Defence Strategy, Planning & Research

In Defending Fort Stanwix, William L. Kidder tells the dramatic story of the fort that never surrendered and the crucial role it played in the Amer...

Globalization and new power configurations in the world have greatly changed the meaning of peace and security. Poverty, climate- and resource-rela...

In a world of increasing dependence on information technology, the prevention of cyberattacks on a nation's important computer and communications s...

The intelligence community (IC) plays an essential role in the national security of the United States. Decision makers rely on IC analyses and pred...

During public health emergencies such as pandemic influenza outbreaks or terrorist attacks, effective vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, and other medic...

This book presents a summary of the Workshop on Public Response to Alerts and Warnings on Mobile Devices: Current Knowledge and Research Gaps, held...

It is not yet 60 years since the first artificial satellite was placed into Earth orbit. In just over a half century, mankind has gone from no pres...

The first book about Iran's shadowy Ministry of Intelligence Steven R. Ward provides an accessible overview of Iran's Ministry of Intelligence (MO...

The first book about Iran's shadowy Ministry of Intelligence Steven R. Ward provides an accessible overview of Iran's Ministry of Intelligence (MO...

Although the literature on terrorism is vast, there are many holes in it. This book helps to fill these lacunae with entries from top terrorism sch...

Attaining meaningful cybersecurity presents a broad societal challenge. Its complexity and the range of systems and sectors in which it is needed m...

Over the past decade, resilience has gained significant traction across the nation and innovative programs are showing exciting progress in buildin...

The U.S. government has made safeguarding of weapons-grade plutonium and highly enriched uranium an international policy priority, and convened The...

Energy is an enabler of and a constraint on military power. Operational Energy provides military officers with knowledge and skills to plan effec...

The continued presence of highly enriched uranium (HEU) in civilian installations such as research reactors poses a threat to national and internat...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Army Research Laboratory Technical Assessment Board (ARLTAB) provides biennial asse...

Biometric recognitionthe automated recognition of individuals based on their behavioral and biological characteristicis promoted as a way to help i...

The Standing Committee on Defense Materials Manufacturing and Infrastructure (DMMI) conducted a workshop on July 23-24, 2012, to share information ...

The Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) Program was created in 1991 as a set of support activities assisting the Former Soviet Union states in secur...

The electric power delivery system that carries electricity from large central generators to customers could be severely damaged by a small number ...

U.S. leadership in technology innovation is central to our nation's interests, including its security, economic prosperity, and quality of life. Ou...