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Chapter 14
Threats and
Challenges for
the Twenty-
First Century
at is what Americans do. We face a challenge—no matter how great.
Senator John Kerry
Chapter Objectives
1. Explain how the threats of today dier from those faced during the
Cold War.
2. Describe what is meant by an “all hazards approach” and explain
why this is the concept that is in use by the intelligence community
(IC) today.
3. Understand the dierence between natural and man-made events
and explain how the IC treats them dierently and/or similarly.
4. Be familiar with the Director of National Intelligence’s (DNI) Vision
2015 publication and the 14 emerging threats and persistent chal-
lenges articulated in this publication.
5. Describe other threats not identied by ...