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The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Compared with the Law of Electronic Surveillance in Europe
(2017-02-27)
The purpose of this article is to compare the fundamental operative provisions of the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) with the equivalent directives of European surveillance law in five representative ...
'Science Tikkun': Repairing the World through the Science of Neglected Diseases, Science Diplomacy, and Public Engagement
(2017-02-28)
We define Science Tikkun broadly as an added role for leading U.S. scientists to elevate the profile of their knowledge and findings, and educate leaders in the areas of government, business, religion, the military, the ...
For National Security: Gen. Brent Scowcroft
(2017-02-28)
“A friend in Washington is someone who stabs you in the chest.” Brent Scowcroft sometimes tells this joke to break the ice when beginning a speech. The irony, though, is that Scowcroft has a great many friends and admirers. ...
The Challenges of Risk Perception and Infectious Disease Response: Counteracting Inaccurate Risk Perception
(2017-02-27)
In 2014 an Ebola epidemic swept through western Africa, killing tens of thousands of people. When a case of the virus appeared in Dallas, TX, the American public began to panic. There was concern that the disease would ...
Shifting the Culture of Quarantine
(2017-02-28)
Quarantine will likely never be a comfortable experience for anyone, but there are concrete steps that can be taken to improve the experience and help shift perceptions of quarantine in the United States from punishment ...
The Role and Importance of the National Security Advisor
(2017)
It is impossible to talk about the role of the National Security Advisor without talking about Brent Scowcroft. It is fair to say that Henry Kissinger was the father of the “ inter-agency system” that is still with us ...
Global Health Security: The Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network
(2017-02-28)
: In the mid-1990s two infectious disease outbreaks – Pneumonic Plague in Surat, India and Ebola in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of Congo (then Zaire) - caused great concern globally. At that time the standard communication ...