Homeland Def. Changing World

3 Credits · Level: Graduate

The 2018 National Defense Strategy (NDS) declared the homeland no longer a sanctuary, and the 2022 NDS noted that the "scope and scale of threats to the homeland have fundamentally changed." Today, the Trump Administration has pledged to create an "iron dome for America" and tasked U.S. Northern Command to clarify the military’s role protecting the territorial integrity of the United States. And yet, in the minds of most Americans, conflict in the homeland remains inconceivable, and homeland defense is often placed behind global priorities. What accounts for this divergence? What are adversary theories of victory with respect to the homeland and how should we prepare? How does a contemporary understanding of threats to the homeland shift our understanding of strategy for the larger Western Hemisphere region?