Author: Christopher Prawdzik

Publisher and Executive Editor of Homeland411. Over twenty years experience reporting on national security, defense technologies, and federal emergency preparedness.

Groups Urge Focus on Counter-Terrorism & Governance During Bilateral Summit

By Christopher Prawdzik | In International, Top411 | August 12, 2019

WASHINGTON — As bilateral high-level diplomatic and military delegations convene for strategic security discussions, national security think tanks and interagency counter-terrorism task forces are urging a renewed foc... [Read more.]

The Multilateral Hypersonic Arms Race: Defense Architecture & Glide Breaker Systems

By Christopher Prawdzik | In Defense, Top411 | August 6, 2019

The proliferation of hypersonic glide vehicles (HGVs) and air-breathing scramjet cruise missiles traveling at velocities exceeding Mach 5 with non-ballistic, atmospheric maneuvering capabilities has stressed legacy mi... [Read more.]

Transatlantic Security: European Trade & Technology Alignments

By Christopher Prawdzik | In Defense, Top411 | August 6, 2019

BRUSSELS — European Union policymakers and NATO defense planners are navigating an increasingly complex geopolitical landscape, balancing industrial supply dependencies against urgent transatlantic export control dire... [Read more.]

Authoritarian Regimes Leverage Kleptocratic Networks to Undermine Western Financial Systems

By Christopher Prawdzik | In Industry News, Top411 | July 29, 2019

Financial intelligence units across the Department of the Treasury (FinCEN), the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and allied European intelligence agencies are confronting an unprecedented weaponization of illicit fin... [Read more.]

Hollywood Surveillance Technology and Privacy Concerns

By Christopher Prawdzik | In Industry News, Top411 | July 16, 2019

Strategic operational assessments and federal policy reviews surrounding Hollywood Surveillance Technology and Privacy Concerns highlight emerging national security requirements across interagency jurisdictions. [Read more.]

China Forcing Taiwan to Rethink Defense Economics Strategies

By Christopher Prawdzik | In Defense, Top411 | July 10, 2019

Strategic operational assessments and federal policy reviews surrounding China Forcing Taiwan to Rethink Defense Economics Strategies highlight emerging national security requirements across interagency jurisdictions. [Read more.]

Bookshelf: Revisiting Kissinger’s DIPLOMACY and the Balance of Power

By Christopher Prawdzik | In Industry News, Top411 | July 1, 2019

Comprehensive analysis and reporting on Bookshelf: Revisiting Kissinger's DIPLOMACY and the Balance of Power, examining critical policy developments, operational impact, and strategic homeland security implications. [Read more.]

India and Pakistan in Military Standoff

By Christopher Prawdzik | In Defense, Top411 | June 28, 2019

Strategic operational assessments and federal policy reviews surrounding India and Pakistan in Military Standoff highlight emerging national security requirements across interagency jurisdictions. [Read more.]

A New, Broader Understanding of the Nature of War

By Christopher Prawdzik | In Defense, Top411 | June 28, 2019

Carl von Clausewitz famously wrote that war is the continuation of politics by other means. In the modern era of hybrid warfare and gray-zone confrontation, that aphorism must be inverted: politics, commerce, cyberspa... [Read more.]

Smugglers Using Drones to Guide Illegal Entrants

By Christopher Prawdzik | In Industry News, Top411 | June 26, 2019

Transnational human smuggling cartels operating along the U.S.-Mexico border have increasingly adopted commercial unmanned aerial systems (UAS) to conduct real-time reconnaissance on Border Patrol agent movements. [Read more.]

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