National Security Strategy: Legislative Mandates, Execution to Date, and Considerations for Congress

Abstract

There is a growing, still highly inchoate debate among practitioners and scholars, including participants from across the political spectrum, concerning the need to reform the U.S. government's national security system. Reform proponents argue that much of the current architecture was designed to meet the global security challenges of the post-World War II context, and may not be appropriate for addressing 21st challenges. That architecture includes the organizations, structures, and processes that govern decision making, budgeting, planning and execution, and congressional oversight of national security activities. National security strategic guidance documents, including formal strategies and other forms of guidance, are a key element of that system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 28, 2008
Accession Number
ADA481872

Entities

People

  • Catherine Dale

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Congress
  • Counterterrorism
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Employment
  • Foreign Relations
  • Globalization
  • Governments
  • Homeland Security
  • Intelligence Community (United States)
  • International Organizations
  • Law
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Security
  • Security Personnel
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union