Summary Report
2008
Joint Symposium - Strategic Re-Assessment:
From Long-Range Planning
to Future Strategy and Forces
Organized by
The Institute for National
Strategic Studies
in cooperation with the
Office of the Secretary
of Defense and US Joint Forces Command
at
National Defense University
Institute for National Strategic Studies
300 5th Avenue
Fort Lesley J. McNair
Washington, DC 20319
Phone: 202-685-3857 Fax: 202-685-3866
4-5 June 2008
Symposium overview
Fundamental
to the development and implementation of a successful future defense posture
is a foundation comprised of a well-reasoned assessment of the future security
environment, a clear understanding of the “realm of the possible” for and limitations
of military forces, and an understanding of the nation’s security objectives. Developing an appropriate assessment of the
future security environment is not something done in a vacuum as it is impossible
to fully separate purely military or national security issues from other elements
of the national and global environment. This is particularly true for the
There
is no shortage of assessments of the future security environment.
In the last decade,
Key concepts:
Featured speakers
include current and former senior government officials. Agenda
and other information is available at:
http://www.ndu.edu/inss/symposia/joint2008/agenda.htm
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