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SPECTRUM OF CONFLICT E=Economic E Economic P=Political P Political M Military M=Military http: //www. loc. gov/rr/frd/Military_Law/pdf/03 -2002. pdf

NATIONAL SECURITY CHALLENGES IN 2014 AND BEYOND

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U. S. SOVEREIGNTY CHALLENGES IN 2014 AND BEYOND Sovereignty and Persons under International Law: (a) a permanent population; (b) a defined territory; (c) government; and (d) capacity to enter into relations with the other states. In a world where nations extend their strategic capacities along a fifth dimension, how is the concept of sovereignty to be deployed and understood?

NATIONAL SECURITY CHALLENGES IN 2013 AND BEYOND #1 RISK – Cyberwarfare / Cybercrime Escalation #2 RISK – African Instability Escalation #3 RISK – AF/PK Crisis Escalation #3 RISK – Middle East / Central Asian Crisis Escalation #4 RISK – Korean Peninsula / Asian Crisis Escalation #5 RISK – Latin & North American Crisis Escalation Portions Adapted From: http: //www. mccaffreyassociates. com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Withdrawal-Under-Pressure-February-2013. pdf

CYBERWARFARE / CYBERCRIME ESCALATION • The capacity to produce, communication, and use information is affecting every area of national security, from the way we govern ourselves ("egovernment") to the way we fight wars ("information warfare") to the way transnational criminal organizations increase in scope and power to the way activists and extremists mobilize support across borders.

AFRICAN INSTABILITY ESCALATION • “An ‘arc of instability’ stretching from the Western Hemisphere, through Africa and the Middle East and extending to Asia. ” • “Constellation” of hush-hush US drone, commando or intelligence facilities in East Africa including Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and the island nation of the Seychelles, and now … Mali to combat terrorism. • Political discontent, ethnic rivalries and economic frustration to fuel their strategy of terror and violence in places like North Africa, Yemen, the Horn of Africa and countries bordering the Sahara Desert. http: //www. law. uconn. edu/files/Govern. pdf http: //www. defense. gov/news/mar 2005/d 20050318 nms. pdf http: //www. jcs. mil//content/files/2011 -02/020811084800_2011_NMS_-_08_FEB_2011. pdf http: //www. washingtonpost. com/world/national-security/us-building-secret-drone-bases-in-africa-arabian-peninsulaofficials-say/2011/09/20/g. IQAJ 8 r. Oj. K _story. html

• • AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN (AF/PK) CRISIS ESCALATION 150, 000 US/NATO forces 870 miles from the open sea. Pakistan transit essential to logistics survival of the force. 2014 declared withdrawal drives entire political/ military calculus of the Afghan Karzai government and the Taliban. If Pakistan implodes - General Kayani and PK Army/ISI lose control security of 90 - 110 nuclear weapons at risk; threats to India … and beyond http: //www. cfr. org/afghanistan/beyond-af-pak/p 18696

MIDDLE EAST / CENTRAL ASIAN CRISIS ESCALATION • Implosion of Iraq, aggression by Iran, and expanded war in the Gulf. • From “Jasmine Revolution” to “Arab Spring” to “Authoritarian Fall? ” • Syria-Lebanon-Israel conflict? • Central Asia could be: 1) the next mass target of Islamic insurgents; 2) on the verge of a client-state battle between Moscow and Beijing; or 3) fated to authoritarian leaders for the next generation. http: //beforeitsnews. com/media/2013/04/instability-worries-and-policy-discussion-move-to-central-asia-2454336. html http: //www. foreignpolicy. com/articles/2013/02/19/the_curse_of_stability_in_central_asia

KOREAN PENINSULA/ASIAN CRISIS ESCALATION • North Korean posturing of Kim Jong Un leads to increased isolation, economic hardship, possible military/nuclear confrontation. • China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, and the Philippines have competing territorial and jurisdictional claims in the South China Sea, particularly over rights to exploit the region's possibly extensive reserves of oil and gas. • Freedom of navigation in the region is also a contentious issue - $5. 3 trillion of trade passes through the South China Sea; U. S. trade accounts for $1. 2 trillion of this total. http: //www. cfr. org/north-korea/us-policy-toward-korean-peninsula/p 22205 http: //www. cfr. org/east-asia/armed-clash-south-china-sea/p 27883

LATIN & NORTH AMERICAN CRISIS ESCALATION • Mexico, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, and Ecuador have had presidential elections / power transitions in 2012 -2013, leading to some of the region’s biggest news stories of the year. • Paraguay in April, Honduras in November, Chile in December, 2013. • Mexico’s Enrique Peña Nieto attempting to dissasociate the country’s image from drugs, cartels and bloodshed – but each of the past two years, there have been more violent deaths and more weapons recovered in Mexico than any other place on earth. http: //www. soc. mil/swc. S/SWmag/archive/SW 2504 Ahead. Of. The. Guns. html http: //blogs. cfr. org/oneil/2013/01/03/what-to-watch-in-2013 -latin-americas-presidential-elections/ https: //knightcenter. utexas. edu/blog/00 -13453 -mexican-government-tries-change-conversation-violence-continues-uscorrespondents-disc

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