Terrorism's Implications for Preemption and Legislation: A Futurist Perspective

Abstract

The author explored how terrorism may manifest itself as a threat to America in the coming years and identified corollary implications for two concerns likely to be center stage: preemption and legislation. Beginning with an environmental scan the author determined there were overarching themes that could be impactors such as increased lethality employment of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) leveraging technology and the possibility of cooperation between terrorist organizations and other actors with common interests and enemy. Based on these themes the author then identified two impactors the likelihood of WMD employment and technology to construct a futurist scenario forecast model. As a result of the model the author proceeded to construct a possible scenario and story reflecting results. Finally as a result of the scenario outcome and story the author explored strategic policy implications and considerations regarding preemption and legislation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 19, 2004
Accession Number
ADA424517

Entities

People

  • Lyle W. Cary

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Criminal Investigations
  • Criminals
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • International Law
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Law
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Systems Analysis and Design