Threats in the age of Obama / Michael Tanji, editor.

Includes bibliographical references.

The threat landscape / Michael Tanji -- The tangled relationship between organized crime, terrorism and proliferation / Christopher A. Corpora -- The terrorism meme : looking beyond the current threat / Matthew G. Devost -- Crazy as a fox / Adrian Martin -- Infectious diseases, foreign militaries, and US national security / Christopher Albon -- Pakistan as a nuclear risk / Steve Schippert -- Nuclear nonproliferation in the 21st century / Cheryl Rofer and Molly Cernicek -- Into the complex terrain / Tim Stevens -- Simulated "Black Swans" : national security, perception operations, and the expansion of the infosphere / Adam Elkus -- An outbreak of peace and democracy / Daniel H. Abbott -- Ideas and strategies for a more secure future / Michael Tanji -- Preparing one's mind to see / Art Hutchinson -- The issues of non-state actors and the nation state / Samuel P. Liles -- The future of missile defense policy / Tom Karako -- Toward a contemporary deterrence strategy / Carolyn Leddy -- An information age strategy for government information technology / Mathew Burton -- The future of cyberspace security: the law of the rodeo / Bob Gourley -- Security evolution / Gunnar Peterson -- Arming for the second war of ideas / Matt Armstrong -- Blurring the lines between war and peace / Shane Deichman -- Reconfiguring the national security architecture / Shlok Vaidya -- A grand strategy for a networked civilization / Mark Safranski.