US International Affairs: Maintaining American Leadership.

Abstract

In September 1996, the Brookings Institution and the Council on Foreign Relations jointly convened the Task Force on Resources for International Affairs to examine the scope and nature of US programs in international affairs and strategies to ensure appropriate levels of funding for those programs. The Task Force highlighted the stagnation and decline of funding to international affairs during the last decade and focused attention within the executive, legislative, and private sector communities to the potentiality that important Americans interests would be foregone if international affairs funding continued its current trend in appropriations. This report seeks to build upon the Task Force's initial assessments and further explore the impact of foreign affairs programs upon US national interests. It attempts to assess the organizational alignment of the Executive Branch community of policy makers and implementors and offers recommendations concerning how this community can more effectively function within its legislative and public authorizing environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 08, 1997
Accession Number
ADA334400

Entities

People

  • Celes E. Hughes
  • Mark E. Burns

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Department Of State
  • Environmental Protection
  • Federal Budgets
  • Foreign Aid
  • Foreign Policy
  • Foreign Relations
  • Governments
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Law
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Public Policy

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Strategic Security Studies