ASP reports are designed to move public debate beyond sound bites to a more thorough and fact-based consideration of critical issues.
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The defense planning system needs to be redesigned and not developed solely in reaction to crisis.
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The world remains a large and taxing battlespace, in which the United States cannot be expected to be the dominant military power everywhere and at all times.
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The “new global commons” refers to the seas, the air above the seas, space, cyberspace, and, arguably, the emerging global market.
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In order to make Americans safer and the United States stronger, the next President and Congress must act immediately to restore the rule of law to its rightful place at the center of U.S. national security and foreign policy.
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• While the United States must bring its counterterrorism policies into line with domestic legal requirements, the real strategic gain will come from the development of new international legal frameworks.
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• Immediately upon taking office, President Obama should make a high-profile
declaration of his commitment to follow and promote international law.
