Protecting the Homeland 2006/2007 - Softcover

Michael d'Arcy is the Science and Technology Fellow in Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution. Michael E. O'Hanlon is a senior fellow in Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution, where he holds the Sydney Stein Jr. Chair. His recent books include The Future of Arms Control (Brookings, 2005; with Michael A. Levi), Neither Star Wars nor Sanctuary (Brookings, 2004), and Crisis on the Korean Peninsula (McGraw Hill, 2003; with Mike Mochizuki). Peter R. Orszag is director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget under President Obama. His previous positions include director of the Congressional Budget Office and Joseph A. Pechman Senior Fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution. He is also a research professor at Georgetown University and a codirector of the Tax Policy Center. He served as special assistant to the president for economic policy during the Clinton administration. Jeremy Shapiro is special advisor to the assistant secretary of state for Europe and Eurasia. Previously, he was the director of research for the Center on the United States and Europe at the Brookings Institution and is coauthor (with Philip Gordon) of Allies at War (McGraw-Hill, 2004). James B. Steinberg is U.S. deputy secretary of state. Previously, he was dean of the LBJ School of Government at the University of Texas–Austin. A former director of Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution, he was deputy national security adviser to President Clinton from 1996 to 2000. He previously served as director of the State Department's Policy Planning Staff and as deputy assistant secretary of state, with responsibility for the Bureau of Intelligence and Research.

"An excellent volume, the best book on homeland security policy in the last two years." —Christian Beckner, Homeland Security Watch, 6/19/2006

"Whether you are a homeland security strategist or practitioner, a concerned citizen or curious reader, Protecting the Homeland 2006/2007 offers both solid analysis upon myriad domestic issues and cutting-edge recommendations with insight and innovation.... Protecting the Homeland 2006/2007 is researched and written by a power-house cadre of professionals who share a reputation as innovators in academia and government. Their recommendations provide homeland security strategists, policy makers, practitioners, and academics an alternate view and course of action to address a constantly evolving state of homeland security affairs." —Jeffrey H. Rubini, US Coast Guard, Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management