly the September 11 attacks, and other adverse events have occurred in the United States over the past two decades, thereby prompting the need for proper planning for future events. The government does not carry the entire responsibility of developing national resilience; rather, every member of the community has a role to play. There is an urgent need for a continuous national willingness to advance robustness in order to lessen the risk of a discernible hazard, a ...

Many people have questioned the existence of multiple consciousness. In his book, The Souls of Black Folk: Essays and Sketches, W.E.B. Du Bois writes about the “double consciousness” of African Americans. In his views, the double consciousness of African American can be seen through their racial identity as well as the identity of what remains of slavery into which all African Americans are born. President Obama is an exampleof someone who had experienced a multiple consciousness. In many ways, one can say that African Americans live a multiple consciousness existences and in his book, Du Bois attempts to lift ...

The incident command system has been integrated into homeland security to ensure that it offers maximum protection (United States, 2008). The main aim of the incident command system is to round up all efforts geared at ensuring proper response to emergency cases. The incidence command system works with various organizations to achieve preparedness and avoid impacts of delay in the event of an imaginary situation (United States, 2008). What prompted the incident command system are the recurring California wildfires, which proved that the city was never prepared for such cases, and hence there had to be a plan in ...

In the recent years practically in all corners of the world terrorist activity that is intended to become a global threat has dramatically increased. The most attractive objects for terrorists are vehicles being the very vulnerable. The terrorist attacks on transport are usually accompanied by a large number of victims, paralyzing the activities in the most important spheres of economy and destabilizing the situation in the society. Most often the attacks occur at the air transport entailing the greatest number of victims and representing a minimal threat to the terrorists. The terrible attacks of September 11, 2001, have dramatically ...

Kh. & JA Discussion Response:

I agree with you that small towns should have their own HVA/THIRA and due to the rather small scope compared to cities, counties and regions, I believe that it should be tailored to the unique needs of the small town. According to Sund (2016), the best strategy is to analyze the local threats and hazards then break them down into three groups i.e. human-caused, technological and ultimately natural hazards. She also recommends that the list of hazards should be culled based on the probability of occurrence, or by referring to previous local hazards, and crossing off hazards that with ...

Purpose Statement

Introduction Nehemiah 1: 5-11 is a prayer that demonstrates the importance of faith in pursuing the moral path in relation to the cultural values that one holds. The characteristics that are presented within this passage demonstrate the importance of belonging to a community, which transcends the boundaries of the physical world. Within the passage, Nehemiah prays for the success of the request he made to Artaxerxes to help his people, who had been defeated and broken, many in captivity or exiled. With the gates and walls of Jerusalem broken their sense of safety and community had been destroyed. In ...

World War II was the central event of the 20th century. It involved all the major continents of the world. World War II is considered as the most difficult war in the history of humankind as it killed thousands of people. America played a significant role in World War II. To highlight America’s role in the war, the paper discusses the involvement of America in the war, the challenges faced by the government and people during the war, and the issues it faced after the war. World War II cannot only be regarded as the supreme armed forces ...

Abercrombie and Fitch Case Analysis

Abercrombie & Filch is a fashion company that has been dogged by numerous lawsuits and cases regarding employee discrimination. The company has been accused of discriminating employees based on race and appearance. Since the turn of the 21st century, Abercrombie has been slapped with numerous lawsuits concerning employee discrimination on various grounds. This paper will conduct an in-depth analysis of these cases and provide relevant responses.

Appearance

Regarding appearance, Abercrombie’s CEO, Mike Jeffries, has been accused of favoring “thin, tall, and white models” over the “not so good-looking” staff. Moreover, Abercrombie reportedly does not allow staff to put on scarves ...

Aviation terrorism is the act of unleashing violence on airliners with the aim to harm or intimidate the victims. The occurrence of terrorism has increased with the rise of aviation as a mode of transport. The first known incident of air terrorism was carried out in 1930 by Peruvian insurgents who hijacked an airplane to scatter propaganda leaflets. This practice subsided in the subsequent two decades due to the effect of global factors such as world war two. Modern terrorism started in 1968 when three Palestinian gunmen hijacked a passenger airline of the Israeli Airline El Al on a ...

Definition of representation

Representation refers to the speaking or acting on behalf of someone else (Milbank 3). This word is widely used in the political context during elections. The people exercise their democratic right to choose leaders who would represent them in various levels of government. The most common manifestation of representation is parliament where legislatures are elected as representative sample of the greater national population.

Examples in Wag the Dog and Little Brother

The movie Wag the Dog depicts the influence of politics on the media and the ultimate media influence on the people. The movie was produced in 1997 to depict a fake war in a country called ...

