Assessment would help identify and proactively address security challenges
WASHINGTON — The Homeland Security Policy Institute (HSPI) announces the release of its latest Commentary, "Canada and the United States: Time for a Joint Threat Assessment?" authored by HSPI’s Sharon Cardash, associate director; Frank Cilluffo, director; and James Jay Carafano, senior fellow. The authors outline the shape that a joint threat assessment could take in terms of both substance and process. They suggest it could be "a powerful protective tool" for both countries, which “need not — and should not — diminish sovereign capabilities and capacities ...".
"A joint assessment would go a long way toward building a baseline consensus on the threat climate, which could serve as a foundation for proactive initiatives that would bolster safety and security on both sides of the border," said Cilluffo.
The full article is available on the HSPI website at: http://www.gwumc.edu/
HSPI Commentaries are intended to promote better policy by fostering constructive debate among leading policymakers, academics, and observers. Designed to be timely and relevant, HSPI Commentaries seek to illuminate the issues of the day by raising important questions and challenging underpinning assumptions. Opinions expressed in Commentaries are those of the author(s) alone.
Founded in 2003, The George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute (HSPI) is a nonpartisan “think and do” tank whose mission is to build bridges between theory and practice to advance homeland security through an interdisciplinary approach. By convening domestic and international policymakers and practitioners at all levels of government, the private and non-profit sectors, and academia, HSPI creates innovative strategies and solutions to current and future threats to the nation.
