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The new administration takes office in a time of great complexity. Our new President faces a national security environment shaped by strong currents: globalization; the proliferation of new, poor, and weak states, as well as nonstate actors; an enduring landscape of violent extremist organizations; slow economic growth; the rise of China and a revanchist Russia; a collapsing Middle East; and a domestic politics wracked by division and mistrust. While in absolute terms the Nation and the world are safer than in the last century, today the United States finds itself almost on a permanent war footing, engaged in military operations around the world.
Publication Date
2016
Publisher
National Defense University Press
City
Washington, DC
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Hooker, R.D. , Jr.; Auerswald, David; Barry, Charles L.; Caves, John P. , Jr.; Cragin, R. Kim; Deare, Craig A.; Hamby, Janice M.; Hammes, T.X.; Hoffman, F.G.; Lamb, Christpher J.; Lindley-French, Julian; Lynch, Thomas F. III; Matfess, Hilary; Meese, Michael J.; Natali, Denise; Przystup, James J.; Sabonis-Helf, Theresa; Saunders, Phillip C.; Wingfield, Thomas C.; and Zwack, Peter B., "Charting a Course: Strategic Choices for a New Administration" (2016). Books and Book Chapters. 8.
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