The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was established shortly after 9/11. It brings together 22 different agencies to protect the United States. Through the years, U.S. embassies all over the world have been targets of protests and violence by terrorist groups and displeased citizens trying to make a point or simply causing chaos and mayhem.
Consider these issues of relevance when responding to Case Assignment 1:
U.S. embassy attacks 2010–2018:
April 5, 2010: Peshawar, Pakistan
October 28, 2011: Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina
September 11, 2012: Cairo, Egypt, and Benghazi, Libya
September 14, 2012: Sana’a, Yemen, and Tunis, Tunisia
February 1, 2013: Ankara, Turkey
September 13, 2013: Herat, Afghanistan
September 28, 2015: Tashkent, Uzbekistan
February 21, 2018: Podgorica, Montenegro
July 26, 2018: Beijing, China
December 1, 2018: Guadalajara, Mexico
Helpful Hint: Check out the U.S. Department of State website at https://www.state.gov/
Case Assignment
Discuss ONE of the three topics listed below. Include details and examples as they pertain to one or more U.S. embassy attacks. Explain, from the topic you selected, how the lessons learned impact future U.S. embassy attack preventive planning. Support your work using the provided reading and your own additional research.
What does the United States need to do to:
Prevent an attack at a U.S. embassy in the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, Asia, and South and North America?
Respond to an attack at a U.S. embassy in the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, Asia, and South and North America?
Recover from an attack at a U.S. embassy in the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, Asia, and South and North America?
Assignment Expectations
Length: This Case Assignment should be 3-5 pages, not counting the title page and references.
References: At least two references should be included from academic sources (e.g., peer-reviewed journal articles). Required readings are included. Quoted material should not exceed 10% of the total paper (since the focus of these assignments is critical thinking). Use your own words and build on the ideas of others. When material is copied verbatim from external sources, it MUST be enclosed in quotes. The references should be cited within the text and listed at the end of the assignment in the References section (preferably in APA format).
Organization: Subheadings should be used to organize your paper according to question.
Helpful Resources:
Introduction to APA-7th Edition
Writing Style Guide, which is found under “My Resources” in the TLC portal.
Purdue Online Writing Lab at https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/02/
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