Dealing with today's asymmetric threat to U.S. and global security
Subtitle: the need for an integrated national asymmetric threat strategy
Contributors: National Defense University
Publisher: CACI International Inc.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Arlington, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 36
Subjects: Asymmetric warfare; War on Terrorism, 2001-2009; National security; Terrorism; Prevention
Description: Gathering the best minds in national security from government, industry and academia, the symposium provided a forum for dialogue on how to plan for a new, integrated strategy to defeat terrorism.  Following the end of World War II, and through the Cold War and its aftermath, the U.S. government was able to maintain a consistent series of national security strategies to counter the relatively uniform threats of the era. With the September 11 attacks, however, a new, lethal and asymmetrical threat entered the world stage. Today, propaganda, misinformation, disinformation, the Internet and cellular technology have all magnified this capability dramatically, calling for a new, unified and integrated national strategy to counter asymmetric threats.
Notes: Title from electronic t.p. (viewed on Sept. 29, 2008).

This document is intended only as a summary of the personal remarks made by participants at  the May 2008 symposium, "Dealing with Today's Asymmetric Threat to U.S. and Global Security,"  co-sponsored by CACI International Inc (CACI) and the National Defense University (NDU).

Includes bibliographical references.

Also available in print.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.