The United States, as the world's sole superpower, is seeing its position wane as China and Russia look to reassert themselves as global powers, especially when seeing what is going on regarding Taiwan and Ukraine. These are significant challenges confronting President Biden and his national security team. Moreover, there are many other security issues confronting the United States. This book is an amalgam of open-source intelligence analyses of countries and non-state actors from around the globe that could hurt the United States. Chapters in this work dissect issues using qualitative analysis techniques focusing on secondary data sources in order to provide an unclassified assessment of threats as seen by the United States using two models (the York Intelligence Red Team Model and the Federal Secondary Data Case Study Triangulation Model). The key audience for this book includes the 18 members of the U.S. intelligence community, members of the U.S. National Security Council, allies of the United States, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) looking to provide support abroad, universities with international relations and intelligence analysis programs, and private sector companies considering expanding their operations overseas.
Author(s): John Michael Weaver, Jennifer Yongmei Pomeroy
Series: American Political, Economic, and Security Issues
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 193
City: New York
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1
Introduction: National Security Issues Confronting the United States: An Overview
Methodology
References
Chapter 2
Relentless Resiliency: A Qualitative Assessment of the United States’ Homeland Security
Introduction
Literature Review
Research Questions and Rationales
Analysis and Findings
Lone Actor Attacks
Aggressive States
Cyber
Organized Crime
Conclusion
Annex A. Summary of All Data and Coding Scheme
References
Chapter 3
Russia: A Strengthening Power in the Far North
Introduction
Literature Review
Research Questions
Analysis and Findings
Diplomacy
Information
Military
Economic
Conclusion
Annex A: List of Data Sources and Coding Scheme
References
Chapter 4
China: Rising to Become the New Global Hegemony?
Introduction
Literature Review
Research Questions
Findings and Analysis
Diplomacy
Information
Military
Economic
Conclusion
Annex A: List of Data Sources
References
Chapter 5
Northeast Asia’s Sovereignty: The Analytic Study of North Korea’s
Capabilities and Strategies
Introduction
Literature Review
Research Questions
Analysis and Findings
Military
Economics
Diplomacy
Information
Conclusion
Annex A. List of Data Sources and Coding Scheme
Annex A. (Continued)
References
Chapter 6
Iran’s Rogue Policy: Approaching Power through Destabilization and Influence
Introduction
Literature Review
Research Questions
Findings and Analysis
Geographic Contextualization
The M.D.E.I Instruments (Descending Order)
Further Analysis and Findings
Conclusion
Annex A: List of Textual Data
References
Chapter 7
The Death and Aspiring Rebirth
of ISIL’s Caliphate
Introduction
Literature Review
Research Questions
Findings and Analysis
Conclusion
Annex A. List of Data Sources and Thematic Coding
References
Chapter 8
Terms and Conditions May Not Apply:
A Critical Dive into the Cyber Threats to the United States
Introduction
Literature Review
Research Questions
Analysis and Findings
Russia
China
North Korea
Iran
Conclusion
Annex A: List of All Data Sources and Coding Scheme
Annex A. (Continued)
Annex A. (Continued)
References
Chapter 9
Conclusion: Understanding Intersectional Dynamics as the Key to Sustained
Global Power Primacy
Introduction
References
About the Editors
Index
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