Two countries divided by a common threat? International perceptions of US and UK counter-terrorism and homeland security responses to the post-September 2001 threat environment

2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 218-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Hammond
Keyword(s):  
Homeland Security ◽  
Counter Terrorism ◽  
Threat Environment

TOPOFF 3: Comments and recommendations from members of the New Jersey Universities Consortium for Homeland Security Research

2006 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul J. Lioy, PhD ◽  
Fred S. Roberts, PhD ◽  
Brendan McCluskey, JD, MPA ◽  
Mary Jean Lioy, MS ◽  
Audrey Cross, PhD, JD ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Jersey ◽  
Homeland Security ◽  
Federal Agencies ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Future Role ◽  
Counter Terrorism ◽  
Security Research ◽  
Asymptomatic Individuals ◽  
To Receive

Faculty members from the New Jersey Uni - versities Consortium for Homeland Security Research served as observers in the TOPOFF 3 exercise in New Jersey in April 2005. The exercise involved a simulated release of pneumonic plague, with symptomatic individuals sent to hospitals and asymptomatic individuals sent to points of dispensing (PODs) to receive antibiotics. This paper summarizes Consortium members’ observations about the exercise, with emphasis on the PODs’ strategies and implementation, and on the role of communications and command centers. The future role of university collaborations with local and federal agencies in similar counter-terrorism exercises is also discussed.

Current US approaches to counter-terrorism

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.V. Manoilo
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Homeland Security ◽  
The United States ◽  
Executive Branch ◽  
Postal Service ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Department Of Homeland Security ◽  
Counter Terrorism ◽  
The Us ◽  
Complex Forms

The fight against terrorism in the United States today is one of the priority areas for ensuring national security. Counterterrorism is carried out by US ministries and departments in close coordination and interaction with each other, with the wide involvement of the resources of various public associations and civil society structures. At the same time, the activity of US law enforcement agencies to counter terrorism at the federal level (in the US executive branch) is largely decentralized and is carried out mainly by the forces of five key ministries and departments: the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, the Department of the Treasury and the United States Postal Service; moreover, the US Department of Homeland Security plays the role of a system integrator – an «umbrella structure», which brought together under its leadership various departments and services involved in the fight against terrorism (except for the CIA and the FBI). The American strategy of combating terrorism is based on the principles of inevitability of punishment, «no negotiations and concessions», and pressure on countries that, to one degree or another, «support» terrorism. In general, the system of combating terrorism in the United States is modern and meets the latest realities, challenges and threats in this area. It is constantly being improved and reformed, increasing its effectiveness. At the same time, modern terrorism, responding to new forms and methods of struggle, is constantly evolving, striving to adapt to the new conditions of its existence; the emergence of its new, evolutionarily more advanced, structurally more complex forms requires new organizational and technological solutions from the US counterterrorism system.

China’s Counter-Terrorism Policy in the Middle East

2018 ◽  
pp. 141-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mordechai Chaziza
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
National Security ◽  
Homeland Security ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
Counter Terrorism ◽  
It Impacts ◽  
Terrorist Groups ◽  
At Home

This chapter analyzes China's counter-terrorism policy in the Middle East, and the linkage between the threats posed by terrorist groups at home and abroad. Specifically, this is an investigation of China's counter-terrorism policy in response to the growing threat of terrorism and the linkage between Uyghur terrorism in Xinjiang and the increase in Islamist terrorist attacks in the Middle East as it impacts upon China's national security. These terrorist activities and the connections between them show that terrorism and radicalization transcend boundaries and regions, threatening not only countries in the Middle East but also China’s homeland security.

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