National Insecurity

Abstract

The world is getting more complex and interdependent. A breakdown in one institution, technology, or element of infrastructure leads often quickly and unexpectedly to the breakdown of others. Yet, no agency has overall responsibility to manage the interactions and interdependencies between the various infrastructures. Complex and interdependent issues such as national security, water/electrical infrastructures, and nuclear technologies are always a mixture of contradictory feelings and thoughts that tug at our hearts and minds with equal force. Each side makes assumptions that are often in complete opposition. Before we choose one side or reach a final conclusion, we must judge such issues by examining the strongest Dialectic that we can arrange.