National Security Strategy: Development and Implementation in a New Era.

摘要

Since our nation's origin, the U.S. government has struggled with the development and implementation of a national security strategy. Throughout the decades, U.S. security policy appears to have been shaped by significant global events rather than by forethought on national security concerns. Throughout U.S. history, there have been three significant changes towards national security affairs. The National Security Act of 1947, the Goldwater/Nichols Act of 1986, and the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security and the Director of National Intelligence in 2001. These changes were mandated after catastrophic events in U.S. history; they focus primarily on organization, structure, and process. Significant events in the global environment and application of U.S. power in response to those events drove the need for an assessment and eventual change to policy and legislation to better plan and manage a national security strategy. Reflecting on the past 10 years of war, it is once again necessary to assess how we are developing and implementing our national security strategy to meet the challenges of the 21st century.