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12. Foreign Policy and Homeland Security

Study

Chapter 12 explores the interrelated issues of foreign policy and homeland security, and opens with an examination of the role of private contractors in rebuilding Iraq. The chapter then describes some of the major historical events related to U.S. foreign policy, including the Marshall Plan, NATO, the cold war, the development of the United Nations, globalization, and military buildup. The chapter also discusses the role of intelligence in military and foreign policy, particularly in the context of recent concerns related to homeland security and the war in Iraq, as well as the different types of aid the United States provides to other nations. The chapter then moves on to a more thorough exploration of specific homeland security issues. This include an examination of different homeland security threats using a number of the analytical criteria discussed throughout the book. The focused discussion at the end of the chapter examines the issue of civil liberties in an age of terrorism through the analytical lenses of effectiveness, efficiency, and legal and ethical concerns.