Measuring National Power in the Postindustrial Age: Analyst's Handbook

Abstract

The Office of Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence (ODCSINT), U.S. Army, tasked RAND's Arroyo Center to examine how national power ought to be understood in the context of the technical and social changes taking place today. Three concerns made such a reassessment particularly pressing: 1. A growing unease with the current aggregate measures of national power used within the intelligence community. 2. A growing suspicion that the nature of warfare itself may be changing in fundamental ways. 3. An increasing concern that the lack of an adequate methodology to assess national power might cause the United States to miss or misinterpret incipient changes in power capability that may be taking place within many countries in the international system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA386078

Entities

People

  • Ashley Tellis
  • Christopher Layne
  • Janice Bially
  • Jerry M. Sollinger
  • Melissa Mcpherson

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Biological Sciences
  • Combat Areas
  • Command And Control
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Doctrine
  • Intellectual Property
  • Manufacturing
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Naval Warfare
  • Students
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Personnel Management and Statistics in the Military and Department of Defense
  • Strategic Security Studies