Journal Articles
by Frank J. Cilluffo, Sharon L. Cardash, and Andrew J. Whitehead
The Brown Journal of World Affairs
Spring/Summer 2007
This article focuses on two understudied but fertile grounds for radicalization in the United States: the nation’s prison system and cyberspace. Until the bounds of the challenge in each of these contexts are better understood, effective, appropriately tailored prevention and response measures cannot be formulated and implemented. More
by Frank J. Cilluffo and J. Paul Nicholas
Journal of International Security Affairs
April 2006
Great minds have grappled with the manifestations of the information age for decades. Recently, however, it has been one of the information age’s most loved and feared catalysts—the Internet—that has taken center stage in national security planning. Even as the Internet went public in the early 1990s, strategic thinkers were already wrestling with its potential implications for communications, commerce, and even conflict. More
by Sina Lehmkuhler
Journal of Homeland Security
April 2003
Hawalas, charities, commodities—each of these has one aspect in common: They are methods by which terrorists launder and remit their money. In the wake of 11 September, much has been discovered about the financial support structure of the terrorist cells that perpetrated the attacks on the United States. More
by Frank J. Cilluffo, Ronald A. Marks, and George C. Salmoiraghi
The Washington Quarterly
Winter 2002
At present, the IC has not received sufficient funds to accomplish its tasks or sufficient political support when the inevitable failure occurs. Ironically, at the dawn of the information age, the United States has neglected its own intelligence foundation. More
by Daniel J. Kaniewski
Journal of Homeland Security
February 2002
Today, after five months of convening hearings, introducing legislation and allocating funding, Congress has succeeded in making homeland security a national priority, but it has failed to effectively coordinate its actions. More
by Frank J. Cilluffo
Journal of Homeland Security
November 2000
The information technology revolution has given us an unrivalled, perhaps unsurpassable, lead over the rest of the world in virtually every facet of modern life. Unfortunately there is a “dark side” to this revolution. Along with the clear rewards come new risks and a litany of unintended consequences that need to be better understood and managed by our industry and government leaders. More
by Frank J. Cilluffo and Paul Byron Pattak
Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
Volume 1, Number 1, Winter/Spring 2000
While few adversaries would attempt to confront the United States in a conventional war on the traditional battlefield, its adversaries recognize that terrorism and other asymmetric forms of conflict, such as cyber attacks, are more effective methods of striking the United States where it is most vulnerable. More
by Frank J. Cilluffo and George Salmoiraghi
The Washington Quarterly
Autumn 1999
With the signing of peace treaties and the deployment of NATO peacekeeping forces in Kosovo, the time has come to crown a victor. While NATO may have achieved its objectives in the “war”—forcing Serbia to agree to remove its troops, allowing the Kosovars back into their homes, and establishing a peacekeeping force—the real winner is the Albanian mafia. More
by Frank J. Cilluffo and Jack Thomas Tomarchio
Orbis
Volume 42, Issue 3, Summer 1998
The terrorist cell was formed two years ago. Never exceeding more than six members, the cell had worked quietly and with efficient determination. During the months prior to going operational, targeting data had been painstakingly acquired, escape routes Chosen, traffic patterns analyzed, weather and atmospheric conditions studied. More
by Frank J. Cilluffo and Curt H. Gergely
Terrorism and Political Violence
Volume 9, Number 1, Spring 1997
A dedicated adversary can procure and employ capabilities that present a grave threat to U.S. national security, specifically: a synergistic attack that capitalizes on IW strategies to multiply the effects of traditional terrorist tactics. More
by Frank J. Cilluffo and Robert Kupperman
The Brown Journal of World Affairs
Winter/Spring 1997
Today's threat dynamics center around decidedly irrational actors--particularly rogue states and hostile non-state groups, who for reasons of ethnic, nationalist, tribal, economic, or religious hatred bear enmity toward the U.S. These patterns of hatred result in novel forms of conflict. More
