From "defending forward" to a "global defense-in-depth" : globalization and homeland security / Antulio J. Echevarria II and Bert B. Tussing.

1584871431

[Carlisle Barracks, PA] : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2003.

ix, 22 p. ; 23 cm.

"October 2003."

Electronic version also available on the SSI website.

English

May 16, 2005

Includes bibliographical references (p. 15-22).

The authors have examined the scope and substance of our National Security Strategy for Homeland Security (NSHS). Disturbingly, they find that the NSHS fails to address the challenges that globalization poses for the security of the American homeland. The NSHS focuses primarily within the nation's borders and lacks a comprehensive approach to the problem of homeland security, a problem of global proportions. To remedy these deficiencies, the authors propose a strategic way-a Global Defense-in-Depth-that, among other things, employs some of the opportunities afforded by globalization to address its challenges.