Lost Priorities
Abstract
A review of the administration's National Security Strategy highlights the administration's inability to identify what's really important and focus its limited resources on accomplishing the essential tasks required to achieve desired objectives. The six strategic priorities set forth in the Strategy fail to accomplish the intent of a priority list, that is to provide choice when confronted with fewer means than required to meet objectives. The purpose of this paper is to outline the major contributing factors to the administration's ineffective priority list and propose required changes. This must be done if the nation wants a priority list that minimizes contradiction, maximizes effectiveness, focuses strategy, and produces policy that meets the nation's objectives. A priority list is the result of sound, systematic development of national interests, objectives, and resource allocations to meet desired objectives. This critical work lacks precision in the Clinton National Security Strategy. Specifically, interests and objectives are too loosely defined, the link between available resources and objectives is not evident, and priorities are not focused.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA442002
Entities
People
- Rhett Hernandez
Organizations
- National War College