Military Diplomacy in the New World Order

Abstract

The New World Order--that articulated by former President Bush at the end of the Cold War era--remains yet unsettled and, in fact, undefined. It is filled with uncertainties and instabilities caused by traditional enmities now reemerging. This reemergence is a result of a world shift from bipolarism to polyarchism. The leadership role of the United States in this new era will, it is predicted, involve selective engagement. Additionally, the U.S. will exercise the role of a grand facilitator. In this altered security environment, this paper argues that coercive and cooperative military influence--especially that defined as military diplomacy--has a continuing place in the exercise of U.S. global leadership. This study reviews the historical record of military diplomacy and examines the past use of the four services individually and in joint operations. Particular analysis is given to the current adaptive planning construct established by the Joint Staff with regard to the employment of flexible deterrent options as an aspect of military diplomacy

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 25, 1993
Accession Number
ADA264862

Entities

People

  • Michael G. Cooper

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Airborne Warning And Control System
  • Deployment
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Political Systems
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Strategic Security Studies