Jack A. Jarmon has taught international relations at the University of Pennsylvania, the John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University, and Rutgers University where he was also Associate Director of the Command, Control and Interoperability Center for Advanced Data Analysis - a Center of Excellence of the Department of Homeland Security (Science and Technology Division). During Russia’s economic transition period, he was USAID technical advisor for the Russian Federation central government. He worked for the Russian Privatization Committee in the mid 1990s and with such organizations as the US Russia Investment Fund, European Bank of Reconstruction and Development, and various money center banks. Dr. Jarmon’s private sector career includes global consultant firms, technology companies, and financial institutions. He was a manager with Arthur Andersen in Moscow and Director of Strategic Alliances at Nortel Networks, Brampton, Ontario. He studied Soviet and Russian affairs at Fordham University and the Harriman Institute at Columbia University. Jarmon is fluent in Russian and holds a doctorate degree in global affairs from Rutgers University.Dr. Jarmon is the coauthor (with Bruce Newsome)of A Practical Introduction to Homeland Security and Emergency Management and The Cyber Threat and Globalization: The Impact on U.S. National and International Security (with Pano Yannakogeorgos).

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• Preface1. The National Security Establishment The United State and the World StageA Brief History of the StructureThe New ReorganizationBudgeting, and Planning in Support of PolicyStriking a Balance between Domestic and Foreign AffairsConclusion2. Policies and Process and the New Geopolitics Evolution of StrategyAn Era of New Weaponry and GeopoliticsThe Role of the Private SectorThe Status and Future of DHSConclusion3. Irregular Warfare and Information Age Weapons Asymmetric WarfareA World of WeaponsThe Phenomenon of Social MediaThe Weaponization of Social MediaAudience Mapping, Targeted Messaging, and “Kompromat”The Weaponization of InformationConclusion4. Conflict and Economics Technology, the Information Age, and the Costs of WarGlobal Economics and MigrationThe Rise of KleptocracyNon-Asymmetric WarfareConclusion5. A Vast and Contested Domain Information Technology vs Operational TechnologyNational Critical InfrastructureThe Election InfrastructureBig DataMachine learningArtificial Intelligence & Autonomous Weapons SystemsConclusion6. Cyberspace and ConflictWhat is Cyberspace?The InceptionThe MilitarizationThe MalwareAdvanced Persistent Threat (APT)The Onion Router (TOR)The Deep and Dark WebConclusion7. ChinaThe Belt and Road InitiativeA Cyber Cold War“Kill with a Borrowed Sword”The Great Firewall and the Great CannonA Sprawling National Security EnvironmentConclusion8. Russia Cold War 2.0The Merger of Politics and CriminalityActive Measures and CyberwarriorsUkraine, 2014United States, 2016Tactical Nuclear WeaponsConclusion9. The Maritime Supply Chain Vast, Diverse, and AnarchicContainerization Targeting, Screening, Scanning, and InspectingTrusted Shippers and Layered DefensesCalculating the Dangers and the RiskAn Opaque and Expanding EnvironmentChoke PointsConclusion10. Politics, Crime, and Terror Crime and Terrorism: Differences and SimilaritiesCrime and Terrorism: The NexusWest Toward Chechnya and RussiaThe Tri-Border Area (TBA)Chinese TriadsConclusion11. Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear Threats Chemical WarfareResurgence in Chemical WeaponsChemical AgentsThreats and CountermeasuresNon-Terrorist ThreatsBiological Threats Biological AgentsSynthetic BiologyBiosecurity PolicyRadiological and Nuclear Threats What is radioactivity?So, You Want to Build a Bomb?The Dirty Bomb AlternativeControlling proliferationConclusion

Jack A. Jarmon has taught international relations at the University of Pennsylvania, the John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University, and Rutgers University where he was also Associate Director of the Command, Control and Interoperability Center for Advanced Data Analysis - a Center of Excellence of the Department of Homeland Security (Science and Technology Division). During Russia’s economic transition period, he was USAID technical advisor for the Russian Federation central government. He worked for the Russian Privatization Committee in the mid 1990s and with such organizations as the US Russia Investment Fund, European Bank of Reconstruction and Development, and various money center banks. Dr. Jarmon’s private sector career includes global consultant firms, technology companies, and financial institutions. He was a manager with Arthur Andersen in Moscow and Director of Strategic Alliances at Nortel Networks, Brampton, Ontario. He studied Soviet and Russian affairs at Fordham University and the Harriman Institute at Columbia University. Jarmon is fluent in Russian and holds a doctorate degree in global affairs from Rutgers University.Dr. Jarmon is the coauthor (with Bruce Newsome)of A Practical Introduction to Homeland Security and Emergency Management and The Cyber Threat and Globalization: The Impact on U.S. National and International Security (with Pano Yannakogeorgos).

