Contents

• Editorial

• Letter to the Editor

• CDF Essay Competition - 2002: Rules and Regulations

• Lead Article

  From Terror Fallout to Terra Firma - Convergent Focus On Strengthening Homeland Security
  by COL Jimmy Tan Cheng Yaw & MAJ Irvin Lim Fang Jau

• CDF Essay Competition - 2001: Merit Awards

  The SAF: From Training To Learning
  For Fighting Effectiveness
  by LTC Richard Pereira

Riding The Crest Of RMA: Massive
Systemic Shock ­ Can We Do It?
by MAJ Roland Ng Kim Huat

A Culture For Transformational Change
- Strategies For The Singapore Armed Forces
by MAJ Seet Pi Shen

• CDF Essay Competition - 2001: Commendation Awards

The Professional Soldier
by CPT Lim Ann Nee

Cyber-Terrorism: An Emerging Security Threat of the New Millennium
by CPT Ow Kim Meng

• Security Studies

  The Motivations and Methods of the Terrorist
  by MAJ (NS)(DR) Aaron Chia Eng Seng

  When States May Lawfully Resort to Armed Force
  by Ms Ong Yen Nee

• Book Review

Defence and Decolonisation
in Southeast Asia: Britain, Malaya and Singapore 1941-68 (Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press, 2001) by Karl Hack
Reviewd by LTA (NS) Toh Boon Ho

Personality Profile: Mohammad Jinnah

Selected Books and Reports: Henry A. Kissinger