International Competitiveness: A National Security Perspective
Abstract
United States has been losing its technological leadership status with reliance on technological superiority to deter our numerically superior adversaries and drive our economic machine, this issue has taken on national security implications. If our technological leadership and economic strength continue to deteriorate relative to the rest of the world's powers, the nations's ability and willingness to support what are perceived to be high levels of DOD funding will certainly erode. While DOD cannot reverse the nation's competitive decline single-handedly, the sheer size of our annual procurement budget provides us with significant leverage in the marketplace. It is imperative that we comprehend the nature of economic competition throughout the world. Only through such an understanding can DOD help foster a healthy environment for the nation's strategic industries while avoiding shortsighted and counterproductive activity. This paper has one primary goal: to provide the reader with a national security perspective on global economic competition and its implications on the continued ability to carry out our mission. Many of the competitiveness issues discussed compare our policies with those of our chief economic rival-Japan. Given that our two nations provide upward of 30 percent of the world's economic output, such an emphasis is understandably appropriate. Through such as understanding, those in position to make a difference today and in the future will keep this perceptive in mind when making day-to-day decisions.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1989
- Accession Number
- ADA211405
Entities
People
- Ronald H. Dabrowski
Organizations
- Air University