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Format: 1 online resource (62 pages)

ISBN: 0-8330-7975-1

Content: This paper suggests an approach for how the Department of Defense (DoD) might execute deep reductions in the defense budget, deep enough that stated defense strategy could not be fully resourced. The cuts examined go beyond the $487 billion announced in January 2012 by Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. The authors do not argue for or against further reductions. They posit that the ongoing pressure to reduce the federal budget deficit may mandate further reductions in the DoD budget. In this context, they suggest starting from a strategic basis in determining the reductions, prioritizing challenges, and identifying where to accept more risk in the process. The paper demonstrates this method with three illustrative strategic directions that might guide the department in choosing which forces and programs to reduce or to protect while making explicit the risks involved. It builds on the strategic guidance of January 2012, Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership: Priorities for 21st Century Defense. It is intended to inform the debate that will likely take place over the coming months, and years, on how to cope with pressure to reduce the defense budget further while limiting risk to U.S. national security.

Note: Introduction -- Alternative directions for U.S. defense strategy -- Assessing the advantages and risks of alternative strategic directions -- Force reductions linked to alternative strategic directions -- Appendix: Summary advantages and disadvantages of alternative strategic directions.

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-8330-7686-8

Language: English

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Format: 1 online resource (415 p.)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 1-282-28275-1 , 9786612282751 , 0-8330-3410-3

Content: The collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold WarÑand then the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001Ñtransformed the task of American foreign and defense policymaking. This book outlines the dimensions of that transformation and sketches new tools for dealing with the policy challengesÑfrom modeling and gaming, to planning based on capabilities rather than threats, to personnel planning and making use of ""best practices"" from the private sector.

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , PREFACE; CONTENTS; FIGURES; TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; FROM OLD CHALLENGES TO NEW; HOW THIS VOLUME IS ORGANIZED; PART I. NEW CHALLENGES FOR DEFENSE; INTRODUCTION TO PART I; Chapter One DECISIONMAKING FOR DEFENSE; DECIDING WHAT DECISIONS MUST BE MADE; DECIDING WHO MAKES THE DECISIONS; DECIDING HOW TO ALLOCATE RESOURCES; DECIDING WHAT INVESTMENTS TO MAKE; ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO DECISIONMAKING; ALTERNATIVE DECISIONMAKING STYLES; LOOKING TO THE FUTURE; Chapter Two RESPONDING TO ASYMMETRIC THREATS; FROM THE COLD WAR TO THE PRESENT; EXAMPLES OF ASYMMETRIC THREATS , HOW WOULD ADVERSARIES SHAPE ASYMMETRIC THREATS?THE IMPORTANCE OF SURPRISE AND ANONYMITY; CHALLENGE AND RESPONSE CYCLES; THE CHALLENGE OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION; A FRAMEWORK FOR RESPONDING TO ASYMMETRIC THREATS; Institutionalization Through Protection; Institutionalization Through Threat Management; Internationalization; CONCLUSIONS; Chapter Three WHAT INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE FOR DEFENSE?; WHAT IS ARCHITECTURE?; The Global Information Grid; Need There Be Architecture?; Architecture Follows Culture?; DoD as an Institution in Its Own League; ELEMENTS OF ARCHITECTURE; Collection; Access , PresentationNetworking; Knowledge Maintenance and Management; Security; Interoperability; Integration; THE NEED TO THINK NOW; PART II. COPING WITH UNCERTAINTY; INTRODUCTION TO PART II; Chapter Four INCORPORATING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN DEFENSE PLANNING; MODEST PROPOSITIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE; REAL REVOLUTIONS ON THE PHYSICAL BATTLEFIELD; Hitting What Can Be Seen; From Contingency to Necessity; The Coming Architecture of Military Organization; Conventional War, Hyperwar, and Mud Warfare; FALSE REVOLUTIONS ON THE VIRTUAL BATTLEFIELD; What Is Information Warfare?; Electronic Warfare , Command-and-Control WarfarePsychological Operations; The Ghost in the Machine; THE LESSON OF SEPTEMBER 11; Chapter Five UNCERTAINTY-SENSITIVE PLANNING; WHY SO MANY SURPRISES?; CONCEPTUAL STRATEGIC PLANNING; Uncertainty-Sensitive Strategic Planning; Operationalizing Strategic Planning in Portfolio-Management Terms; CAPABILITIES-BASED PLANNING; Key Features; Information Technology and Mission-System Analysis; Multiple Objectives and Measures; The Concept of a Scenario Space (an Assumptions Space); Choices and Resource Allocation; Chapter Six PLANNING THE FUTURE MILITARY WORKFORCE , MILITARY HUMAN CAPITALHistorical Size, Source, and Composition of the Active Force; Ongoing Revolutions: Composition, Characteristics, and Attributes; Looking to the Future; MANPOWER AND PERSONNEL ANALYSIS; The Process; Choosing Among Alternatives, an Example; Chapter Seven THE SOLDIER OF THE 21st CENTURY; VISIONS OF THE FUTURE; Cyber Soldier; Information Warrior; Peace Operations; Rapid Response Force; Low-Manning Vessels; Evolutionary Change; EXPERIENCE OF THE ALL-VOLUNTEER FORCE; Versatility and Leadership; Attracting Quality Personnel; Economic Theories of Compensation , ISSUES FOR THE FUTURE

