National Security and Homeland Defense

2003 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
Homeland Defense

U.S. National Security in the Western Hemisphere

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Ashby
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
Homeland Security ◽  
Direct Contact ◽  
Western Hemisphere ◽  
Security Threats ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Interactive Dynamics ◽  
Security Questions ◽  
Homeland Defense ◽  
The U.S

This chapter contends that the Western Hemisphere is not only key to the development of U.S. national security but also remains of great importance today. Quite simply, U.S. national security interests grew firstly within their own “neighborhood,” and those interests continue to be both important and complex into the present day. Crucially, this is where national security threats come into direct contact with the U.S. homeland. Understanding this history and these interactive dynamics is important to the analysis of contemporary national security questions in the Western Hemisphere. The chapter focuses on key issues that are deeply intertwined: economics and trade; democracy, development, and human rights; drugs and transnational threats; and homeland security and homeland defense.

scholarly journals Waste-to-Energy Facilities: A National Strategic Asset

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sam M. Rosania
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
September 11 ◽  
Municipal Waste ◽  
Waste To Energy ◽  
Energy Technology ◽  
Electrical Capacity ◽  
Homeland Defense

The importance of the topics illustrated to the audience and industry in this presentation will become self evident as to the industry’s future. In light of the events of September 11, 2001; the volatility of the middle eastern oil interests; and initiatives regarding national security and homeland defense, it would appear that any energy technology that can reduce America’s dependence on foreign oil should be considered a national strategic asset. As such, one could assert that today’s municipal waste combustors that provide electrical capacity and/or steam capacity (i.e. waste-to-energy facilities) are a strategic asset since they reduce our dependence on foreign oil and convert “garbage” into a resource.

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