Author: Jack A. LecuyerPublisher:
ISBN: 9781304071170
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A National Security Staff for the 21st Century (Enlarged Edition)
Author: Jack A. LecuyerPublisher:
ISBN: 9781304071170
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A National Security Staff for the 21st Century
Author: Jack A. LeCuyerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Administrative agencies
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Our legacy 1947/1989 national security system is unsuited for the dynamic and complex global security environment that has developed since the end of the Cold War. Over time, the National Security Council has evolved from the very limited advisory group initially imagined by President Truman to that of a vast network of interagency groups that were developed since 1989. These interagency groups view themselves as deeply involved in integrating policy development, crisis management, and staffing for the President. However, the National Security Staff (NSS) and the national security system are relics of the industrial age -- vertical stovepipes -- in an age that demands that the management of the national security system be conducted at the strategic level. What is required is a true national security strategy based on ends, ways, and means; the alignment of resources with integrated national security missions; and the assessment and accountability of management functions that should be performed by a properly resourced NSS unburdened from the urgency of the 24/7 news cycle. The President's National Security Strategy of May 2010 calls for reform in many of these areas. Section 1072 of the 2012 Defense Authorization Act calls upon the President to outline the changes and resources that are needed in both the executive branch and in Congress to implement his national security strategy. The President's response to this legislative mandate can and should be the first step in a strategic partnership for transforming our national security system, in both the executive branch and the Congress, to that of a system that can meet and anticipate the challenges and opportunities for ensuring our security and well-being.
Road Map for National Security
Author: United States Commission on National Security/21st CenturyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Administrative agencies
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
"After our examination of the new strategic environment of the next quarter century (Phase I) and of a strategy to address it (Phase II), this Commission concludes that significant changes must be made in the structures and processes of the U.S. national security apparatus. Our institutional base is in decline and must be rebuilt. Otherwise, the United States risks losing its global influence and critical leadership role. We offer recommendations for organizational change in five key areas: ensuring the security of the American homeland; recapitalizing America's strengths in science and education; redesigning key institutions of the Executive Branch; overhauling the U.S. government's military and civilian personnel systems; and reorganizing Congress's role in national security affairs"--P. xiii.
Road Map for National Security
Author: United States Commission on National Security/21st CenturyPublisher: Kallisti Publishing
ISBN: 0967851432
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
"After our examination of the new strategic environment of the next quarter century (Phase I) and of a strategy to address it (Phase II), this Commission concludes that significant changes must be made in the structures and processes of the U.S. national security apparatus. Our institutional base is in decline and must be rebuilt. Otherwise, the United States risks losing its global influence and critical leadership role. We offer recommendations for organizational change in five key areas: ensuring the security of the American homeland; recapitalizing America's strengths in science and education; redesigning key institutions of the Executive Branch; overhauling the U.S. government's military and civilian personnel systems; and reorganizing Congress's role in national security affairs"--P. xiii.
A National Security Staff for the 21st Century
Author: Jack A. LeCuyerPublisher: Strategic Studies Institute U. S. Army War College
ISBN: 9781584875581
Category : Administrative agencies
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Our legacy 1947/1989 national security system is unsuited for the dynamic and complex global security environment that has developed since the end of the Cold War. Over time, the National Security Council has evolved from the very limited advisory group initially imagined by President Truman to that of a vast network of interagency groups that were developed since 1989. These interagency groups view themselves as deeply involved in integrating policy development, crisis management, and staffing for the President. However, the National Security Staff (NSS) and the national security system are relics of the industrial age -- vertical stovepipes -- in an age that demands that the management of the national security system be conducted at the strategic level. What is required is a true national security strategy based on ends, ways, and means ; the alignment of resources with integrated national security missions ; and the assessment and accountability of management functions that should be performed by a properly resourced NSS unburdened from the urgency of the 24/7 news cycle. The President's National Security Strategy of May 2010 calls for reform in many of these areas. Section 1072 of the 2012 Defense Authorization Act calls upon the President to outline the changes and resources that are needed in both the executive branch and in Congress to implement his national security strategy. The President's response to this legislative mandate can and should be the first step in a strategic partnership for transforming our national security system, in both the executive branch and the Congress, to that of a system that can meet and anticipate the challenges and opportunities for ensuring our security and well-being.
NATIONAL SECURITY STAFF FOR THE 21ST CENTURY.
Author: Jack A. LeCuyerConflict Management and “Whole of Government”: Useful Tools for U.S. National Security Strategy (Enlarged Edition)
Author: Volker C. FrankePublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1304052648
Category : Civil-military relations
Languages : en
Pages : 463
Book Description
"Today, America faces security challenges that are exceedingly dynamic and complex, in part because of the ever changing mix and number of actors involved and the pace with which the strategic and operational environments change. To meet these new challenges more effectively, the Obama administration advocated strengthening civilian instruments of national power and enhancing America's whole-of-government (WOG) capabilities. Although the need for comprehensive integration and coordination of civilian and military, governmental and nongovernmental, national and international capabilities to improve efficiency and effectiveness of post-conflict stabilization and peacebuilding efforts is widely recognized, Washington has been criticized for its attempts at creating WOG responses to international crises and conflicts for overcommitment of resources, lack of sufficient funding and personnel, competition between agencies, ambiguous mission objectives, and undermining the military's primary purpose of defending the national interest. Presenting the results of an international Symposium held at Kennesaw State University in February 2011, this volume traces the genesis of WOG, critically examines current WOG practices, and draws lessons from the operational contexts of Iraq and Afghanistan. The first part of the book describes the overall global security context within which peacebuilding and stability operations are currently conducted, examines the merits of WOG approaches, and discusses their efficacy for responding to a range of emerging threats. The second part addresses some of the practical challenges of implementing WOG approaches to international conflict management and specifically to U.S. intervention in fragile states. The third and final part examines WOG efforts in the field and draws lessons learned from operational experiences in Afghanistan and Iraq to potential future interventions"--Publisher's website.
US National Security Reform
Author: Heidi Brockmann DemarestPublisher:
ISBN: 9780815398462
Category : National security
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Introduction : how should we think about national security reform? / Heidi B. Demarest -- The durable national security act / Richard K. Betts -- Improving strategic assessment in the executive branch : lessons from the scholarly literature / Risa A. Brooks -- Bent but not broken? : inter-branch politics, checks and balances, and the contemporary national security state / Douglas L. Kriner -- Contradictions in U.S. security planning for a global environment and a process approach to solving them / Deborah Avant -- What have we learned about how presidents organize for national security decision making, 1947-2017 / Meena Bose -- Toward a smaller White House national security staff : a look at the present in historical perspective / I.M. (Mac) Destler -- How we decide what we need : planning the future force / David S.C. Chu, with the assistance of Allison F. Taylor -- Global challenges and American grand strategy for the 21st century / Walter Russell Mead -- Security challenges in the post-unipolar era / Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr -- Global challenges, U.S. national security strategy, and defense organization / Thomas G. Mahnken -- The diffusion of power and the organization of the U.S. national security establishment / Barry R. Posen -- Conclusion / Erica D. Borghard -- Afterword : national security reform for a new era : an agenda for policymakers
Buying National Security
Author: Gordon AdamsPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135172927
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
Examines the planning and budgeting processes of the United States. This title describes the planning and resource integration activities of the White House, reviews the adequacy of the structures and process and makes proposals for ways both might be reformed to fit the demands of the 21st century security environment.
Preparing for the 21st Century
Author: Commission on the Roles and Capabilities of the United States Intelligence CommunityPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Intelligence service
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description