Drawing upon resource material provided and discovered while conducting your own research, answer BOTH the following in a research paper of at least 4 full pages (but no more than 6 pages): 1) Fully describe the overall concepts of homeland security and homeland defense. Construct a response that fully provides the following related to these two broad-based initiatives: Primary missions, tasks, responsibilities, operations, etc. for homeland security and defense. Highlight those areas that are shared and common interests between the two (joint endeavors between HLS and HLD?) Lastly, recommend your own definition for homeland security. 2) Adhering to the overarching theme and approach of the current National Security Strategy, provide your own recommendations regarding how the top threat you identified in this week’s discussion should be addressed moving forward. Offer specifics as to how key elements of your proposal would be approached and make sure to employ the Ends, Ways, and Means strategy framework. Be aware of the fact that “homeland security” and resources needed to carry it out are made up of much more than just DHS. This agency is only one part of the larger Homeland Security Enterprise that includes representatives from all level of government, private sector partners and others. Technical Requirements: – Written according to the APA 7th edition style and format (parenthetical in-text citation formats only; not end notes or footnotes); – Use Times New Roman 12 point font (use the example paper attached to the midterm assignment instructions as a template for proper formatting); – 1 inch margins on all sides with no paragraph indentation other than the first line by .5 inches – Double space all text (no extra lines or spaces after a paragraph or section headings and no added font sizes or lines either) – Turn your paper in as a Word Document and title your assignment “LastnameHLSSXXXMidterm” or ‘Progress’ or ‘Final’ on the end as appropriate. – Make sure your paper content meets the minimum acceptable length of 4 FULL pages of text, not including the Title or Reference pages.
