Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on 21st Century Defense Technology Strategies, Volume 2,

The Future of Pediatric Education II (FOPE II) Project was a 3-year, grant-funded initiative, which continued the work begun by the 1978 Task Force on the Future of Pediatric Education. Its primary goal was to proactively provide direction for pediatric education for the 21st century. To achieve this goal, 5 topic-specific workgroups were formed: 1) the Pediatric Generalists of the Future Workgroup, 2) the Pediatric Specialists of the Future Workgroup, 3) the Pediatric Workforce Workgroup, 4) the Financing of Pediatric Education Workgroup, and 5) the Education of the Pediatrician Workgroup. The FOPE II Final Report was recently published as a supplement toPediatrics (The Future of Pediatric Education II: organizing pediatric education to meet the needs of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults in the 21st century.Pediatrics. 2000;105(suppl):161–212). It is also available on the project web site at: www.aap.org/profed/fope1.htm This report reflects the deliberations and recommendations of the Pediatric Generalists of the Future Workgroup of the Task Force on FOPE II. The report looks at 5 factors that have led to changes in child health needs and pediatric practice over the last 2 decades. The report then presents a vision for the role and scope of the pediatrician of the future and the core attributes, skills, and competencies pediatricians caring for infants, children, adolescents, and young adults will need in the 21st century. Pediatrics 2000;106(suppl):1199–1223;pediatrics, medical education, children, adolescents, health care delivery.

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Cheapening Death

Police Quarterly ◽

10.1177/1098611116652983 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 19 (4) ◽

pp. 461-487 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Otwin Marenin

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

21St Century ◽

Task Force ◽

Use Of Force ◽

Police Culture ◽

Major Factors ◽

Force Problem ◽

The Way

The police have come under fire recently as videos showing their use of force are heavily publicized in public and social media. The President's Task Force on 21st-century policing, though useful in reviewing current issues, fails to effectively address the use of force problem by not considering the power of informal police culture and the way in which street police perceive dangers. Exaggerating the dangers of the job, perception and responses to dangers by street police, and a lack of legal and managerial oversight of use of force and shooting and arrest situations are pointed to as major factors in why deadly use of force incidents occur. Recommendations on how to minimize such incidents even further are delineated.

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Interorganizational Cooperation and the Fight against Terrorism in West Africa and the Sahel

Information & Security An International Journal ◽

10.11610/isij.4811 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Olayinka Ajala

Keyword(s):

West Africa ◽

21St Century ◽

Task Force ◽

Theoretical Framework ◽

Security Threats ◽

Expert Interviews ◽

Security Cooperation ◽

Interorganizational Cooperation ◽

Joint Task ◽

Joint Task Force

The transnational nature of security threats in the 21st Century are such that interorganizational cooperation is necessary to effectively combat these threats. This article explores a key organization, the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), charged with curtailing the threat posed by terrorism in certain parts of the Sahel and West Africa. Using the theoretical framework of Walt’s balance of threat and a combination of data obtained from ACLED and expert interviews, the article argues that the MNJTF has not been successful in achieving its mandate. This could be attributed to five lapses in the restructuring of the organization in 2015 to combat terrorism. The article concludes that for interorganizational security cooperation to be successful, the allies must equally acknowledge that they face the same existential threats which will make them commit to the demands of the organisation.

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