Homeland Security

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Cadwalader
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
Homeland Security ◽  
The United States ◽  
September 11 ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
Department Of Homeland Security ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Unity Of Effort ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Exclusive Focus

The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 caused a seismic shift in how the United States organizes and executes the mission of securing the homeland. The creation and growth of the Department of Homeland Security is the most visible manifestation of this change. However, the homeland security discipline contemplates shared responsibilities and a unity of effort among all levels of government, the private sector, and the general public. The wide array of stakeholders, alongside an expanding definition of what constitutes homeland security, presents complex challenges for policymakers. With the perspective of the more than fifteen years that have elapsed since 9/11, this chapter examines the evolution of homeland security from a near-exclusive focus on terrorism to a broader “all hazards” approach, the relationship between homeland security and national security, the roles of leading actors, and contemporary issues.

Refuge in the National Security State

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Cristina García
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
National Security ◽  
Homeland Security ◽  
The United States ◽  
State Policies ◽  
Us Foreign Policy ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
Department Of Homeland Security ◽  
The World ◽  
National Security State

In response to the terrorist attacks of 1993 and 2001, the Clinton and Bush administrations restructured the immigration bureaucracy, placed it within the new Department of Homeland Security, and tried to convey to Americans a greater sense of safety. Refugees, especially those from Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria, suffered the consequences of the new national security state policies, and found it increasingly difficult to find refuge in the United States. In the post-9/11 era, refugee advocates became even more important to the admission of refugees, reminding Americans of their humanitarian obligations, especially to those refugees who came from areas of the world where US foreign policy had played a role in displacing populations.

scholarly journals The New Dilemmas of Rule of Law Assistance

2018 ◽  
Vol 112 ◽  
pp. 259-263
Author(s):  
Veronica L. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
The United States ◽  
September 11 ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
Berlin Wall ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Definition Of

As we meet in 2018, it is nearly thirty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989; seventeen years have passed since the terrorist attacks in the United States of September 11, 2001; and it is nearly fifteen years since the United Nations promulgated its definition of rule of law in 2004.

scholarly journals Valuing Human Infrastructure: Protecting and Investing in Essential Workers during the COVID-19 Era

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-46
Author(s):  
Joseph W. Kane ◽  
Adie Tomer
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Homeland Security ◽  
The United States ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Grocery Stores ◽  
Brookings Institution ◽  
Department Of Homeland Security ◽  
Frontline Workers ◽  
Essential Services ◽  
Definition Of

The United States requires an enormous class of workers to keep essential services online. The Department of Homeland Security uses a sweeping definition of such essential industries from grocery stores to hospitals to warehouses, which collectively employed 90 million workers prior to the COVID-19 outbreak. A portion of these essential workers—or “frontline” workers—must physically show up to their jobs and have been especially vulnerable to additional health and economic risks, including many employed in infrastructure-related activities. This analysis—based on Brookings Institution posts written in March and June 2020—defines the country’s essential workforce and explores their economic and demographic characteristics in greater depth, revealing a need for continued protections and investments as part of the COVID-19 recovery.

U.S. Policy, Cultural Heritage, and U.S. Borders

2012 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Luke
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Homeland Security ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cultural Relations ◽  
Department Of Homeland Security ◽  
Illicit Trade ◽  
Illicit Trafficking ◽  
Heritage Policy ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The U.S

AbstractThis article situates the discussion of illicit trafficking in antiquities in the context of the relationship between the U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security. The main argument is that U.S. cultural heritage policy is part of a broader agenda of political discourse that links matters of heritage to wider concerns of security. If the underlying goal of the U.S. State Department is mutual understanding through open dialogue, how can initiatives that focus on the criminal networks and security, efforts tackled by the Department of Homeland Security, contribute to building a positive image for the United States abroad? Here I explore strategic aspects of U.S. cultural policies and federally supported programs aimed at mitigating against the illicit trade in antiquities as part of building and maintaining cultural relations.

scholarly journals Donald Trump’s Border Wall and Treaty Infringement

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
Kristi Sutton ◽  
Inan Uluc
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Homeland Security ◽  
Water Consumption ◽  
The United States ◽  
Legal Authority ◽  
Department Of Homeland Security ◽  
Security Challenges ◽  
Federal Laws ◽  
Wall Construction ◽  
The Relationship

Historically, the relationship between Mexico and the United States was one of respect, understanding, and cooperation. Geographic proxim¬ity demands that the two nations exist in harmony and collaborate to maintain a safe border and sustainable water consumption. However, with increasing frequency, the Department of Homeland Security challenges bi-lateral treaties entered into by Mexico and the United States. These treaties continue to face infringement as U.S. Presidents, past and present, build larger, longer south¬ern border walls. This article explores the federal laws supporting this border construction and further discusses the sparse caselaw examining constitutional challenges raised against the Department of Homeland Security regarding the Secretary’s waiver authority. Following this exploration, this study probes into the powers of treaty law as strong legal authority used to challenge and prevent future wall construction.

Prospects for the United States in the second quarter

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Homeland Security ◽  
Republican Party ◽  
The United States ◽  
Department Of Homeland Security ◽  
Content Type ◽  
White House ◽  
Speaker Of The House ◽  
Major Trend ◽  
The Relationship

Subject Prospects for the United States in the second quarter. Significance Congress met yesterday in a joint session for an address from Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu -- with about a quarter of Democrats boycotting and the White House criticising both the invitation and the content of the address. The address underscores the major trend in US politics in 2015: gridlock and partisanship so pervasive that it has infected one of the major issues of bipartisan agreement, the relationship with Israel. Speaker of the House John Boehner's failure to pass a three-week continuing resolution on Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding on February 27 highlights that Washington dysfunction is not simply the product of different policies between the parties, but an inability of the Republican party to use its control of both houses of Congress to pass legislation.

A dieci anni dall'11 settembre

2011 ◽  
pp. 15-36
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
International Relations ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
The United States ◽  
September 11 ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
Global Order ◽  
The West ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
The Relationship

This September marks the tenth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. Luigi Bonanate, Giovanni Borgognone and Paolo Di Motoli discuss the main transformations intervened in international relations and in our knowledge of them. What emerges clearly is the dramatic absence of a shared and convincing project for a new global order. Debates and reflections on future challenges have not produced new theoretical and practical solutions to the structural deficiencies of international organizations. Moreover, the relationship between Islam and the West has seen an increase in demagoguery, xenophobia, intolerance and extremism.

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