RAND Research Brief: Balancing Strategy, Forces, and Resources. Lessons for the Current Defense Review

Abstract

The post-Cold War era has been one of immense change, and one that has created equally immense challenges for defense planners. Changes in the international environment and the nature of threats to U.S. interests-as well as the size of defense budgets-have placed tremendous strain on the U.S. policymakers who sought to achieve a balance between strategy, forces, and resources. The question of how best to achieve such a balance has arisen again with the defense reviews of 2001.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA394999

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  • Counter WMD

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  • Base Closures
  • Budgets
  • Cold War
  • Costs
  • Defense Planning
  • Deterrence
  • Federal Budgets
  • Force Structure
  • Infrastructure
  • Manpower
  • Military Budgets
  • Military Capabilities
  • Military Operations
  • Military Strategy
  • Procurement
  • United States
  • Ussr

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