The new era in U.S. national security : challenges of the information age /: challenges of the information age. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jack A. Jarmon.
• Authors: Jarmon, Jack A, 1951-
• Contents: <span style="font-weight:bold;">Preface ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">1. The National Security Establishment ; <span style="font-style:italic;">The United State and the World Stage ; <span style="font-style:italic;">A Brief History of the Structure ; <span style="font-style:italic;">The New Reorganization ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Budgeting, and Planning in Support of Policy ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Striking a Balance between Domestic and Foreign Affairs ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Conclusion ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">2. Policies and Process and the New Geopolitics ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Evolution of Strategy ; <span style="font-style:italic;">An Era of New Weaponry and Geopolitics ; <span style="font-style:italic;">The Role of the Private Sector ; <span style="font-style:italic;">The Status and Future of DHS ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Conclusion ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">3. Irregular Warfare and Information Age Weapons ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Asymmetric Warfare ; <span style="font-style:italic;">A World of Weapons ; <span style="font-style:italic;">The Phenomenon of Social Media ; <span style="font-style:italic;">The Weaponization of Social Media ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Audience Mapping, Targeted Messaging, and “Kompromat” ; <span style="font-style:italic;">The Weaponization of Information ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Conclusion ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">4. Conflict and Economics ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Technology, the Information Age, and the Costs of War ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Global Economics and Migration ; <span style="font-style:italic;">The Rise of Kleptocracy ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Non-Asymmetric Warfare ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Conclusion ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">5. A Vast and Contested Domain ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Information Technology vs Operational Technology ; <span style="font-style:italic;">National Critical Infrastructure ; <span style="font-style:italic;">The Election Infrastructure ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Big Data ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Machine learning ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Artificial Intelligence & Autonomous Weapons Systems ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Conclusion ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">6. Cyberspace and Conflict ; <span style="font-style:italic;">What is Cyberspace? ; <span style="font-style:italic;">The Inception ; <span style="font-style:italic;">The Militarization ; <span style="font-style:italic;">The Malware ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) ; <span style="font-style:italic;">The Onion Router (TOR) ; <span style="font-style:italic;">The Deep and Dark Web ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Conclusion ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">7. China ; <span style="font-style:italic;">The Belt and Road Initiative ; <span style="font-style:italic;">A Cyber Cold War ; <span style="font-style:italic;">“Kill with a Borrowed Sword” ; <span style="font-style:italic;">The Great Firewall and the Great Cannon ; <span style="font-style:italic;">A Sprawling National Security Environment ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Conclusion ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">8. Russia ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Cold War 2.0 ; <span style="font-style:italic;">The Merger of Politics and Criminality ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Active Measures and Cyberwarriors ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Ukraine, 2014 ; <span style="font-style:italic;">United States, 2016 ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Tactical Nuclear Weapons ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Conclusion ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">9. The Maritime Supply Chain ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Vast, Diverse, and Anarchic ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Containerization ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Targeting, Screening, Scanning, and Inspecting ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Trusted Shippers and Layered Defenses ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Calculating the Dangers and the Risk ; <span style="font-style:italic;">An Opaque and Expanding Environment ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Choke Points ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Conclusion ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">10. Politics, Crime, and Terror ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Crime and Terrorism: Differences and Similarities ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Crime and Terrorism: The Nexus ; <span style="font-style:italic;">West Toward Chechnya and Russia ; <span style="font-style:italic;">The Tri-Border Area (TBA) ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Chinese Triads ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Conclusion ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">11. Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear Threats ; <span style="font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;">Chemical Warfare ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Resurgence in Chemical Weapons ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Chemical Agents ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Threats and Countermeasures ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Non-Terrorist Threats ; <span style="font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;">Biological Threats ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Biological Agents <span style="font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;"> ; <span style="font-style:italic;">Synthe
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
• Subjects: 355.033073; National security -- United States
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781538121610
• Related ISBNs: 9781538121597; 9781538121603
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