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-8330-3289-5

Language: English

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Format: IX, 149 S , graph. Darst

Edition: 1. print

Language: Undetermined

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Format: XII, 87 S.

ISBN: 0-8157-4689-X

Series Statement: Studies in defense policy

Language: English

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Format: 130 S. , Tab.

Edition: Rev. ed.

Content: Johnson, S. E.: DBK: opportunity and challenges. - S.19-26. Libicki, M.: DBK and ist consequences. - S.27-58. Bracken, P.: Significance of dominant battlefield awareness. - S.59-75. Alberts, D.: The future of command and control with DBK. - S.77-102. Cooper, J.: Dominant battlespace awareness and future warfare. - S.103-119. Sovereign, M.: DBK with autonomous weapons. - S.121-132. Hazlett, J.: Just-in-time warfare. - S.133-148

Note: Johnson, S. E.: DBK: opportunity and challenges. - S.19-26. Libicki, M.: DBK and ist consequences. - S.27-58. Bracken, P.: Significance of dominant battlefield awareness. - S.59-75. Alberts, D.: The future of command and control with DBK. - S.77-102. Cooper, J.: Dominant battlespace awareness and future warfare. - S.103-119. Sovereign, M.: DBK with autonomous weapons. - S.121-132. Hazlett, J.: Just-in-time warfare. - S.133-148.

Language: English

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Format: 136 S. , graph. Darst., Tab., Lit. S. 129-136

Edition: Online-Ausg. Online Ressource

ISBN: 083302910X

Content: Sokolsky, R.; Lesser, I.: Threats to western energy supplies. - S. 7-28. Sokolsky, R.; Larrabee, F. S.; Lesser, I.: The allies and energy security: perspectives and policies. - S. 29-69. Peters, J. E.; Shlapak, D.; Liston, T.: Allied power projection capabilities. - S. 71-104. Sokolsky, R.; Larrabee, F. S.; Johnson, S.: Implications and recommendations for the USAF and U.S. defense planning. - S. 105-127

Note: Sokolsky, R.; Lesser, I.: Threats to western energy supplies. - S. 7-28. Sokolsky, R.; Larrabee, F. S.; Lesser, I.: The allies and energy security: perspectives and policies. - S. 29-69. Peters, J. E.; Shlapak, D.; Liston, T.: Allied power projection capabilities. - S. 71-104. Sokolsky, R.; Larrabee, F. S.; Johnson, S.: Implications and recommendations for the USAF and U.S. defense planning. - S. 105-127.

