... the responsibility of providing essential services to respond to the impacts of the disaster on the community at large, prevent further damage wherever possible, and serve as a consistent presence in the face of such events (Quadrennial Homeland Security Review Report: A Strategic Framework for a Secure Homeland, 2010). Therefore, it is important to have emergency preparedness plans ... need to improve coordination and unity of effort. Globally, natural hazards have increased in scale and impact, and emerging diseases move effortlessly across borders and expansively through global movem...

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... change by the increase of tension, suspicion and vigilance among the states which is portrayed in the multilateral interaction. The WTC tragedy, therefore, alters the international perception on terrorism as a global threat and then the US response against terrorism is regarded as the establishment of a new world political order. The phenomenon that has twisted after the September 11 attacks and the ... attacks for the international order. The 9/11 tragedy has become a significant factor for strengthening the US hegemony, which is manifested in the form of the US role and its presence in ...

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