Publication

This paper is concerned with developing a modern approach to national security. Two related themes are identified. The first theme explores the connections between how we define the risks to national security in human terms and as a result how we need to invest in modern intelligence to help in that task of risk management. The second related theme is about what can be learned specifically about maintaining security against terrorism and political violence since 9/11, and the connections that need to be made between public security, civil liberties, and human rights and the limits of counter-terrorism policy in a democracy.