Rand Review, Volume 25, Number 1, Spring 2001
Abstract
Three stories in this issue consider some of the most daunting challenges facing the United States and offer strategies to help the new administration meet those challenges. The cover story outlines a global agenda for the United States. Painstakingly bipartisan in its derivation, the story advocates "selective global leadership" in foreign and defense policy, combined with "strengthened and revitalized alliances." In practical terms, that strategy means striking a difficult financial balance between short-term military readiness and long-term military modernization. It means expanding U.S. alliances in Europe and Asia and increasing allied capabilities and decisionmaking roles in military operations. It means thoroughly reviewing current approaches to national missile defense and Arab-Israeli peacemaking. And it means taking advantage of unprecedented opportunities to improve the lives of people all over the world. Sidebars about Russia, humanitarian interventions, and Latin America specify how the strategy of "selective global leadership" can apply to these particular areas of concern. Our other feature story outlines a national agenda for science and technology policy. Steven Popper explains that the new administration will have to juggle several research priorities in science and technology to serve the overall public interest. Greater government attention should be paid to protecting new information infrastructures, managing the capabilities of new genomics technologies, and meeting other governance challenges posed by emerging technologies. At the same time, science and technology research should be harnessed to help confront a legion of continuing national challenges, ranging from aviation safety to energy efficiency to educational improvement.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2001
- Accession Number
- ADA388417
Entities
People
- Frank Carlucci
- Robert Hunter
- Steven W. Popper
- Zalmay Khalizad
Organizations
- RAND Corporation