The Impact of Globalization on the U.S. Defense Industrial Base

Abstract

The nation s military strategy, in large part, continues to depend on superior technology, highly qualified operational forces, and the ability to sustain those forces, in order to achieve its objectives. However, in spite of fact that the U.S. defense industrial base and the global defense industrial base have changed significantly since the end of the Cold War, current U.S. defense policy amounts to little more than the consolidation of numerous incremental changes that are often contradictory in their aims. The impacts of globalization on defense must be better understood so that policy-makers can better balance the requirements of defense industrial and trade policy with political, economic, and security considerations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA613053

Entities

People

  • Jacques Gansler
  • John Rigilano
  • William Lucyshyn

Organizations

  • University of Maryland

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter WMD
  • Cyber
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Superiority Fighters
  • Defense Industry
  • Employment
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Foreign Relations
  • Globalization
  • International Law
  • International Relations
  • Logistics
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Students
  • Treaties
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

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