The United States faces countless threats on both home front and aboard. The countries that pose the greatest threat to U.S. national security are China, Iran, and Russia. Anyone of these countries could inflict grave damage to the United States, resulting in catastrophic results. I’ll compare and contrast these countries 5 intelligence disciplines to determine which country poses the biggest threat to U.S. national security.
China poses the greatest threat to the United States national security.
The first intelligence discipline I will compare is HUMINT. Humint is defined as
Intelligence gathered from human sources.
All three of these countries have a proven track record of using HUMINT sources to their advantage including the use of espionage. Iran Ministry of Intelligence has grown to its largest government unit. General Qassem Suleimani’s is in charge of Al-Quds who are responsible for conducting clandestine operations. What makes this group so effective is there disregard to international law. The Al-Quds force “pays no attention to International Order and International Law and only follows covertly the objectives of the Revolution in Iran and the aims of the spiritual leader of Iran” (The “invisible” strong man, 2014).
The Iranian Intelligence seems to be best at assassinating perceived enemies of Iran. One particularly alarming trend is Iran’s recruitment of Latin gang members of MS-13 (Dickerson). This is a form of internal intelligence that Iran could use to their advantage.
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When on is considering a threat to National Security to the United States, one must consider their intelligence capabilities. As they play a significant role in determining the outcome of any war. Another important factor is the size of the military. Having more people in the military will allow them use more resources, as well as fighting power. It’s estimated that China has 618,588,627 fit for military duty (fire power). That is extremely way more compared to the US who has 120,022,084…). Another vital factor is resources. China has more tanks, tower artillery, multiple launch rocket systems, Frigates, and costal defense craft. Even recently there was 5 Chinese hackers charge with espionage, this attest to why China is the biggest threat to US national security.
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The organization I have chosen for this essay is CSIS ( Canadian Security Intelligence Service ). CSIS closely resembles The Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) or British Security Intelligence Service. I have chosen this organization because I have great interest in becoming an employee of CSIS in the future. This essay will provide brief history of CSIS, the responsibilities of CSIS for Canada, and the application process for an entry – level position. These will be further discussed in greater detail as the essay goes on.
‘The wink and the nod’ that was all somehow acceptable to your primary sponsor caused many a dictator to adopt these methods to take and maintain power. Only recently have internal CIA documents become available, allowing researchers to begin to look inside the CIA itself. Partial as these releases are, they supply valuable insight into the machinations of this secretive organization. These documents outline the beginning of the Terror; let's hope we are seeing the end of it.
The Iranian government is fighting a losing battle against a rapidly growing Western force. Although Iran is not physically waging war against the United States, the government is fighting to eradicate its increasing cultural influence in Iran. The young, Iranian population is currently speaking out against the Islamic Republic’s attempts to rid the country of Western culture, demanding more freedom and less censorship, similar to how Marjane Satrapi acts out against the regime in Persepolis.
...e economy. Since China and the United States have interconnected economies instability in China could lead to problems in the United States.
This type of ordeal occured around nineteen eighty-five,which is well around the president Ronald Reagan’s midterm, when he is beginning to have a very complicated agenda and is having a hard time keeping his political momentum during his presidency. But he instructed his national security advisor on a plan of action . So Robert Mcfarlane, tried all that he can, for better or for worse, to find a way to assist the Contras, a rebel group in Nicaragua who are fighting the communist government there, no matter what the cost would be. They found what they needed to do, by selling their own weapons to Iran for money, because Iran just so happens to be at war with its neighboring country, Iraq, and are in need of weapons in order to fight against them. But a long while ago, prior to Reagan’s presidency, the democrats passed and ratified the Boland Act, which is meant to restrict the Central Intelligence Agency or CIA and Department of Defense or DoD in terms of any foreign conflict. As well as that, the United States also placed an embargo on Iran, due to their experience with the Middle East and the Iran Hostage Crisis, after the country’s revolution and overthrow
It is critical to initiate change in the culture of intelligence professionals in this new changing support environment. Setting the conditions and training to a strategically deployable capability must be embraced by the TIB/MIBs in each operational theater. Moving beyond the imprinted habits of Cold War intelligence support to the GCC, the MI culture must change to meet future challenges. The MIB must expand its intelligence support beyond the ASCC headquarters in order to truly fulfill its role as a modular intelligence unit. Emergent threats or critical intelligence requirements require an in depth knowledge of a geographical area and groups or individuals that operate in them. This level of detail can only be provided by analysts that are dedicated to one particular geographic area on a steady basis.
China's nuclear and ballistic missile programs are and have historically been based on the objective of maintaining a level of nuclear deterrence just great enough to preclude any threats by the nuclear "super" powers. By concentrating on building and maintaining a minimum level of effective deterrence, China can ensure its security while concentrating the maximum amount of its available resources on much more pressing issues, such as economic development. As a developing country, China did not and does not have the resources to compete as a "third superpower" in the Cold War world. The Chinese, who for many of the years before 1978 could hardly afford to feed their own people, simply could not afford to spend huge sums of money in a costly arms race which they were almost certain to lose. Limited deterrence offered the most efficient solution - just enough capability to reap the security benefits of deterrence while avoiding the costs of producing, maintaining and storing huge stockpiles of nuclear weapons.
In the 1970’s Iran, under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was a very centralized military state that maintained a close relationship with the USA. The Shah was notoriously out of touch with working class Iranians as he implemented many controversial economic policies against small business owners that he suspected involved profiteering. Also unrestricted economic expansions in Iran lead to huge government expenditure that became a serious problem when oil prices dropped in the mid 1970’s. This caused many huge government construction projects to halt and the economy to stall after many years of massive profit. Following this was high rates of inflation that affected Iranians buying power and living standards. (Afary, 2012) Under the Shah, political participation was not widely available for all Iranians and it was common for political opposition to be met with harassment, illegal detention, and even torture. These measures were implemented by the Iranian secret police knows as ‘SAVAK’. This totalitarian regime combined with the increasing modernisation of the country paved the way for revolution.
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I don’t believe there is one country which pose the biggest threat to the United States. Middle East been in turmoil for a long time. Most Middle Eastern countries lack structure. Tribes been fighting for power for years. No matter who we get rid of, there will always be a corrupt group taking over. As these group gain power, they will try to demoralize the west through terrorist
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This is the second largest active military in the world, only behind China, which stands at 2,333,000 soldiers, and barely larger than India, which is a close third in active manpower with 1,325,000 soldiers. While it is impressive that the United States has the second largest military in the world, it is also worth mentioning that both India (third highest amount of active soldiers) and China (highest amount of active soldiers) have a larger population that the United States. India has 1,236,344,631 registered citizens and China has 1,355,692,576 registered citizens, while the United States has a mere 320,202,220 citizens. Quick math would show that only .17% of China’s population are actively serving its military, .10% of India’s population are serving for their military, and then the United States, which has whopping .43% of its population serving its military. The argument can, and has been made that the United States already has a huge portion serving the military as it is; and we are already number one on the Global Fire Power list, making us the strongest military in the entire
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