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QDR, 2010: Implementing the New
Path for America's Defense
The Institute for National Strategic Studies hosted a 2-day symposium on March 10-11, 2010, entitled "QDR 2010: Implementing the New Path for America's Defense" in the Lincoln Hall Auditorium of the National Defense University.
Keynote speakers at the event included:
Dr. James Miller, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of
Defense for Policy;
General James Cartwright, USMC, Vice Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff;
Dr. Kathleen Hicks, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense
for Strategy, Plans and Forces; and
The Honorable James Locher, III, President and CEO of
the Project on National Security Reform.
The event was widely attended with over 400 registrants from across government, academia, the diplomatic and attaché corps, and the media.
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The Quadrennial Defense Review serves as the foundationfor developing the long-term national
defense strategy of the United States. It will provide
a strategic framework for the Department of Defense’s
annual program, force development, force management,
and corporate support mechanism and will set a
direction for further transformation of the Armed Forces.
The latest QDR comes at a critical time and responds to a security environment in which the United States military
forces are actively engaged in Iraq and Afghanistan. The
threats and challenges are wide ranging, the analyses more
difficult, and the solutions more complex – many involve missions and activities well beyond the Defense
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Strengthening the IAEA: How the Nuclear Watchdog Can Regain its Bark
Strategic Forum 253
(March, 2010)
by Ambassador Gregory Schulte
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) cannot tackle the nuclear terrorist threat on its own, but can be part of broader international efforts...The IAEA can also help shape the global growth of nuclear power, ensuring the highest levels of safety and security, while discouraging the spread of sensitive technologies that can be misuesed to build nuclear weapons. Stalled investigations of Iran and Syria have put the credibility of the IAEA at stake.
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"U.S.-Mexico Homeland Defense: A Compatible Interface"
Strategic Forum 254
(February, 2010)
by Victor E. Renuart, Jr., and Biff Baker
The term compatible interface in the title of this paper refers to the fact that the United States and Mexico have complementary areas of concern in each of our four instruments of national power (diplomatic, information, military, and economic), which have been shaped by events that uniquely impact upon North American neighbors. Hence, expanded cooperation between Mexican counterparts and the U.S. Northern Command and our interagency community will improve the security and prosperity of the citizens of both our nations.
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Remarks by Leo Michel at Saint-Cyr
(February 3, 2010)
Senior Fellow Leo Michel gave a speech at the Ecole Saint-Cyr about Transatlantic Cooperation and the effects of recent events on the strategic reviews of the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) and the Ballistic Missile Defense Review.
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Camp Nowhere"
(January 15, 2010)
by Marisa L. Porges, and April Longley Alley
Just when the U.S. president was in the process of transferring Guantánamo Bay detainees to Yemen, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab attempted to blow up Flight 253....Detainee transfers have now been delayed, as they should be -- but what is going to happen to the 91 Yemeni detainees still in custody, more than 30 of whom have been cleared for release?
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Defense Strategy in the Obama Administration
by Leo Michel
This article appears in French in La Revue internationale et strategique No76 (Winter 2009/2010) published by the Institut de relations internationales et strategiques (IRIS) one of France's leading independent research organizations.
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"Avoiding a Crisis of Confidence in the U.S. Nuclear Deterrent."
Strategic Forum 252
(January, 2010)
by John P. Caves, Jr.
The Nation risks a future crisis of confidence in its nuclear deterrent if it does not initiate soon the lengthy process of modernizing its nuclear arsenal and supporting infrastructure. Notwithstanding the goal of reducing the role of nuclear weapons in U.S. security strategy, nuclear weapons will remain highly salient to the Nation’s security for the foreseeable future, particularly as one or more nuclear-armed near peers narrow the gap that currently separates our conventional military power.
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"U.S.-Cambodia Defense Relations: Defining New Possibilities"
Strategic Forum 251
(December, 2009)
by Lewis M. Stern
U.S. interests in Southeast Asia would be well served by a stepped-up program of cooperation with Cambodia in areas such as counterterrorism, peacekeeping, counter-narcotics, disaster response, and stability operations. U.S. early investment in Cambodia’s future, beginning with support for the regional peace process, would provide a useful foundation for cooperation between the two countries that would have beneficial impact for Southeast Asia as a whole.
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