Stewart A. Baker's guest appearances

Stewart A. Baker

New Books in Terrorism and Organized Crime

New Books in National Security

New Books Network

Patrick Dunleavy

Riaz Hassan

Federico Varese

Thom Shanker

Stephen Tankel

Matthew Bunn

Eric Schmitt

Thomas Nelson

Kathleen M. Vogel

William Bennett

Audrey Kurth Cronin

Alex Strick van Linschoten

Felix Kuehn

George Perkovich

Donald Holbrook

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How do government officials decide key homeland security questions? How do those decisions affect our day to day lives? In Skating on Stilts: Why We Aren’t Stopping Tomorrow’s Terrorism (Hoover Institution, 2010), Stewart Baker, a former senior official from the Department of Homeland Security, takes us behind the scenes of government homeland security decision making. Baker, who was the DHS’s first Assistant Secretary for Policy, examines some of the key security threats the US faces, and some of our greatest challenges in meeting them. While Baker has a healthy respect for the abilities of outside forces would do us harm, he also recognizes that some of our greatest challenges to providing security come from our allies, and from ourselves. In addition, while many people tune out when they hear acronyms like CFIUS of VWP, Baker shows what those acronyms mean, and their implications for our safety and security. Read all about it, and more, in Baker’s informative new book.Please become a fan of “New Books in Public Policy” on Facebook if you haven’t already. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/national-security

How do government officials decide key homeland security questions? How do those decisions affect our day to day lives? In <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0817911545/?tag=newbooinhis-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Skating on Stilts: Why We Aren’t Stopping Tomorrow’s Terrorism</a> (Hoover Institution, 2010), <a href="http://www.steptoe.com/professionals-762.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stewart Baker</a>, a former senior official from the Department of Homeland Security, takes us behind the scenes of government homeland security decision making. Baker, who was the DHS’s first Assistant Secretary for Policy, examines some of the key security threats the US faces, and some of our greatest challenges in meeting them. While Baker has a healthy respect for the abilities of outside forces would do us harm, he also recognizes that some of our greatest challenges to providing security come from our allies, and from ourselves. In addition, while many people tune out when they hear acronyms like CFIUS of VWP, Baker shows what those acronyms mean, and their implications for our safety and security. Read all about it, and more, in Baker’s informative new book. Please become a fan of “New Books in Public Policy” on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-Books-in-Public-Policy/129842677086591?sk=wall" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> if you haven’t already. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>Support our show by becoming a premium member! <a href="https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/national-security" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/national-security</a>

Stewart A. Baker, “Skating on Stilts: Why We Aren’t Stopping Tomorrow’s Terrorism” (Hoover Institution, 2010)

How do government officials decide key homeland security questions? How do those decisions affect our day to day lives? In Skating on Stilts: Why We Aren’t Stopping Tomorrow’s Terrorism (Hoover Institution, 2010), Stewart Baker, a former senior official from the Department of Homeland Security, takes us behind the scenes of government homeland security decision making. Baker, who was the DHS’s first Assistant Secretary for Policy, examines some of the key security threats the US faces, and some of our greatest challenges in meeting them. While Baker has a healthy respect for the abilities of outside forces would do us harm, he also recognizes that some of our greatest challenges to providing security come from our allies, and from ourselves. In addition, while many people tune out when they hear acronyms like CFIUS of VWP, Baker shows what those acronyms mean, and their implications for our safety and security. Read all about it, and more, in Baker’s informative new book.

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