Language: English

URL: Volltext

URL: Volltext

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Format: 1 online resource (62 pages)

ISBN: 0-8330-7975-1

Content: This paper suggests an approach for how the Department of Defense (DoD) might execute deep reductions in the defense budget, deep enough that stated defense strategy could not be fully resourced. The cuts examined go beyond the $487 billion announced in January 2012 by Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. The authors do not argue for or against further reductions. They posit that the ongoing pressure to reduce the federal budget deficit may mandate further reductions in the DoD budget. In this context, they suggest starting from a strategic basis in determining the reductions, prioritizing challenges, and identifying where to accept more risk in the process. The paper demonstrates this method with three illustrative strategic directions that might guide the department in choosing which forces and programs to reduce or to protect while making explicit the risks involved. It builds on the strategic guidance of January 2012, Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership: Priorities for 21st Century Defense. It is intended to inform the debate that will likely take place over the coming months, and years, on how to cope with pressure to reduce the defense budget further while limiting risk to U.S. national security.

Note: Introduction -- Alternative directions for U.S. defense strategy -- Assessing the advantages and risks of alternative strategic directions -- Force reductions linked to alternative strategic directions -- Appendix: Summary advantages and disadvantages of alternative strategic directions.

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-8330-7686-8

Language: English

UID:

Format: 1 online resource (62 pages)

ISBN: 0-8330-7975-1

Content: This paper suggests an approach for how the Department of Defense (DoD) might execute deep reductions in the defense budget, deep enough that stated defense strategy could not be fully resourced. The cuts examined go beyond the $487 billion announced in January 2012 by Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. The authors do not argue for or against further reductions. They posit that the ongoing pressure to reduce the federal budget deficit may mandate further reductions in the DoD budget. In this context, they suggest starting from a strategic basis in determining the reductions, prioritizing challenges, and identifying where to accept more risk in the process. The paper demonstrates this method with three illustrative strategic directions that might guide the department in choosing which forces and programs to reduce or to protect while making explicit the risks involved. It builds on the strategic guidance of January 2012, Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership: Priorities for 21st Century Defense. It is intended to inform the debate that will likely take place over the coming months, and years, on how to cope with pressure to reduce the defense budget further while limiting risk to U.S. national security.

Note: Introduction -- Alternative directions for U.S. defense strategy -- Assessing the advantages and risks of alternative strategic directions -- Force reductions linked to alternative strategic directions -- Appendix: Summary advantages and disadvantages of alternative strategic directions.

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-8330-7686-8

Language: English

UID:

Format: 1 online resource (62 pages)

ISBN: 0-8330-7975-1

Content: This paper suggests an approach for how the Department of Defense (DoD) might execute deep reductions in the defense budget, deep enough that stated defense strategy could not be fully resourced. The cuts examined go beyond the $487 billion announced in January 2012 by Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. The authors do not argue for or against further reductions. They posit that the ongoing pressure to reduce the federal budget deficit may mandate further reductions in the DoD budget. In this context, they suggest starting from a strategic basis in determining the reductions, prioritizing challenges, and identifying where to accept more risk in the process. The paper demonstrates this method with three illustrative strategic directions that might guide the department in choosing which forces and programs to reduce or to protect while making explicit the risks involved. It builds on the strategic guidance of January 2012, Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership: Priorities for 21st Century Defense. It is intended to inform the debate that will likely take place over the coming months, and years, on how to cope with pressure to reduce the defense budget further while limiting risk to U.S. national security.

Note: Introduction -- Alternative directions for U.S. defense strategy -- Assessing the advantages and risks of alternative strategic directions -- Force reductions linked to alternative strategic directions -- Appendix: Summary advantages and disadvantages of alternative strategic directions.

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-8330-7686-8

Language: English

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Format: XXIX, 136 S , graph. Darst , 23 cm

ISBN: 083302910X

Series Statement: MR / Rand 1245

Note: MR-1245-AF , Includes bibliographical references (p.129-136)

Language: English

Keywords: USA ; NATO ; Militärpolitik ; Golfstaaten ; Sicherheitspolitik ; Militärische Kooperation ; Allied Forces

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