U.S. Army War College Key Strategic Issues List (KSIL) 2012-2013

Abstract

The Key Strategic Issues List (KSIL) is published annually for the purpose of making students and other researchers aware of strategic topics that are, or are likely to become, of special importance to the U.S. Army. The list is a compilation of input from the faculty at the Strategic Studies Institute, the U.S. Army War College, the U.S. Army's senior leadership, as well as from civilian and military defense experts. The topics are updated annually and reflect current as well as ongoing strategic concerns. The underlying theme this year is strategic "rebalancing" -- as the U.S. Army prepares to shift its focus from counterinsurgency and counterterrorism operations to carrying out rebalancing initiatives, shaping the strategic environment, deterring regional aggression, improving crisis response capabilities, and completing its downsizing efforts. Consolidation of important strategic and tactical successes in the war against al Qaeda also will continue, as will the efforts to distill lessons from the campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan. Functional Strategic Issues: Landpower Employment -- Evolving Roles and Missions; Landpower Generation and Sustainment; Strategy and Military Change in an Austere Environment; Leadership, Civil-Military Relations, and Culture; Cyber Attack/Defense, Networks, Information Technology; and Homeland Security/Civil Support. Evolving Regional Strategic Issues: Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, South and Central Asia, and Western Hemisphere. Command Sponsored Topics from the National Guard Bureau, U.S. Army Reserve, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), U.S. Cyber Command (CYBERCOM), U.S. Army's Cyber Command (ARCYBER), U.S. European Command (EUCOM), U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) and North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM), and U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC-ARCIC).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA565538

Entities

People

  • Brian C. Proctor
  • David Connelly
  • Donald Cranz
  • Jeff Melody
  • John Gailliard
  • John Surdu
  • Karla Brischke
  • Louis H. Jordan Jr.
  • Robert J. Howell
  • Steven Metz

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Climate Change
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Cyberattacks
  • Cyberspace Operations
  • Employment
  • Homeland Security
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Science
  • Personnel Management
  • Solar Energy
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States Africa Command
  • United States Northern Command
  • United States Southern Command
  • United States Transportation Command
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.

Technology Areas

  • Cyber
  • Space