Author: Steven MetzPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428911588
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
American Strategy: Issues and Alternatives For the Quadrennial Defense Review
Author: Steven MetzPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428911588
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
American Strategy Issues and Alternatives for the Quadrennial Defense Review
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The combination of a congressionally-mandated Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), a change of presidents, and shifts in the global security environment will force or allow American strategists to rethink some of the basic elements of U.S. strategy and decide if any changes need to be made. It is vital that the defense transformation process be strategy driven rather than dictated by budgets or technology alone. In other words, the first step in assessing the status and the future of American strategy is to examine the concepts and broad alternatives on which it is built. In this monograph, the author begins with a survey of the evolution of American defense strategy since the end of the Cold War. He then describes some the key issues which will shape the upcoming QDR and assesses a range of strategic alternatives ranging from the existing strategy to some new and innovative ones. For each alternative, he describes the key assumptions and the risks involved. He ends with a slate of recommendations including a controlled shift away from the focus on large-scale regional war with rogue states.
American Strategy Issues and Alternatives for the Quadrennial Defense Review
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The combination of a congressionally-mandated Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), a change of presidents, and shifts in the global security environment will force or allow American strategists to rethink some of the basic elements of U.S. strategy and decide if any changes need to be made. It is vital that the defense transformation process be strategy driven rather than dictated by budgets or technology alone. In other words, the first step in assessing the status and the future of American strategy is to examine the concepts and broad alternatives on which it is built. In this monograph, the author begins with a survey of the evolution of American defense strategy since the end of the Cold War. He then describes some the key issues which will shape the upcoming QDR and assesses a range of strategic alternatives ranging from the existing strategy to some new and innovative ones. For each alternative, he describes the key assumptions and the risks involved. He ends with a slate of recommendations including a controlled shift away from the focus on large-scale regional war with rogue states.
Report of the Quadrennial Defense Review
Author: William S. CohenPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 9780788145452
Category : Military planning
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Partial contents include: (1) Design, Approach, and Implementation of the Quadrennial Defense Review; (2) The Global Security Environment; (3) Defense Strategy; (4) Alternative Defense Postures; (5) Forces and Manpower; (6) Force Readiness; (7) Transforming U.S. Forces For the Future; (8) Achieving a 21st Century Defense Infrastructure; (9) Defense Resources Section; and (10) Comments by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Managing Quadrennial Defense Review Integration
Author: John Y. SchraderPublisher: RAND Corporation
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
The problems and issues that the research team tracked during QDR 1997 are far from being resolved and there is no clear guidance on what will be demanded in QDR 2001. The services remain skeptical of the Joint Staff dealing with tough issues that could redirect their own programmatic decisions. Although there is promise of improvement in organization and process, the most glaring problems are the lack of a comprehensive approach to treating resources and understanding the effects of resources on strategy adn transformation alternatives. It is essential that good working relationships be established now with a clear understanding of the different responsibilities and capabilities of the Joint Staff and the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD). It will be important to identify an appropriate set of mega-issues (with an appropriate set of supporting specific issues) and initiate studies and analysis on the most important ones.
Alternative National Military Strategies for the United States
Author: Conrad C. Crane (history.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The 2001 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) will have to address all the relevant issues about the future course of American national security strategy and provide useful recommendations to the new administration as it develops a new security strategy. The Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College and the Georgetown University Center for Peace and Security Studies convened a conference on "Alternative Military Strategies for the United States" to highlight the key issues that will have to be analyzed by the QDR and the new administration's security planning. This report summarizes the presentations from a distinguished group of panelists that included many prominent American commentators on national security issues. The report closes with an analysis of the most important issues that must be resolved to produce a viable national security strategy for the new millennium. This strategy will require some combination of new mission priorities, additional force structure, and Department of Defense economizing. This report provides a useful overview of the various positions in those areas, and is a good starting point for those trying to grasp the intricacies of future QDR debates.
Strategic Issues and Options for the Quadrennial Defense Review
Author: Paul K. DavisPublisher: RAND Corporation
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
This paper develops and examines a wide range of strategic options for the defense program and posture.
Qdr 2001
Author: Michele A. FlournoyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780756718152
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
The QDR is a comprehensive, top-to-bottom, strategy-to-prog. approach, and provides early guidance for change. Chapters: 12 strategy decisions; the future security environ., 2001-2025; the rise of asymmetric threats: priorities for def. planning; the def. budget: meeting growing require. with constrained resources; def. strategy alternatives: choosing where to place emphasis and where to accept risk; sizing conventional forces; assessing risk; identifying force structure issues; the future of U.S. overseas presence; peacetime oper.; modernizing and transforming U.S. forces; strategic nuclear forces and nat. missile defense; choosing among strategy-driven integrated paths. Charts and tables.
Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR)
Author: The History and Politics of Defense Reviews
Author: Raphael S. CohenPublisher:
ISBN: 9780833099730
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This report explores the history and politics behind the post-Cold War history of defense reviews to understand how they evolved, what they can and cannot accomplish, and how the services and the Department of Defense can maximize their future use.