Global strategic assessment 2009 : America's security role in a changing world /

Provides an overview of eight broad trends shaping the international security environment; a global analysis of the world's seven regions, to consider important developments in their distinctive neighborhoods; and, an examination of prospective U.S. contributions, military capabilities and forc...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: National Defense University. Institute for National Strategic Studies
Other Authors: Cronin, Patrick M., 1958-
Format: Government Document Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Published for the Institute for National Strategic Studies by the National Defense University Press : 2009.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Adapting to eight global challenges. The global redistribution of economic power
  • Political flux in a nonpolar world
  • The impact of the information revolution
  • Energy and environmental insecurity
  • Fragile states and ungoverned spaces
  • Transnational movements and terrorism
  • The changing character of war
  • The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
  • Assessing complex regional trends. The greater Middle East
  • South Asia
  • Russia/Eurasia
  • East and Southeast Asia
  • Europe
  • Africa
  • The Americas
  • Recalibrating American power. America's contributions to global security
  • Alternative force structures and resource constraints
  • National security reform and the security environment
  • Cooperation with allies and coalition partners
  • Competitive strategies for U.S. engagement.