Shelby Cullom and Kathryn W. Davis Adjunct Senior Fellow for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security
Foreign policy and U.S. national security affairs; biological, chemical, and nuclear terrorism; critical infrastructure protection; government reorganizations and merging of agencies; intelligence and information sharing; crisis and risk management; cybersecurity.
Richard A. Falkenrath discusses how the modern American police department must balance its information technology needs--including cloud computing services--against the unique legal framework within which it operates.
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Richard A. Falkenrath discusses Stuxnet and the need for the United States to engage in offensive information warfare.
See more in Iran, Cybersecurity, Weapons of Mass Destruction
Richard A. Falkenrath says that while the recent decision by the United Arab Emirates to suspend BlackBerry services may have been opposed by business travelers, law enforcement officers and intelligence officers viewed the decision with approval and a bit of envy.
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Richard A. Falkenrath says Showtime's blockbuster series Homeland is great television, but not a useful guide to real-world homeland security. Hint: we always tap the suspect's cell phone.
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Richard A. Falkenrath and Paul Rosenzweig argue that encryption-based technology is a better way to secure governmental data than mandates that keep information within geographical boundaries.
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In what may be the clearest picture of Iran's nuclear program to date, Iran: The Nuclear Challenge maps the objectives, tools, and strategies for dealing with one of the most vexing issues facing the United States and global community today.
See more in Iran, U.S. Strategy and Politics
Nuclear talks with Iran are unlikely to lead to a deal in the short term, but they have had some impact: easing tensions and calming oil markets, says CFR's Richard Falkenrath.
See more in Iran, Global Governance, International Peace and Security, Arms Control and Disarmament
Which policies have worked and which ones need work ten years after the worst terrorist attacks in U.S. history? CFR experts examine ten issues that have preoccupied U.S. planners.
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U.S. homeland security is unquestionably safer a decade after 9/11 and will remain so if the country pursues a robust, yet proportional, counterterrorism effort abroad, writes CFR's Richard Falkenrath.
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Richard A. Falkenrath says that with Osama bin Laden gone, life is about to become more complicated for U.S. policymakers trying to combat terrorism.
See more in Afghanistan, Defense/Homeland Security, Terrorism, Terrorist Leaders
Richard A. Falkenrath discusses Stuxnet and the need for the United States to engage in offensive information warfare.
See more in Iran, Cybersecurity, Weapons of Mass Destruction
The reemergence of Yemen as a terror risk to the United States underscores the difficulties in combating al-Qaeda in weak states, says CFR's Richard A. Falkenrath.
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Nine years after 9/11, the United States needs to combat the proliferating threat of Islamist radicalism abroad and anti-Muslim sentiment at home, says CFR's Richard A. Falkenrath.
See more in United States, National Security and Defense, Counterterrorism
Richard A. Falkenrath says that while the recent decision by the United Arab Emirates to suspend BlackBerry services may have been opposed by business travelers, law enforcement officers and intelligence officers viewed the decision with approval and a bit of envy.
See more in United States, Intelligence, Technology and Foreign Policy, Telecommunications
New York, New York
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security and former NYPD deputy commissioner for counterterrorism
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Richard Falkenrath appears on Bloomberg Television's "Market Makers" to speak about protests that erupted in China and Hong Kong as Japanese activists landed on an island in the East China Sea claimed by both countries.
Richard Falkenrathtalks appears on Bloomberg Televison's "Inside Track" to talk about an agreement by Iran and world powers to hold a new round of talks about the Persian Gulf nation's nuclear program next month after failing to bridge differences during two days of negotiations in Baghdad.
Richard Falkenrath speaks about the risks in Syria on BloomberTelevision's "Money Moves."
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