National security reform 2010
Subtitle: a mid-term assessment
By: Joseph R. Cerami, Robert H. Dorff, Matthew H. Harber, editors
Contributors: Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute; Bush School of Government & Public Service
Publisher: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Carlisle, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
ISBN-13: 9781584874997
Subjects: National security; Congresses; International Security; Civil-military relations; Postwar reconstruction; Nation-building; Armed Forces; Stability operations; Military policy
Description: On April 22, 2010, the Bush School of Government and Public Service and the Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College co-sponsored a colloquium in Washington, DC, on a midterm assessment of leadership and national security reform in the Obama administration. Panelists included experts from the Project on National Security Reform; the Foreign Policy Research Institute; the Hudson Institute; the Council on Foreign Relations; the Reserve Officers Association; the American Security Project; and Creative Associates International, Inc. The colloquium theme focused on the need for advancing the research and study of national security reform by engaging the invited participants to share their expertise on ways to develop a deeper awareness and understanding of the reform issues facing the U.S. Government. Three panels of national security experts discussed: "Assessing National Security Reform"; "Legislative Imperatives"; and, "Assessing National Security Reform-The Way Forward." This book includes a summary of the panelists' presentations, along with chapters written after the colloquium to further address and to assess the effectiveness and the near-term potential for Obama administration's national security reform initiatives.
Notes: "August 2011."

"Strategic Studies Institute Book."

Includes bibliographical references.

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Table of contents: title: Introduction : strategic assessments and national security reform / Joseph R. Cerami, Jared E. Bennett, and Robert H. Dorff; title: Grading the government : a mid-term national security assessment / James Jay Carafano; title: Five heretical suggestions : addressing civil-military tensions / Bernard I. Finel; title: Congressional national security reform during the Obama administration / James R. Locher III; title: Congressional national security reform : a mid-Obama administration review / Richard Weitz; title: The National Security Council System : it's not much, but we like it / Harvey Sicherman; title: Assessing the United States in Afghanistan : the record and the range of choice / Joseph J. Collins; title: Stabilization and reconstruction in conflict and post-conflict since 9/11 / James Stephenson; title: Our strategic assessment "system" needs an overhaul : summary and concluding thoughts / Matthew Harber.