This National Security Update examines current developments in the U.S. ballistic missile
defense (BMD) program including the BMD perspectives of the Trump Administration;
homeland defense versus regional defense; the Congressionally mandated Missile Defeat
Review; views of other key BMD stakeholders; and the 2018 missile defense budget request.
Topic:
Government, National Security, Weapons, Trump, Space, and Missile Defense
This IFPA National Security Update examines electromagnetic pulse (EMP), the potentially
catastrophic threat it poses to the United States, the potential impacts of an EMP event, and sets
forth as a national priority a two-pronged strategy to counter the EMP threat that includes
ballistic missile defenses and the protection of critical U.S. infrastructures. In early 2017, the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis initiated an online series entitled National Security Update. Its purpose is to examine key foreign policy/defense issues and to set forth policy options. These updates are made available to the broad policy community within and outside government, including key policy makers in Washington, D.C.; members of Congress and their staffs; academic specialists; and other members of the private-sector security community. Future National Security Updates will address a range of topics in an effort to provide timely analyses and policy options.
Topic:
Defense Policy, National Security, Science and Technology, Nuclear Power, and Weapons