TERRORISM: COMMENTARY ON SECURITY DOCUMENTS VOLUME 132
The 2012 Shift in U.S. National Security Strategy: The Analysis
Published on 21. March 2013
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Hardback
422 pages
978-0-19-999817-3 (ISBN)
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Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents is a series that provides primary source documents and expert commentary on various topics in the worldwide effort to combat terrorism. Among the documents collected are transcripts of Congressional testimony, reports by such federal government bodies as the Congressional Research Service (CRS) and the Government Accountability Office (GAO), United Nations Security Council resolutions, reports and investigations by the United Nations Secretary-General and other dedicated UN bodies, and case law from the U.S. and around the globe covering issues related to terrorism. Most volumes carry a single theme, and inside each volume the documents appear within topic-based categories. The series also includes a subject index and other indices that guide the user through this complex area of the law.
Volume 132, The 2012 Shift in U.S. National Security Strategy: The Analysis, takes a critical look at the Obama administration's 2012 strategic guidance, that steps away from the Global War on Terror and its focus on the Middle East, with a reorientation towards the security and economic threats of China and North Korea and the need for diplomatic, economic, and military partnership throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Professor Douglas Lovelace provides a deep critical account of the strategic shift, and presents the unclassified strategy document from the White House alongside reports by the U.S. Department of Defense, Congressional Research Service, Al Jazeera Center for Studies, and various research centers of the U.S. Armed Forces. The documents included in this volume provide meaning and underpinning rationale for the shift in strategy, detail as to what the shift portends for the U.S. Armed Forces, and U.S. efforts to maintain the peaceful status quo and promote free trade initiatives in the region.
Volume 132, The 2012 Shift in U.S. National Security Strategy: The Analysis, takes a critical look at the Obama administration's 2012 strategic guidance, that steps away from the Global War on Terror and its focus on the Middle East, with a reorientation towards the security and economic threats of China and North Korea and the need for diplomatic, economic, and military partnership throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Professor Douglas Lovelace provides a deep critical account of the strategic shift, and presents the unclassified strategy document from the White House alongside reports by the U.S. Department of Defense, Congressional Research Service, Al Jazeera Center for Studies, and various research centers of the U.S. Armed Forces. The documents included in this volume provide meaning and underpinning rationale for the shift in strategy, detail as to what the shift portends for the U.S. Armed Forces, and U.S. efforts to maintain the peaceful status quo and promote free trade initiatives in the region.
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Douglas Lovelace, Jr. is the Director of the Strategic Studies Institute at the US Army War College. Earlier in his military career, he worked on national security directives. He holds an MBA degree from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University and a JD from Widener School of Law.
Kristen E Boon is Director of International Programs at Seton Hall University School of Law. Her writings have appeared in the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law and the New York University Journal of International Law. A former clerk to the Supreme Court of Canada's Justice Ian Binnie, she holds an M.A. in Political Science from McGill University and a J.D. from New York University School of Law.
Kristen E Boon is Director of International Programs at Seton Hall University School of Law. Her writings have appeared in the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law and the New York University Journal of International Law. A former clerk to the Supreme Court of Canada's Justice Ian Binnie, she holds an M.A. in Political Science from McGill University and a J.D. from New York University School of Law.
Content
- VOLUME 132
- THE 2012 SHIFT IN U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY: THE ANALYSIS
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION
- A. THE NEW DEFENSE STRATEGIC GUIDANCE
- Commentary by Douglas C. Lovelace, Jr.
- DOCUMENT NO. 1: Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership: Priorities for 21st Century Defense, Barack Obama, The White House, Washington, D.C., January 2012
- DOCUMENT NO. 2: In Brief: Assessing DOD's New Strategic Guidance, CRS Report R42146, Catherine Dale and Pat Towell, January 12, 2012
- DOCUMENT NO. 3: The Unified Command Plan and Combatant Commands: Background and Issues for Congress, CRS Report R42077, Andrew Feickert, November 7, 2011
- DOCUMENT NO. 4: United States Pacific Command Strategic Guidance, Robert F. Willard
- DOCUMENT NO. 5: Partnering in the Pacific Theater: Assuring Security and Stability through Strong Army Partnerships, Francis Wiercinski, U.S. Army, Pacific Theater Engagement Strategy White Paper, April 26, 2012
- DOCUMENT NO. 6: U.S. Strategy in the Asia-Pacific, Brahma Chellaney, Al Jazeera Center for Studies, February 15, 2012
- B. GIVING OPERATIONAL MEANING TO THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S GEOSTRATEGIC REORIENTATION TOWARD THE ASIA-PACIFIC
- Commentary by Douglas C. Lovelace, Jr.
