The Monitor is the Institute's homeland security and resilience publication which is produced ten times a year. Encompassing a range of issues at strategic, operational and tactical levels relating to man-made, man-assisted and natural emergencies and disasters.Issue: Jul 2003, Vol. 2, No. 5
Terrorism and the IED - Part I
A study of IEDs, concentrating on what defines an IED, the factors driving the bomb design process and the type of personality involved
John Allison
Democracy, warfare and disaster management
Warfare and disasters are kindred subjects, but to what extent are they susceptible to the same analysis? David Alexander argues that the impacts of natural disasters are converging with those of warfare but experience, in Afghanistan and the Middle East, shows that vulnerability to earthquakes, floods and landslides cannot significantly be reduced until armed conflict has ceased.
David Alexander