Robert Mandel is Chair and Professor of International Affairs at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon. He is the author of numerous books and articles related to international security and conflict issues. He has worked for the Central Intelligence Agency and Defense Intelligence Agency and has testified before the United States Congress.

Military planners and intelligence analysts have traditionally used threat analysis… The argument is that, for a variety of reasons, the target-centered approach is better than older forms that focus on the source of the threat… Recommended. Lower-division undergraduate through research collections.

• FIGURESPREFACECHAPTER I: THE GLOBAL THREAT CHALLENGECHAPTER II: DISTINCTIVENESS OF POST-COLD WAR THREATCHAPTER III: THE NATURE OF THE ENEMYCHAPTER IV: THREAT ANALYSIS DEFICIENCIESCHAPTER V: TARGET-CENTERED GLOBAL THREAT ASSESSMENTCHAPTER VI: RECENT GLOBAL THREAT CASESCHAPTER VII: REFINING THREAT-RELATED DECISION MAKINGCHAPTER VIII: TARGET-CENTERED GLOBAL THREAT MANAGEMENTSELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHYENDNOTES

Robert Mandel is Chair and Professor of International Affairs at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon. He is the author of numerous books and articles related to international security and conflict issues. He has worked for the Central Intelligence Agency and Defense Intelligence Agency and has testified before the United States Congress.

Military planners and intelligence analysts have traditionally used threat analysis… The argument is that, for a variety of reasons, the target-centered approach is better than older forms that focus on the source of the threat… Recommended. Lower-division undergraduate through research collections.

• FIGURESPREFACECHAPTER I: THE GLOBAL THREAT CHALLENGECHAPTER II: DISTINCTIVENESS OF POST-COLD WAR THREATCHAPTER III: THE NATURE OF THE ENEMYCHAPTER IV: THREAT ANALYSIS DEFICIENCIESCHAPTER V: TARGET-CENTERED GLOBAL THREAT ASSESSMENTCHAPTER VI: RECENT GLOBAL THREAT CASESCHAPTER VII: REFINING THREAT-RELATED DECISION MAKINGCHAPTER VIII: TARGET-CENTERED GLOBAL THREAT MANAGEMENTSELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHYENDNOTES

Robert Mandel is Chair and Professor of International Affairs at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon. He is the author of numerous books and articles related to international security and conflict issues. He has worked for the Central Intelligence Agency and Defense Intelligence Agency and has testified before the United States Congress.

Military planners and intelligence analysts have traditionally used threat analysis… The argument is that, for a variety of reasons, the target-centered approach is better than older forms that focus on the source of the threat… Recommended. Lower-division undergraduate through research collections.

• FIGURESPREFACECHAPTER I: THE GLOBAL THREAT CHALLENGECHAPTER II: DISTINCTIVENESS OF POST-COLD WAR THREATCHAPTER III: THE NATURE OF THE ENEMYCHAPTER IV: THREAT ANALYSIS DEFICIENCIESCHAPTER V: TARGET-CENTERED GLOBAL THREAT ASSESSMENTCHAPTER VI: RECENT GLOBAL THREAT CASESCHAPTER VII: REFINING THREAT-RELATED DECISION MAKINGCHAPTER VIII: TARGET-CENTERED GLOBAL THREAT MANAGEMENTSELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHYENDNOTES