Strategic Forum. Number 287, May 2014. Strategy and Force Planning in a Time of Austerity

Abstract

Force planning and defense budgeting processes that may work well with spending increases have significant problems with budget reductions under austerity. The current U.S. fiscal crisis and political polarization make strategic planning and defense decisionmaking difficult. As part of strategy, defense leaders need to engage in a credible dialogue about austerity, to include discussing fiscal policy and nondefense spending.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA617147

Entities

People

  • Michael J. Meese

Organizations

  • National Defense University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Budgets
  • Department Of Defense
  • Economic Security
  • Federal Budgets
  • Governments
  • Military Budgets
  • Military Operations
  • Military Personnel
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Procurement
  • Security
  • Social Security
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Nuclear Civil Defense.