Domestic Trends in the United States, China, and Iran
Implications for U.S. Navy Strategic Planning
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The U.S. Navy faces uncertainty about the degree to which it will have to prepare for a high-end future conflict against a powerful, well-armed opponent versus the so-called Long War against rogue nations and terrorist organizations. The answer depends to a large extent on the evolution of U.S. relations with China and Iran and the future of the United States itself. To help the Navy understand how critical near-, mid-, and far-term trends in the United States, China, and Iran might influence U.S. security decisions in general and the Navy's allocation of resources in particular, RAND examined emerging nonmilitary trends in each of the three countries. The authors investigated current and projected domestic developments in the areas of demographics, economics, energy consumption, the environment, and education. They also examined each country's relations with its so-called near abroad to determine how much of a challenge each of the three nations (plus Japan and Russia) will experience in their own immediate “neighborhoods.”
The authors conclude that the Navy will have to balance its investment decisions around the following major findings:
- There will be less tolerance for costly, “big-ticket” defense projects in the United States; the Navy's “blue-green” mix will be affected.
- China will remain the Navy's greatest potential challenge, but Iran will continue to defy the United States in the Middle East.
- Further cooperation with key allies in the Pacific and the Greater Middle East will be required, as will an enduring defense commitment in the Middle East.
Table of Contents
Chapter One
Introduction and Objectives
Chapter Two
Strategic Trends in the United States
Chapter Three
The United States' Near Abroad
Chapter Four
Strategic Trends in the People's Republic of China
Chapter Five
China's Near Abroad
Chapter Six
Strategic Trends in Iran
Chapter Seven
Iran's Near Abroad
Chapter Eight
Japan's Near Abroad
Chapter Nine
Russia's Near Abroad
Chapter Ten
Conclusions
Appendix A
Comparisons
Appendix B
China's Coal Future
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