Research Brief
U.S. Security Needs for the 21st Century
Jan 1, 1997
Strategic Appraisal 1997
Strategy and Defense Planning for the 21st Century
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This publication brings together the views of several experts in both the process and substance of defense planning. It argues that an ambitious U.S. national strategy of global leadership will be needed to protect and advance U.S. interests and identifies a range of possible future missions for which we need to prepare. Essays in the volume explore key issues that will arise as the United States fashions its military forces for the coming decades. These include: the roles of military power in U.S. national securitystrategy; new approaches to planning and evaluating future military force postures; the nature of future military challenges, both in defeating large-scale aggression and meeting smaller-scale threats; which operational capabilities should receive the highest priority; what level of forces future budgets are likely to support; and how the Department of Defense should downsize its infrastructure and reform its management practices. Thisvolume will be of interest to professional defense planners and analysts, as well as students of defense strategy and operations.
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Table of Contents
Chapter One
Introduction
Chapter Two
Strategy and Defense Planning for the Coming Century
Chapter Three
The Context for Defense Planning: the Environment, Strategy, and Missions
Chapter Four
Adaptiveness in Defense Planning: the Basis of a New Framework
Chapter Five
New Principles for Force Sizing
Chapter Six
Capabilities for Major Regional Conflicts
Chapter Seven
From Sideshow to Center Stage: the Role of the Army and Air Force in Military Operations Other Than War
Chapter Eight
Managing Regional Security: Toward a New U.S. Military Alignposture Overseas
Chapter Nine
What Can Likely Defense Budgets Sustain?
Chapter Ten
Trading Butter for Guns: Managing Infrastructure Reductions
Chapter Eleven
Conclusion
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