Abstract

The key players in terrorism have to hold the key aspect of nationalism. The Uighur nationalist group which traces its origin in China has different ideologies, objectives and they have been involved in various attacks in the past. In 1952 the Uighurs were serving the role of the titular nationality after the formation of the Xinjiang Autonomous region. Ten years later, there was an exodus which made the group scatter in the Soviet Union. The group began setting in different parts of the world in the 1980s.While they were in Diaspora, the Uighur community leaders indulged in various activities ...

Introduction

Homeland Security is of prime importance in the United States of America. On 23 January, 2002, during the second session of the one hundred seventh congress of America, an act to establish the Department of Homeland security was held. Valuing Homeland Security by all citizens is due process rights and in direct observation of the American constitution and the preamble. Over the past few years, various public and private bodies, advisory panels and other think tanks have addressed myriad solutions on how to best secure the American homeland. However, some groups have classified homeland security as a combination of ...

_____________ University Many people question the existence of multiple consciousness. In his book, The Souls of Black Folk: Essays and Sketches, W.E.B. Du Bois writes about the “double consciousness” of African Americans. In his views, the double consciousness of African American can be seen through their racial identity as well as the identity of what remains of slavery into which all African Americans are born. President Obama had experienced a multiple consciousness during his term as President of the United States. In many ways, one can say that African Americans live a multiple consciousness existences and in his book, ...

History-The new world power

What drove the US to become more engaged in global alliances and overseas involvement? As addressed by George Washington during the first farewell speech, “It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliance with any portion of the foreign world”, alliances were meant to trigger rivalries and be the reason for most quarrels. According to him, considering the stable political and geographical circumstances of America, they seem to be not necessary. However, the situation changed later and U.S. intervened globally to serve various social, political and economic interests. During the late 1940’s, the U.S. began to ...

Introduction:

Nehemiah 1: 5-11 is a prayer that demonstrates the importance of faith in pursuing the moral path lain out by Christian ideologies. The characteristics that are presented within this passage demonstrate the importance of belonging to a community, which transcends the boundaries of the physical world. Within the passage, Nehemiah prays for the success of his request to help his people, who have been lost to despair. In thinking after his people, praying and fasting in order to promote their well-being, and the ultimate presentation of pleas to his new King for the capability to help them his pious ...

Following the 9/11 2001 attacks on the US homeland, a commission was set up to investigate the attacks and the response by the US security agencies to the attacks. Known as the 9/11 Commission report, one of the recommendation sections of this report touched on communication as a response to such attacks in the future. According to this National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States Report, one of the lesson’s learned in the aftermaths of these attacks was the lack of proper communication channels among the then existing security agencies and authorities. As a matter of ...

After the 911 terrorist attacks, the Department of Homeland Security was formed to prevent future attacks on domestic soil. The ongoing threat, of course, is the possibility of a nuclear attack by a terrorist group. The Department of Homeland Security has considered such possible scenarios. If any terrorist organization seized materials to manufacture a nuclear weapon, the Department of Homeland Security must have measures in place to counter such a threat to domestic security. Technology evolves rapidly, and the DHS has stayed abreast of changes, in order to prevent such a scenario from playing out. The DHS is very ...

The Department of Homeland Security was created after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks with the mandate to protect America from the threat of terrorism. However, terrorists have been increasingly using diverse tactics in their war against the U.S. in particular and western civilization in general (Pinkowski, 2008). Despite this, the performance of the Federal Homeland Security System has proven that it is adaptable for countering the new form of warfare posed by terrorists. Since 2001, terrorists have managed to carry out devastating bomb attacks in several European capitals including London, Madrid and Paris. In comparison, terrorists have not ...

Abstract

Chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive (CBRNE) incidents are a real threat to human life and property in the modern world. CBRNE incidents involve a significantly higher risk as compared to hazardous material (Hazmat) events primarily due to the involvement of terrorist elements. The rapidly increasing risk of terrorism along with a significant increase in nuclear threats considerably elevates the importance of CBRNE preparedness. CBRNE defense involves the readiness, prevention, response, and avoidance of events that may adversely affect human life, health, property, and infrastructure. The United States has training programs and professionals in all divisions of the armed ...

The concept, as well as implementation of homeland security, has significantly evolved over the recent years. It was initially a vague statement of mere principles, which became a concrete, defined, professional, as well as the institutionalized field. Besides, it has a cabinet-echelon department linked with various components of its operations. However, despite such stratifications, homeland security in America, which is known to protect citizens, property, as well as interests starting at the international territories and stretching inwardly; is not yet entirely developed, integrated, or secure in its designated roles (Napolitano, 2012). This paper offers a personal opinion why the ...

The world faces varied security threats that affect the operations of various sectors of the economy. These threats range from terrorist attacks to cybercrimes. To curb these threats, different countries have created independent units to deal with the threats. In the United States, the department of homeland security (DHS) has the mandate to ensure that America is safe from certain threats. The department has laid down interventions to ensure the achievement of their objectives. However, these interventions when applied singularly are always ineffective. When the interventions are integrated, they assist in the achievement of goals of the department. The ...