Homeland Security Program - Related Publication

The Other-White-Meat Flu

Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The 100-day president is going through some tough times: a crashed economy, two foreign wars, and now an outbreak of influenza that is on the verge of being declared a pandemic.

Restoring American Influence and Security through Service, Education, and Exchange

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Standing before a special joint session of the United States Congress on September 20th shortly after the 2001 terrorist attacks on America, President George W. Bush posed the following seminal question of America’s post 9-11 experience: “Why do they hate us?” Why do terrorists, inspired by a perversion of Islam, seek to kill Americans on a massive scale?

Special Brief: Homeland Security in an Obama Administration

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500

With all the pageantry of presidential conventions, the intensity of the financial crisis and bailing out of Wall Street, the off-again-on-again debates about Iraq and the surge, the discussions on health care, taxes, and energy policy, one critical issue was absent from the national dialogue in the campaigns this year: homeland security.

Homeland Security 3.0

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400

In 2004, a task force chaired by homeland security experts from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the Heritage Foundation (and consisting of representatives from academia, research centers, the private sector, and congressional staffs) presented its conclusions in “DHS 2.0: Rethinking the Department of Homeland Security.” Their report evaluated the capaci

Analysis of the National Counterterrorism Center Annual Report on Terrorism

Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Despite local and international efforts, the number of attacks worldwide have remained constant and still up sharply since 2005.

Science and Technology

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500

American excellence in science and technology underlies this nation’s economic performance, quality of life, and national security, contributing both to its ability to project hard power and to articulate and enhance soft power.

Synthetic Genomics

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0400

Gene and genome synthesis, that is, constructing long stretches of DNA from constituent chemicals, provides scientists with new and unparalleled capabilities both for understanding biology and for using it for beneficial purposes. But along with new capabilities come new risks.

Bug Off

Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0500

In the World Economic Forum publication, Global Agenda 2006, CSIS Senior Fellow for Science and Security Gerald L. Epstein discussed the bioterrorist threat and how to think about dealing with it. This …

Model Operational Guidelines for Disease Exposure Control

Wed, 02 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0500

What would we do if a potentially lethal contagious disease was infecting Americans and we had no vaccines or medicine to stop it from spreading? The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)…

Security Controls on the Access of Foreign Scientists and Engineers to the United States

Sat, 01 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0400

A new White Paper by the CSIS Commission on Scientific Communication and National Security.