Challenges of the Global Century
   Report of the Project on Globalization and National Security

Acknowledgments

This report is a product of an 18-month research project on globalization and national security conducted by the Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS) at the National Defense University and sponsored by the Department of the Navy.

The report was prepared by three of the project leaders--Stephen J. Flanagan, Ellen L. Frost, and Richard L. Kugler--and reflects their assessments and recommendations. It draws on efforts by a diverse group of scholars and analysts who contributed to a two-volume work entitled The Global Century: Globalization and National Security (which is reproduced in its entirety on the CD-ROM at the back of this publication). Their involvement in various aspects of this project is gratefully acknowledged.

For their support and wise guidance, special thanks are due to former Under Secretary of the Navy Jerry M. Hultin and to Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy Charles P. Nemfakos, as well as to their staffs, especially Captain Kenneth Milhoan, USN. Harlan K. Ullman, senior fellow at the Center for Naval Analyses and co-chair of the project, played an invaluable role in launching and realizing the project.

The authors also were assisted by the INSS globalization team, led by Kimberley L. Thachuk, and including Lieutenant Colonel Charles B. Shotwell, USAF (Ret.), Esther A. Bacon, Colleen M. Herrmann, and Elena Beloderik. In addition, Brenda D. Bennett and Susan J. Fuchs of INSS helped organize a series of seminars and other events in support of the project.

This report was edited by the staff of NDU Press--William R. Bode, George C. Maerz, Lisa M. Yambrick, and Jeffrey D. Smotherman--under the supervision of Robert A. Silano, Director of Publications at INSS. Photos were provided by Martin J. Peters of the editorial staff of Joint Force Quarterly. Design and layout were accomplished by William A. Rawley and Nicholas C. Crawford of the Typography and Design Division of the U.S. Government Printing Office.