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RSS cold warEnsuring National Security Through Federal Support of Defense Science and Technology
White Paper In the years since the end of the Cold War, general uncertainty in the need for a large defense budget, including public investment in Defense Science and Technology, has had a negative influence on budget planning. [25 Jan 2005]
Homeland Security Requirements and the Future Shape of the Army National Guard
White Paper After the end of the Cold War, that federal mission changed its character from defense of the United States' very existence in a general war to that of responding to a variety of smaller contingencies world-wide either in a war-fighting or... [25 Jan 2005]
Defending America
White Paper Some familiar threats have become more likely and therefore more dangerous since the end of the Cold War, and new threats made possible by advanced technology have appeared. In the 21st century, the United States will face all the threats that have... [25 Jan 2005]
The Roles and Missions of the Reserve Forces: A White Paper Issued by the Reserve Officers Association of the United States
White Paper Several members of Congress, dismayed that the CORM report gave such short shrift to the Reserve and National Guard, the Selected Reserve of which then comprised approximately 40 percent of the Total Force, urged the Reserve Officers Association... [25 Jan 2005]
America's Role in Asia - US Security Policy in East Asia: Adjusting to a New Security Setting
White Paper In the post-Cold War era, US strategic planners have been caught between two camps in defining the primary threat to US national security, one concerned with functional threats like the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), terrorism... [20 Jan 2005]
Pax NATO: The Opportunities of Enlargement
White Paper This monograph, examines NATO's extraordinary performance and incisive initiatives during the immediate post-Cold War years. Considering its long string of successes, it is curious that NATO has so many critics chanting the mantra of irrelevancy or... [28 Dec 2004]
Landpower and Crises: Army Roles and Missions in Smaller-Scale Contingencies During the 1990S
White Paper Though the end of the Cold War brought a decrease in the likelihood of global war and significant reductions in U.S.military force levels, demands placed on remaining American military forces increased rather than subsided. [28 Dec 2004]
Future War/Future Battlespace: The Strategic Role of American Landpower
White Paper Although the events of September 11th signified the end of the short-lived post-Cold War era, they did not necessarily render obsolete U.S.inter-agency, future war analysis and planning. Rather, future war concepts require adaptation to the... [28 Dec 2004]
Educating International Security Practitioners: Preparing to Face the Demands of the 21st Century International Security Environment
White Paper The end of the Cold War brought challenges not only for practitioners of national security policy and strategy but for those involved in the education and development of future strategic leaders and security policy practitioners. [28 Dec 2004]
Revising the Two MTW Force Shaping Paradigm
White Paper U.S.military strategy is undergoing its most serious examination since the end of the Cold War. Led by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, this process is designed to assess every dimension of the strategy, including its most basic assumptions... [28 Dec 2004]
From Terror Fallout to Terra Firma - Convergent Focus on Strengthening Homeland Security
White Paper The global security climate took a sudden nose-dive - from one of post-Cold War euphoric "new world order" to one of strategic insecurity - after 11 September 2001. The dark plumes from the collapsed World Trade Center buildings subsequently... [28 Dec 2004]
American Strategy: Issues and Alternatives for the Quadrennial Defense Review
White Paper This paper begins with a survey of the evolution of American defense strategy since the end of the Cold War. It then describes some the key issues which will shape the upcoming QDR and assesses a number of strategic alternatives ranging from the... [28 Dec 2004]
National Security Roles for the National Guard
White Paper Since the end of the Cold War, the national security environment has seen great change while the organizations that compose the nation's security have remained relatively constant. Within the context of this new security environment, the Bush... [28 Dec 2004]
Tweaking NATO: The Case for Integrated Multinational Divisions
White Paper The decade following the end of the Cold War has revealed a far different world than envisioned. This paper, examines NATO's enduring deficiencies and their detrimental effect on military capabilities. [28 Dec 2004]
American Civil Security: The U.S. Public and Homeland Security
White Paper Renewed attention to individual Americans and their contribution to and participation in domestic security might best be called "civil security," a term that harkens back to the Cold War U.S.civil defense effort but is firmly grounded in the... [28 Dec 2004]
