The US Commission on National Security/21st Century (Hart-Rudman) Overview and Observations on Phase I

Abstract

The US Commission on National Security for the 21st Century-informally known as "Hart-Rudman" for its co-chairs, former senators Gary Hart and Warren Rudman-was chartered by Defense Secretary William Cohen in the summer of 1998 to study several critical national security issues. In September of 1999 the commissioners provided the Secretary with their first (Phase I) report, which seeks to characterize the future security environment the United States will face over the next 25 years. The author served as a full-time member of the senior study group supporting the commission during Phase I. In this briefing he first describes highlights and some supporting details of the Commission's Phase I work. Next he offers his views on what the Commission has added to the national security debate. The author concludes with several observations regarding the likely contributions by the Commission and its senior study group in the remaining phases of their work.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA387277

Entities

People

  • James S. Thomason

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Classification
  • Homeland Defense
  • Homeland Security
  • Information Operations
  • Instructions
  • Military Operations
  • Monitoring
  • National Security
  • Regional Security
  • Security
  • Three Dimensional

Readers

  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Nuclear Civil Defense.