Accession Number:

AD1018114

Title:

US Grand Strategy: An Assessment of Statutory Requirements

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report

Corporate Author:

Air War College Maxwell AFB United States

Personal Author(s):

• Cole,Darren R.

Report Date:

2012-02-15

Pagination or Media Count:

56.0

Abstract:

The demands on US grand strategy have increased dramatically since the current framework for national security was established in 1947. Resultant grand strategies focused on compartmented departmental strategies which did not encourage interagency cooperation. The United States now confronts a security environment defined by its lack of definition multiple and simultaneous threats from state and non-state actors using indirect approaches including economic andor energy destabilization, nuclear proliferation and surrogate forces. These factors raise the serious issue of whether the current statutory requirements for US national security strategic guidance are sufficient to promulgate the Presidents grand strategy to the executive agencies responsible for its execution.

Descriptors:

• counterterrorism
• intelligence community (united states)
• united states government
• national security
• foreign policy
• military strategy
• international law
• international relations
• interagency coordination
• risk management

Subject Categories:

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE