All Elements of National Power: Re-Organizing the Interagency Structure and Process for Victory in the Long War

摘要

In today's environment, the President of the United States (POTUS) has obstacles that significantly degrade the ability to lead the 15 Departments and dozens of direct report and subordinate Agencies. There are issues that have been previously cited. Perhaps though, the greatest degradation to effectiveness comes from a weak and undeveloped Interagency capability to staff complex issues for POTUS decisions and then follow up on Department execution of POTUS decisions. Not since World War II has our country been faced with such an urgent challenge. We currently must not just plan for, but actually execute a world wide campaign during an actual War. Because of a vastly more complex, asymmetrical, unpredictable struggle combined with 50 plus years of accumulated plaque build up in the Interagency environment, the current Interagency process does not provide the POTUS the WW II ability to fully harness and focus all of the capabilities of the United States Government. A new Interagency Process and Structure to more fully harness all elements of national power is needed to lead us to victory in the Long War.