Morris, Michael F.

Morris, Michael F. Threading the Needle: How the United States Northern Command can Create Effective Interagency Relationships. Master’s Thesis, Naval War College, Newport, RI, 2000. http://www.hsdl.org/?view&did=438613 (accessed 27 September 2011).

This paper addresses the significant operational, political, and organizational risks inherent in the implementation of United States Northern Command, or NORTHCOM, and how the command can mitigate those risks by carefully managing their relationships with the homeland security interagency players. The author suggests NORTHCOM focus on five characteristics of their interagency relationships — coordination, cooperation, cohesiveness, clarity, and coherence.