TERRORISM: COMMENTARY ON SECURITY DOCUMENTS VOLUME 116
Assessing President Obama's National Security Strategy
Published on 28. March 2011
Book
Hardback
666 pages
978-0-19-975824-1 (ISBN)
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Volume 116 of Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents, Assessing President Obama's National Security Strategy extends the previous volumes on the Administration's national security policy by highlighting its specific strategies. The volume provides an assessment of the Quadrennial Defense Review and the Obama Administration's strategy on preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons. It also includes assessments of the Administration's position on states' rights in controlling illegal aliens, the Department of State's foreign operations, and the Afghanistan strategy. Finally, documents assessing the relationship of terrorism to criminality and weapons of mass destruction nonproliferation strategy for Iran are also provided. The documents and assessments in this volume help readers identify the challenges of implementing a national security strategy.
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Language
English
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New York
United States
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Height: 260 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight
1428 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-975824-1 (9780199758241)
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Douglas Lovelace is the Director of the Strategic Studies Institute at the US Army War College. Earlier in his military career, he worked on national security directives. He holds an MBA degree from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University and a JD from Widener School of Law.
Kristen E. Boon is Director of International Programs at Seton Hall University School of Law. Her writings have appeared in the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law and the New York University Journal of International Law. A former clerk to the Supreme Court of Canada's Justice Ian Binnie, she holds an M.A. in Political Science from McGill University and a J.D. from New York University School of Law.
Aziz Huq teaches at the University of Chicago Law School and was recently Director of the Liberty and National Security Project at NYU Law School's Brennan Center. He previously clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and served as Senior Consultant Analyst for the International Crisis Group.
Kristen E. Boon is Director of International Programs at Seton Hall University School of Law. Her writings have appeared in the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law and the New York University Journal of International Law. A former clerk to the Supreme Court of Canada's Justice Ian Binnie, she holds an M.A. in Political Science from McGill University and a J.D. from New York University School of Law.
Aziz Huq teaches at the University of Chicago Law School and was recently Director of the Liberty and National Security Project at NYU Law School's Brennan Center. He previously clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and served as Senior Consultant Analyst for the International Crisis Group.
Content
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION
- NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- Commentary by Douglas C. Lovelace, Jr., Esq.
- DOCUMENT NO. 1: National Security Strategy, President Barak Obama, The White House Washington, D.C., May 2010
- DOCUMENT NO. 2: Secretary Clinton's Remarks On the Obama Administration's National Security Strategy, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Department of State, Washington, D.C., May 27, 2010
- ASSESSING THE QUADRENNIAL DEFENSE REVIEW
- Commentary by Douglas C. Lovelace, Jr., Esq.
- DOCUMENT NO. 3: Quadrennial Defense Review 2010: Overview and Implications for National Security Planning, Congressional Research Service Report, Stephen Daggett, Washington, D.C., May 17, 2010
- ASSESSING THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S STRATEGY ON PREVENTING THE PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
- Commentary by Douglas C. Lovelace, Jr., Esq.
- DOCUMENT NO. 4: 2010 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference: Key Issues and Implications, Paul K. Kerr, et. al., Congressional Research Service Report, Washington, D.C. May 3, 2010
- DOCUMENT NO. 5: 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Draft Final Document, New York, NY, 27 May, 2010
- THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S POSITION ON STATES' RIGHTS IN CONTROLLING ILLEGAL ALIENS
- Commentary by Douglas C. Lovelace, Jr., Esq.
- DOCUMENT NO. 6: State Efforts to Deter Unauthorized Aliens: Legal Analysis of Arizona's S.B. 1070, Congressoinal Research Service Report, Michael John Garcia et. al., Washington, D.C. May 3, 2010
- DEPARTMENT OF STATE FOREIGN OPERATIONS ASSESSMENT
- Commentary by Douglas C. Lovelace, Jr., Esq.
- DOCUMENT NO. 7: State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: FY2011 Budget and Appropriations, Marian Leonardo Lawson et al., Congressional Research Service Report, Washington, D.C., May 5, 2010
- DOCUMENT NO. 8: FOREIGN ASSISTANCE: USAID Needs to Improve Its Strategic Planning to Address Current and Future Workforce Needs, Government Accountability Office Report, Washington, D.C., June 2010
- ASSESSING THE AFGHANISTAN STRATEGY
- Commentary by Douglas C. Lovelace, Jr., Esq.
- DOCUMENT NO. 9: Afghanistan: Post-Taliban Governance, Security and U.S. Policy, Congressional Research Service Report, Kenneth Katzman, Washington, D.C., May 11, 2010
- ASSESSING THE RELATIONSHIP OF TERRORISM TO CRIMINALITY
- Commentary by Douglas C. Lovelace, Jr., Esq.
- DOCUMENT NO. 10: Assistant Attorney General David Kris Speaks at the Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C., June 11, 2010
- DOCUMENT NO. 11: Terrorism, Miranda, and Related Matters,Department of Homeland Security: Actions Taken Toward Management Integration, but a Comprehensive Strategy Is Still Needed, Congressional Research Service Report , Charles Doyle, Washington, D.C., May 24, 2010
- DOCUMENT NO. 12: Combating Nuclear Smuggling: DHS Has Made Some Progress but Not Yet Completed a Strategic Plan for Its Global Nuclear Detection Efforts or Closed Identified Gaps, Government Accountability Office Report, Washington, D.C., June 30, 2010
- WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION NONPROLIFERATION STRATEGY FOR IRAN
- Commentary by Douglas C. Lovelace, Jr., Esq.
- DOCUMENT NO. 13: Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses, Congressional Research Service Report, Kenneth Katzman, Washington, D.C., May 24, 2010 Congressional Research Service Report