| The Role of Diplomacy in Security. My name is Dr. | | | | 2001.Of that amount, about $187 billion has been |
| Mark D. Yates known by the world’s press as | | | | provided for fiscal year 2008 and about $65.9 billion |
| The British American Security Expert and I am a | | | | has been appropriated for use in fiscal year 2009. |
| security consultant at My speciality is dignitary VIP | | | | The Department of Defense plans on requesting an |
| close protection operations, counter terrorism, SWAT | | | | additional $75.5 billion in supplemental funds for fiscal |
| operations, security consultancy and security training. | | | | year 2009. What should be the solution for these |
| I am contracted by various UK and overseas | | | | increasing violence, security threats and the increasing |
| reporters for security my views related security | | | | level of spending? |
| measures. As a security consultant, I will always | | | | As a security consultant, I will always recommend a |
| recommend to have a lateral view for combating | | | | variety of measures to combat terrorism, drug |
| crime rather than having one fixed view. | | | | trafficking, and other global criminal activity. As a |
| The breakup of the former Soviet Union made | | | | British American Security Expert, I don’t consider |
| weapons of mass destruction and related | | | | law enforcement alone is an appropriate response in |
| technologies widely available to terrorists and have | | | | combating these circumstances. Often the |
| resulted in greatly increased worry among law-abiding | | | | perpetrators have sought sanctuary in other |
| citizens about the possibility of a nuclear explosion | | | | countries and cannot be brought to trial. It is an |
| than during the Cold War. Recent studies show that | | | | onerous task to compile clear proof when it comes |
| the drug violence in Mexico killed more than 6,000 | | | | to global crime. Other than a stringent law |
| people in 2008, and has killed 1,000 so far this year | | | | enforcement regime, diplomatic measures, economic |
| and spilled over the border into the U.S. As of | | | | sanctions, military activity, or intelligence measures, in |
| December 2008, US Congress has appropriated a | | | | many cases, can offer advantages. Alternatively, a |
| total of about $808 billion primarily for the Global | | | | combination of law enforcement and these lateral |
| War on Terrorism, or GWOT, operations since | | | | measures can combat the growing global terrorism. |