Toward a Risk Management Defense Strategy

Abstract

The U.S. Army War College's Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute and Strategic Studies Institute are pleased to offer this important study on key considerations for DoD as it works through the on-going defense review. Mr. Freier outlines eight principles for a risk management defense strategy. He argues that these principles provide "measures of merit" for evaluating the new administration's defense choices. This monograph builds on two previous works - 'Known Unknowns: Unconventional "Strategic Shocks" in Defense Strategy Development' [ADA489100] and 'The New Balance: Limited Armed Stabilization and the Future of U.S. Landpower.' [ADA496368] Combined, these three works offer key insights on the most appropriate DoD responses to increasingly "unconventional" defense and national security conditions. This work in particular provides DoD leaders food for thought, as they balance mounting defense demands and declining defense resources.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA504202

Entities

People

  • Nathan Freier

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Asymmetric Warfare
  • Combat Operations
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Employment
  • Homeland Defense
  • Homeland Security
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Risk
  • Risk Management
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • Vulnerability
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Strategic Security Studies