ISIL’S Battlefield Tactics and the Implications for Homeland Security and Preparedness

Authors

  • Joshua Tallis CNA
  • Ryan Bauer CNA
  • Lauren Frey CNA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15664/jtr.1391

Keywords:

ISIL, ISIS, Terrorism, Homeland Security, Emergency preparedness, Terror tactics

Abstract

This proposed article investigates the emergency management implications of a terrorist attack directly planned and executed by ISIL in the United States. To do so, we operationalize the Department of Homeland Security’s National Preparedness Goal (NPG) to demonstrate how ISIL-directed attacks might stress national preparedness Core Capabilities. In so doing, we provide a proof of concept, demonstrating how viewing the ISIL threat through an emergency preparedness lens can help better benchmark existing national preparedness activities and policies against emerging threats.

Author Biographies

Joshua Tallis, CNA

Joshua Tallis, Ph.D. is an analyst at CNA. He completed his Ph.D. in International Relations at the University of St Andrews’ Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence.

Ryan Bauer, CNA

Ryan Bauer is an analyst at CNA. Ryan holds a Master’s degree in Security Studies from Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service.

Lauren Frey, CNA

Lauren Frey is an analyst at CNA. Lauren holds a Master’s degree in International Human Rights from the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver.

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Published

2017-10-12

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 3 (2017)

Section

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