The Future Security Environment

Abstract

This report summarizes the Working Group's views of the future security environment, and is organized as follows. The first section characterizes major economic, demographic, and technological trends. The second section describes the major changes those trends will probably bring about in the future security environment. The third section presents a number of possible shocks and discontinuities. The final section discusses the major issues that strategic planners ought to focus on, or that need more study in the future.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA528366

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combat Areas
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Detectors
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Employment
  • Guided Bombs
  • Health Services
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Applications
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Precision-Guided Munitions
  • Treaties
  • Weapons Effects

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