Publication

This report proposes an alternative US military force for the first quarter of the 21st century. The force would execute an international security strategy that attempts to respond to the challenges of a changing world and also shape what that world will look like in 2025. The study calls for a strategy that will broaden national security tools to include stronger political, economic and social components, integrate with allies and partners to improve multinational military capabilities, collectively engage with areas of conflict, quicken military forces and refocus some of them on smaller-scale contingencies – in which they are likely to face challenging asymmetric or “fourth-generation” warfare – by improving their mobility, agility, flexibility and strategy and decision-making speed.