**REPLY TO EACH POST 100 WORDS MIN EACH** 1. This week we were asked to discuss what the implications were of globalization on homeland security. Globalization is the international integration of markets for goods, services, and capital. Globalization has allowed for countries to trade and communicate in ways they never could before and faster than ever before. This does lead to complication when it comes to national security. The United States has been one of the leading technology and economic produces within the world. It is targeted by adversaries because of its strengths in these areas. Globalization has lead to cyberspace crimes, intellectual property theft, and attacks on critical infrastructures. While it has made life simpler it has created a huge target upon the United States. Jobs, goods, technology have been diminished because they are being produced in other countries for a cheaper price. (Lewis, 2004) Terrorist organizations have been utilizing the advancements in cyberspace and communication to their advantages by being able to reach and train individuals virtually without bringing them to their training camps. This makes conducting business less visible and keeps them from being detected. They can also use the internet and social media to spread propaganda and their messages are open for anyone to see at any time. This causes major security concerns because of the steady increase of homegrown extremists and lone wolf actors. While globalization has brought people together it has also opened the door to those who wish harm upon the United States.  2. Good afternoon Professor and Classmates, For this week’s question, we were asked to identify what the implications of globalization on homeland security are.  Globalization is multifaceted and includes IT (information technologies) as well as other tech, stateside and global trading, and interdependencies.  These are not all inclusive, however, the evolution of globalization has the ability for us here in the United States to achieve economic prosperity, sharing of political freedom, and promoting peace.  Meanwhile, the implications which are produced from globalization include social divides, critical vulnerabilities, and conflicts including violence.  Globalization can create numerous implications for us here in the United States. It was interesting to find out from the readings how it is believed that our national security is becoming more concentrated, centralized, and consolidated across three dimensions.  These three dimensions are power across spheres, power across jurisdictions, and power within any government agency.  Furthermore, power across jurisdictions (public-private, federal-state, and Intra-agency) is where I will focus as there was some interesting information I discovered during my readings. The public-private relationships have created a bond where if this relationship became limited, this would affect what the government knows and be limited to informati.

1. **REPLY TO EACH POST 100 WORDS MIN EACH**
1. This week we were asked to discuss what the implications
were of globalization on homeland security. Globalization is the
international integration of markets for goods, services, and
capital. Globalization has allowed for countries to trade and
communicate in ways they never could before and faster than
ever before. This does lead to complication when it comes to
national security. The United States has been one of the leading
technology and economic produces within the world. It is
targeted by adversaries because of its strengths in these areas.
Globalization has lead to cyberspace crimes, intellectual
property theft, and attacks on critical infrastructures. While it
has made life simpler it has created a huge target upon the
United States. Jobs, goods, technology have been diminished
because they are being produced in other countries for a cheaper
price. (Lewis, 2004) Terrorist organizations have been utilizing
the advancements in cyberspace and communication to their
advantages by being able to reach and train individuals virtually
without bringing them to their training camps. This makes
conducting business less visible and keeps them from being
detected. They can also use the internet and social media to
spread propaganda and their messages are open for anyone to
see at any time. This causes major security concerns because of
the steady increase of homegrown extremists and lone wolf
actors. While globalization has brought people together it has
also opened the door to those who wish harm upon the United
States.
2. Good afternoon Professor and Classmates, For this week’s

2. question, we were asked to identify what the implications of
globalization on homeland security are. Globalization is
multifaceted and includes IT (information technologies) as well
as other tech, stateside and global trading, and
interdependencies. These are not all inclusive, however, the
evolution of globalization has the ability for us here in the
United States to achieve economic prosperity, sharing of
political freedom, and promoting peace. Meanwhile, the
implications which are produced from globalization include
social divides, critical vulnerabilities, and conflicts including
violence. Globalization can create numerous implications for us
here in the United States. It was interesting to find out from the
readings how it is believed that our national security is
becoming more concentrated, centralized, and consolidated
across three dimensions. These three dimensions are power
across spheres, power across jurisdictions, and power within
any government agency. Furthermore, power across
jurisdictions (public-private, federal-state, and Intra-agency) is
where I will focus as there was some interesting information I
discovered during my readings. The public-private relationships
have created a bond where if this relationship became limited,
this would affect what the government knows and be limited to
information as well as increasing the workload. There are some
things the private sector can do which the public sector cannot
do and vice versa. The private sector can meet the globalization
demands increasing national security, intel, and homeland
security operations. Therefore, implications arise when either
the private or public sector cannot assist due to certain laws
restricting them. Federal-state entities assist with homeland
security operations globally. All together federal, state, and
local sectors combine to form what is known as a fusion center.
These fusion centers are a relatively newer concept of
operations which also incur implications. Communication
flaws, interagency information sharing, and independent
operations impact overall missions. A hierarchy of personnel in
charge is defined which helps alleviate issues such as these.

3. Lastly, intra-agency is unique as it is a consolidated national
security entity that falls in any one government agency. The
implication of inter-agencies is the apprehension of information
sharing, competition like environment, as well as antagonistic
towards others and/or goals. Intra-agency operations actually
work quite well thanks to those who fully support the mission.