Defense 2045
Subtitle: Assessing the Future Security Environment and Implications for Defense Policymakers
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 54
ISBN-13: 9781442258884
Subjects: United states, department of defense; United states, appropriations and expenditures; National security, united states; United states, military policy
Description: "In a period of budget austerity and emerging threats, defense policymakers must contend with a range of competing requirements. And while current conflicts take precedence, the Defense Department must also focus on developing the force of the future. To do so, it is first necessary to consider the nature of conflict and types of missions the U.S. military may face in the coming decades. By assessing the key components, or drivers, of the future security environment (FSE), an unknowable future becomes a bit clearer. This report provides such an assessment. Drawing on qualitative data such as national security and foreign policy literature, Defense Department strategy and operational documents, and interviews with leading academics and practitioners, this study identifies and examines the drivers of the FSE in order to guide analysis and decisionmaking"--Publisher's web site.