America's Military Priorities

Abstract

We remain in transition to a new international system following the Cold War, a transition that is likely to last through the decade. The nature of the new system will be determined largely by the health of America's alliances with Europe and Japan, by the outcome of Russian and Chinese transitions, and the rate of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Developing a new grand strategy to replace containment has proven difficult precisely because the system remains in transition. Both the Bush and Clinton administrations have struggled with their international vision. The Bottom Up Review was developed in the context of a strategy of "Engagement and Enlargement" that emerged as speeches during the first nine months of 1993. The crises with Iraq and North Korea in the autumn of 1994 confirmed the validity of the two major regional conflict threat envisioned by the Bottom Up Review. That concept may need to be amended in time, but it is appropriate for the interim.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA395096

Entities

People

  • Hans Binnendijk

Organizations

  • National Defense University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Weapons
  • Civil War
  • Cold War
  • Deployment
  • Europe
  • Force Structure
  • Governments
  • Military Budgets
  • Military Education
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Procurement
  • Security
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • Weapons
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Strategic Security Studies