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• Preface1. The National Security Establishment The United State and the World StageA Brief History of the StructureThe New ReorganizationBudgeting, and Planning in Support of PolicyStriking a Balance between Domestic and Foreign AffairsConclusion2. Policies and Process and the New Geopolitics Evolution of StrategyAn Era of New Weaponry and GeopoliticsThe Role of the Private SectorThe Status and Future of DHSConclusion3. Irregular Warfare and Information Age Weapons Asymmetric WarfareA World of WeaponsThe Phenomenon of Social MediaThe Weaponization of Social MediaAudience Mapping, Targeted Messaging, and “Kompromat”The Weaponization of InformationConclusion4. Conflict and Economics Technology, the Information Age, and the Costs of WarGlobal Economics and MigrationThe Rise of KleptocracyNon-Asymmetric WarfareConclusion5. A Vast and Contested Domain Information Technology vs Operational TechnologyNational Critical InfrastructureThe Election InfrastructureBig DataMachine learningArtificial Intelligence & Autonomous Weapons SystemsConclusion6. Cyberspace and ConflictWhat is Cyberspace?The InceptionThe MilitarizationThe MalwareAdvanced Persistent Threat (APT)The Onion Router (TOR)The Deep and Dark WebConclusion7. ChinaThe Belt and Road InitiativeA Cyber Cold War“Kill with a Borrowed Sword”The Great Firewall and the Great CannonA Sprawling National Security EnvironmentConclusion8. Russia Cold War 2.0The Merger of Politics and CriminalityActive Measures and CyberwarriorsUkraine, 2014United States, 2016Tactical Nuclear WeaponsConclusion9. The Maritime Supply Chain Vast, Diverse, and AnarchicContainerization Targeting, Screening, Scanning, and InspectingTrusted Shippers and Layered DefensesCalculating the Dangers and the RiskAn Opaque and Expanding EnvironmentChoke PointsConclusion10. Politics, Crime, and Terror Crime and Terrorism: Differences and SimilaritiesCrime and Terrorism: The NexusWest Toward Chechnya and RussiaThe Tri-Border Area (TBA)Chinese TriadsConclusion11. Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear Threats Chemical WarfareResurgence in Chemical WeaponsChemical AgentsThreats and CountermeasuresNon-Terrorist ThreatsBiological Threats Biological AgentsSynthetic BiologyBiosecurity PolicyRadiological and Nuclear Threats What is radioactivity?So, You Want to Build a Bomb?The Dirty Bomb AlternativeControlling proliferationConclusion

Jack A. Jarmon has taught international relations at the University of Pennsylvania, the John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University, and Rutgers University where he was also Associate Director of the Command, Control and Interoperability Center for Advanced Data Analysis - a Center of Excellence of the Department of Homeland Security (Science and Technology Division). During Russia’s economic transition period, he was USAID technical advisor for the Russian Federation central government. He worked for the Russian Privatization Committee in the mid 1990s and with such organizations as the US Russia Investment Fund, European Bank of Reconstruction and Development, and various money center banks. Dr. Jarmon’s private sector career includes global consultant firms, technology companies, and financial institutions. He was a manager with Arthur Andersen in Moscow and Director of Strategic Alliances at Nortel Networks, Brampton, Ontario. He studied Soviet and Russian affairs at Fordham University and the Harriman Institute at Columbia University. Jarmon is fluent in Russian and holds a doctorate degree in global affairs from Rutgers University.Dr. Jarmon is the coauthor (with Bruce Newsome)of A Practical Introduction to Homeland Security and Emergency Management and The Cyber Threat and Globalization: The Impact on U.S. National and International Security (with Pano Yannakogeorgos).

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• Preface1. The National Security Establishment The United State and the World StageA Brief History of the StructureThe New ReorganizationBudgeting, and Planning in Support of PolicyStriking a Balance between Domestic and Foreign AffairsConclusion2. Policies and Process and the New Geopolitics Evolution of StrategyAn Era of New Weaponry and GeopoliticsThe Role of the Private SectorThe Status and Future of DHSConclusion3. Irregular Warfare and Information Age Weapons Asymmetric WarfareA World of WeaponsThe Phenomenon of Social MediaThe Weaponization of Social MediaAudience Mapping, Targeted Messaging, and “Kompromat”The Weaponization of InformationConclusion4. Conflict and Economics Technology, the Information Age, and the Costs of WarGlobal Economics and MigrationThe Rise of KleptocracyNon-Asymmetric WarfareConclusion5. A Vast and Contested Domain Information Technology vs Operational TechnologyNational Critical InfrastructureThe Election InfrastructureBig DataMachine learningArtificial Intelligence & Autonomous Weapons SystemsConclusion6. Cyberspace and ConflictWhat is Cyberspace?The InceptionThe MilitarizationThe MalwareAdvanced Persistent Threat (APT)The Onion Router (TOR)The Deep and Dark WebConclusion7. ChinaThe Belt and Road InitiativeA Cyber Cold War“Kill with a Borrowed Sword”The Great Firewall and the Great CannonA Sprawling National Security EnvironmentConclusion8. Russia Cold War 2.0The Merger of Politics and CriminalityActive Measures and CyberwarriorsUkraine, 2014United States, 2016Tactical Nuclear WeaponsConclusion9. The Maritime Supply Chain Vast, Diverse, and AnarchicContainerization Targeting, Screening, Scanning, and InspectingTrusted Shippers and Layered DefensesCalculating the Dangers and the RiskAn Opaque and Expanding EnvironmentChoke PointsConclusion10. Politics, Crime, and Terror Crime and Terrorism: Differences and SimilaritiesCrime and Terrorism: The NexusWest Toward Chechnya and RussiaThe Tri-Border Area (TBA)Chinese TriadsConclusion11. Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear Threats Chemical WarfareResurgence in Chemical WeaponsChemical AgentsThreats and CountermeasuresNon-Terrorist ThreatsBiological Threats Biological AgentsSynthetic BiologyBiosecurity PolicyRadiological and Nuclear Threats What is radioactivity?So, You Want to Build a Bomb?The Dirty Bomb AlternativeControlling proliferationConclusion