U.S. National Security: A Selected Bibliography
Abstract : This selected bibliography lists references for readings on the organization and process, interagency coordination, policy, and other topics directly related to the study of U.S. National Security.
Minds on Minds: Education and National Security
Alexis de Tocqueville, arguably the most astute foreign observer of the United States in its infancy, said that the greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation but in its ability to repair its faults. In this case, the fault that needs repair is the U.S. approach to education. In addressing the plethora of increasingly complex global issues critical to American national security, education should be made a top priority for the twenty-first century in the collective search for viable and innovative solutions. An even more resilient national security depends on rethinking approaches to include the country’s schools and integrating the application of a multidisciplinary, constructivist conceptual framework of participatory education between existing government agencies and complex civilian networks. The forces of migration, globalization, and technology have already equipped the nation’s classrooms with vast human resources filled with invaluable sociocultural and linguistic information, and by investing in a collaborative effort, integrating the exploding diversity in schools, and embracing both the complexities and the benefits inherent in the intersection of cultures, the
Same Same But Different - also in Europe! A New Methodological Approach in Cross-Country Analysis of Communication Structuresapplied to five EU member states
The EU still lacks a truly European public sphere. On this level, there is still a clear lack of integration between individual member states. This means that national public spheres and cultures are still of great importance for European communication and media professionals. Comparative research into the similarities and differences between different nations is therefore valuable for cross-border PR communication activities. This paper lays out the methodological foundation for such research, discussing possible approaches and difficulties associated with comparative research. The author then introduces a potential heuristic framework for comparative analysis: the International Corporate Communication Compass. This framework is applied to five case-study EU countries (Denmark, Germany, France, Poland and the UK), showing the differences and similarities in a range of different contexts that affect public communication in all its forms. The conclusion examines how the results of such studies could be used in order to compare communication identities of different countries. This can potentially help in the development of a European public identity on the long run and in a first step can led towards a better, more adapted communication structure about European citizenship. Ultimately, communication structures within the EU might become more Europeanized than they