IDA Support to the Joint Staff (J8) and OUSD(Policy) on Global Defense Posture for the 2010 QDR and Beyond
Abstract
Global Defense Posture (GDP) is the network of forces, facilities and agreements overseas that supports the security interests of the United States. GDP was one of the key issues in the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review. In phase one of the task summarized in this document, IDA supported the Joint Staff J-8 in assessing selected posture issues by designing and helping to implement a risk-informed framework for analyzing the costs and benefits of courses of action related to them. In phase two of this task, IDA supported the Joint Staff and the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy in developing a more in-depth strategic framework for Department of Defense management of GDP on an enduring basis. The framework facilitates the assessment of our posture baseline in terms of risks faced in achieving a global set of strategic objectives. It also facilitates the assessment of the strategic and non strategic benefits and costs of posture initiatives. This document also depicts a proposal for an enduring Department process for managing posture and linking it to the Department budgeting process that was the subject of a follow-on IDA task for OUSD(Policy) and OUSD(Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 2013
- Accession Number
- AD1124238
Entities
People
- D. S. Barrnett
- Mark E. Tillman
Organizations
- Institute for Defense Analyses