- DOCUMENT NO. 7: Joint Operational Access Concept, Martin E. Dempsey, Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, January 17, 2012
- DOCUMENT NO. 8: Gaining and Maintaining Access: An Army and Marine Corps Concept, Keith C. Walker and Richard P. Mills, United States Army Capabilities Integration Center and United States Marine Corps Combat Development Command, March 2012
- DOCUMENT NO. 9: Army Drawdown and Restructuring: Background and Issues for Congress, CRS Report R42493, Andrew Feickert and Charles A. Henning, April 20, 2012
- C. THE STRATEGIC PIVOT TOWARD ASIA: PEACEFUL ACCOMMODATION
- Commentary by Douglas C. Lovelace, Jr.
- DOCUMENT NO. 10: 'Summary' from The United States and China in Power Transition, David Lai, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, December 2011
- DOCUMENT NO. 11: U.S.-China Military Contacts: Issues for Congress, CRS Report RL32496, Shirley A. Kan, February 10, 2012
- DOCUMENT NO. 12: The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, CRS Report R40502, Ian F. Fergusson and Bruce Vaughn, December 12, 2012
- DOCUMENT NO. 13: Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Countries: Comparative Trade and Economic Analysis, CRS Report R42344, Brock R. Williams, February 8, 2012
- THE 2012 SHIFT IN U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY: THE ANALYSIS
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION
- A. THE NEW DEFENSE STRATEGIC GUIDANCE
- Commentary by Douglas C. Lovelace, Jr.
- DOCUMENT NO. 1: Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership: Priorities for 21st Century Defense, Barack Obama, The White House, Washington, D.C., January 2012
- DOCUMENT NO. 2: In Brief: Assessing DOD's New Strategic Guidance, CRS Report R42146, Catherine Dale and Pat Towell, January 12, 2012
- DOCUMENT NO. 3: The Unified Command Plan and Combatant Commands: Background and Issues for Congress, CRS Report R42077, Andrew Feickert, November 7, 2011
- DOCUMENT NO. 4: United States Pacific Command Strategic Guidance, Robert F. Willard
- DOCUMENT NO. 5: Partnering in the Pacific Theater: Assuring Security and Stability through Strong Army Partnerships, Francis Wiercinski, U.S. Army, Pacific Theater Engagement Strategy White Paper, April 26, 2012
- DOCUMENT NO. 6: U.S. Strategy in the Asia-Pacific, Brahma Chellaney, Al Jazeera Center for Studies, February 15, 2012
- B. GIVING OPERATIONAL MEANING TO THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S GEOSTRATEGIC REORIENTATION TOWARD THE ASIA-PACIFIC
- Commentary by Douglas C. Lovelace, Jr.
- DOCUMENT NO. 7: Joint Operational Access Concept, Martin E. Dempsey, Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, January 17, 2012
- DOCUMENT NO. 8: Gaining and Maintaining Access: An Army and Marine Corps Concept, Keith C. Walker and Richard P. Mills, United States Army Capabilities Integration Center and United States Marine Corps Combat Development Command, March 2012
- DOCUMENT NO. 9: Army Drawdown and Restructuring: Background and Issues for Congress, CRS Report R42493, Andrew Feickert and Charles A. Henning, April 20, 2012
- C. THE STRATEGIC PIVOT TOWARD ASIA: PEACEFUL ACCOMMODATION
- Commentary by Douglas C. Lovelace, Jr.
- DOCUMENT NO. 10: 'Summary' from The United States and China in Power Transition, David Lai, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, December 2011
- DOCUMENT NO. 11: U.S.-China Military Contacts: Issues for Congress, CRS Report RL32496, Shirley A. Kan, February 10, 2012
- DOCUMENT NO. 12: The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, CRS Report R40502, Ian F. Fergusson and Bruce Vaughn, December 12, 2012
- DOCUMENT NO. 13: Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Countries: Comparative Trade and Economic Analysis, CRS Report R42344, Brock R. Williams, February 8, 2012