Developing Twenty-First-Century Airpower Strategists
Abstract
Many argue that we are in a period of history with potentially cataclysmic dangers. are we on the cusp of a series of dramatic upheavals? Will global demographic shifts, changing age structures, and population migrations lead to friction and ultimately violent conflict? Will rapid urbanization and unassimilated cultural enclaves collapse weak or failing states or paralyze others? Will the competition for energy and arable land or water lead to new tensions and violence? Will loose nuclear or biological weapons in the hands of those who hate america or its close allies lead to a tragic catastrophe? Will today's proliferation of "information," whether factual or not, increase cultural misunderstandings, tensions, and distrust between the perceived "haves" and "have-nots" and lead to violence? Will rising economic powers on the horizon surpass the United States by taking advantage of technological shifts, globalization, and our preoccupation with global security affairs? Will america maintain sufficient leverage into the future to assure its national security interests when, many would argue, economic, educational, scientific, technological, and diplomatic power seems to be shifting elsewhere?
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2008
- Accession Number
- ADA508465
Entities
People
- R. M. Worden