Strategic Landscape, 2050: Preparing the U.S. Military for New Era Dynamics

Abstract

Barring major policy failures, the U.S. military will still enjoy unrivaled capabilities in the coming decades. But a series of megatrends and region-specific dynamics will challenge the U.S military and economic leadership, exposing the United States to crises and opportunities on the battlefield and in the market. These megatrends will define the evolving multicentric system of interaction among actors, facilitating further dispersion of influence that will undermine the U.S. position as the most influential actor while enabling its rivals to move up the ranks fast.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2017
Accession Number
AD1056847

Entities

People

  • Roman Muzalevsky

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Climate Change
  • Combat Areas
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Control Systems
  • Defense Systems
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Droughts
  • International Law
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Prompt Global Strike
  • Sea Level Rise
  • Storm Surges
  • War Colleges
  • Warning Systems
  • Weapons Effects

Readers

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