TY  - BOOK
AU  - Johnson,Stuart E.
AU  - Blickstein,Irv
AU  - Gompert,David C.
AU  - Nemfakos,Charles Panagiotis
AU  - Thie,Harry J.
AU  - McNerney,Michael J.
AU  - Long,Duncan
AU  - McInnis,Brian
AU  - Potter,Amy
ED  - Rand eBooks.
TI  - A strategy-based framework for accommodating reductions in the Defense budget
SN  - 0833076868
AV  - UA23 .S77 2012
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Santa Monica, CA
PB  - RAND
KW  - United States
KW  - Department of Defense
KW  - Appropriations and expenditures
KW  - Budget
KW  - Military planning
KW  - Strategic planning
KW  - Armed Forces
KW  - Military policy
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - "RAND National Defense Research Institute."; Includes bibliographical references (p. 45-46); Introduction -- Alternative Directions for U.S. Defense Strategy -- Assessing the Advantages and Risks of Alternative Strategic Directions -- Force Reductions Linked to Alternative Strategic Directions -- Appendix. Summary Advantages and Disadvantages of Alternative Strategic Directions; Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format
N2  - RAND analysts examined how the Department of Defense (DoD) might execute deeper reductions in the defense budget, deep enough that stated defense strategy could not be fully resourced. The cuts examined go beyond the $487 billion announced in January 2012 by Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. The authors posit that the ongoing pressure to reduce the federal budget deficit may result in further reductions in the DoD budget. In this context, researchers suggest determining reductions through a strategy-based approach that prioritizes challenges and risks instead of pursuing more across the board cuts that can produce more indiscriminate risks. The paper demonstrates this method with three illustrative strategic directions that are based upon different priorities and that would produce different risks: prepare for persistent conflict; cede more responsibility to allies and partners; and shift focus to the West Pacific
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ER  -