Civil Defense

Commentary

Japanese Public Needs to Know SDF to Appreciate It

Although Japan does not call the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) a military, externally it is widely respected as a modern armed force fielding advanced defense capabilities. Given the threats facing Japan, it may benefit the Japanese public to better understand the value of the SDF as an armed force and the military cooperation that takes place with the United States.

Commentary

How Norway's Allies View Its Defense Challenges and Opportunities

Norway's Ministry of Defence will shortly publish its next Long Term Plan, which outlines how the Armed Forces, in tandem with other elements of government and society, can best address the threats to Norway. Other countries can learn from how Norway chooses to tackle emerging challenges, and can benefit from its lessons learned.

Report

Enhancing Security on NATO's Northern Flank: Options for Norway

Norway supports deterrence, crisis management, and security in the High North—which includes the Scandinavian territories and northern Russia. What regional insights can other NATO allies provide to help Norway in its security role?

Commentary

Japan's Invisible Hand

Shinzo Abe has cemented his position as Japan's prime minister for the next three years. Now he is expected to make a concerted push for revising the Constitution, which has not been amended since 1947. But the Japanese public is not convinced of the need to revise the Constitution, making his efforts likely to fail.

Report

Unconventional Options for the Defense of the Baltic States

Unconventional options from the Swiss defense strategy during the Cold War could benefit Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. These include training and equipping local defense units and preparing transportation infrastructure for demolition to prevent an invasion.

Commentary

Vive France's Defense of Its Jewish Citizens

France is not the problem when it comes to defending Jewish lives and Jewish rights. With a few exceptions, the French state and nation have been stalwart on these issues, if only because the French government has understood that those who strike at Jews usually are striking at values dear to France.

Commentary

Crowd-sourcing Our Security

Involvement can transform members of the public from helpless bystanders into active participants in their own defense, thereby reducing fear and alarm, writes Brian Michael Jenkins.

Journal Article

Global Dimensions of Public Health Preparedness and Implications for US Action

This study suggests four timely US actions to address today's competing realities of globalization and economic austerity: raise awareness among clinicians and local health departments; capture and share exemplary disaster management practices across countries; ensure that US global health investments are effective, efficient, and sustainable; and think globally while acting locally to enhance US health security.

Journal Article

The Role of Law in Public Health Preparedness: Opportunities and Challenges

Most local public health officials rely on their perceptions of the legal environment in which they operate, but those perceptions often do not match the actual laws enacted.

Journal Article

Developing and Pilot Testing a Laboratory Specific Continuity of Operations Tabletop Exercise

Describes the importance of a Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP), and identifies common strengths and potential vulnerabilities of laboratoy-specific COOPs.

Journal Article

Achieving Public Health Legal Preparedness: How Dissonant Views on Public Health Law Threaten Emergency Preparedness and Response

Organizational culture differences between public health and emergency management entities may hinder inter-agency collaboration.

Research Brief

Monitoring and Evaluation in Stabilisation Interventions: Rationale, challenges and principles of effective monitoring and evaluation

Reviews the state of the art in monitoring and evaluation of stabilisation operations and suggests ways forward.

Report

Monitoring and evaluation in stabilisation interventions: Reviewing the state of the art and suggesting ways forward

Reviews the state of the art in monitoring and evaluation of stabilisation operations and suggests ways forward.

Journal Article

Federal Initiative Increases Community Preparedness for Public Health Emergencies

This article describes an evaluation of the Cities Readiness Initiative, a federal program to improve communities' ability to dispense medications rapidly during emergencies.

Journal Article

Public Health Preparedness for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Weapons

Review of what scientists and scholars know about WMD terrorism and America's options for confronting it.

Journal Article

Technology Strategies for Homeland Security: Adaptation and Coevolution of Offense and Defense

Terrorists' strategies are driven by the types and range of weapons and other technologies they acquire.

Journal Article

How Can We Strengthen the Evidence Base in Public Health Preparedness?

In this article, the authors argue that initial funding priorities for public health systems research on preparedness should focus on using engineering-style methods to identify core preparedness processes, developing novel data sources and measures based on smaller-scale proxy events, and developing performance improvement approaches to support the translation of research into practice within the wide variety of public health systems found in the nation.

News Release

RAND Study Offers Advice on Designing Systems to Guard Against Terrorist Attacks

February 7, 2007 News Release: RAND Study Offers Advice on Designing Systems to Guard Against Terrorist Attacks.

Journal Article

The Mcgraw-Hill Homeland Security Handbook

Report

Soviet civil defense

An attempt to ascertain the nature of the Soviet civil defense doctrine, the character and scope of the Soviet program, and the actual extent of its implementation. Some of the limitations and assumptions of the Soviet civil defense program are also ...