How to view Counterterrorism? National Security/Domestic Security Counterterrorism Strategy is a Political Strategy
Traditional Warfare
Today’s Warfare
Understanding the New Threat I Tradition: Fighting nation-states
Understanding the New Threat II 21st Century Fighting nation-states Fighting networks based abroad Fighting networks based at home
The Organizational War Networks vs. Hierarchies
Networks Corporate Model Network model Centralization Control Command Authority Permanent structure Transparent operations for coordination Network model Decentralized Autonomous Entrepreneurial Disconnected or isolated Temporary linkages Operational secrecy
The Power of Networks Communication Organizational structure as a source of power Decentralized, but connected
What holds a network together? Ideology Internet Identity
To Fight a Network? Bomb it into oblivion? Counterdisruption? Finances? Law Enforcement Alternate Ideology?