Shaping the Global Environment
Abstract
Every strategy or plan has at its beginning a perceived end, end state or objective. Looking to the 21st century the strategic end state we may desire is a global environment that ensures our national security and economic prosperity. The question is how to we achieve this end state. My assessment is that in order to achieve this end state we must change the way we see the world and we must change the organizational structure that deals with the international environment. In every administration, the President has provided a vision of the future. For this administration I would offer that the vision should be centered on "Shaping the Global Environment". We are in a period of unprecedented and inevitable global change, and we must learn to accommodate and to help shape local changes constructively. We cannot prevent the future from arriving. Change is inevitable, how the world changes is not. We can play an instrumental role in what the world looks like in 2025 and beyond.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 09, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADA404435
Entities
People
- Michael D. Ellerse
Organizations
- United States Army War College