Alternative World Scenarios for Strategic Planning

Abstract

This Futures Report offers Department of the Army (DA) and Department of Defense (DOD) planners, decisionmakers, and policymakers useful ways to describe and examine alternative futures. The report provides methods to project trends or events into the long-range future while retaining their plausibility. Additionally, it presents possible alternative conditions, trends and events that are likely to influence and challenge future defense postures. Finally, the report introduces a plausible framework for considering common future world environments in midrange and long-range planning.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 20, 1988
Accession Number
ADA201065

Entities

People

  • Charles W. Taylor

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Defense Systems
  • Demography
  • Employment
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Governments
  • International Organizations
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Military Training
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Test And Evaluation
  • War Colleges

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