Enhancing and Managing Regionally Oriented Individuals and Organizations

Abstract

The January 2012 defense strategic guidance document, Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership: Priorities for 21st Century Defense, emphasized the need to develop innovative, low-cost, and small-footprint approaches to achieve our security objectives, relying on exercises, rotational presence, and advisory capabilities. 1 In his December 2012 speech to the National Press Club, entitled The Force of the 21st Century, Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) Leon Panetta echoed and reinforced the January 2012 defense strategic guidance document. In particular, he highlighted the need for a smaller, leaner, agile, and flexible military, adept at building partner capacity and security cooperation.2 In June 2013, SECDEF Chuck Hagel delivered a speech at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (Shangri-La Dialogue), Singapore, in which he emphasized the need to continue to strengthen existing alliances, forge new partnerships, and build coalitions (especially, but not exclusively, in the Asia-Pacific region). He stated, This rebalancing should not, however, be misinterpreted. The U.S. has allies, interests and responsibilities across the globe. The Asia-Pacific rebalance is not a retreat from other regions of the world. 3 Recently, at the May 2014 Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Secretary Hagel again emphasized Our people, our capabilities, our partnerships[ ] They will be my guiding focus, all the leadership of DOD s guiding focus as we reshape, rebalance, and reform our defense enterprise for the challenges ahead and ensure America's global leadership. This will require innovation and agility in every area. And it will require engagement around the world. 4 Most recently, at the May 2014 commencement ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy, President Barack Obama also emphasized partnerships.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 30, 2014
Accession Number
ADA615987

Entities

People

  • Amy A. Alrich
  • Brandon A. Shapiro
  • Claudio C. Biltoc
  • Joseph F. Adams
  • Peter M. Picucci

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Asymmetric Warfare
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Congress
  • Employment
  • Geographic Regions
  • Law
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Education
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Personnel Management
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.