American Security Project Releases Series of Papers Urging Review of Defense Policy Alternatives
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Washington, DC – The American Security Project today released five white papers intended to foster discussion over defense policy and alternatives facing incoming Administration. The United States has not undertaken a thorough, strategy-based defense policy review since at least the 1980s.
“Defense policy has been made through incremental, disconnected steps, often driven by budgetary and political concerns rather than strategic necessity,” said ASP Senior Fellow Bernard Finel. “The new Administration should use the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review as an opportunity for building a practical and sustainable defense policy that aligns with American strategic goals and clarifies tradeoffs inherent in our military commitments.”
ASP is releasing five papers in total – one paper that discusses the need to rethink defense policy, and four additional papers that lay out broad alternative avenues for American defense policy. The goal is to stimulate debate and encourage original thinking on the alternatives facing the United States in terms of defense policy, force structures, and alliance commitments. The papers are part of an part of an ongoing series of reports and perspectives being issued by the American Security Project on important issues confronting the incoming Administration.
To download the reports, click here.
The American Security Project (ASP) is a non-profit, bi-partisan public policy research and education initiative dedicated to fostering knowledge and understanding of a range of national security and foreign policy issues. It is organized around the belief that honest public discussion of national security requires an informed citizenry—one that understands the dangers and opportunities of the twenty-first century and the spectrum of available responses. ASP was formed to help Americans—from opinion leaders to the general public—understand how national security issues relate directly to them, and to explain challenges and threats in a way that spurs constructive action.
