Shaping the Security Environment;Naval War College Newport Papers - Softcover

Press, Naval War College

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1478391596 ISBN 13: 9781478391593

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012

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From the Author:

Combatant commanders are as much policy entrepreneurs as they are warfighters, fulfilling as they do important diplomatic roles for the United States.1 While the State Department is America's lead foreign policy organization, the Defense Department, whether in peace or war, cannot escape these roles. Moreover, it has a distinct advantage compared with the State Department both in size and resources, with an operating budget sixty times greater. With its forward presence, large planning staffs, and various engagement tools, America's geographic combatant commanders are well equipped for these engagement tasks, and increasingly welcome them. Today, they routinely pursue regional-level engagement strategies by hosting international security conferences, promoting military-to-military contacts, and pro- viding American military presence, training, and equipment. The Defense Department fills an important role in U.S. foreign affairs. This role, which is now commonly referred to by the term "shaping," is the subject of this volume. 

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Newport Paper No. 29, Shaping the Security Environment, edited by Derek S. Reveron, makes an important contribution to an unfolding debate on the global role of U.S. mil- itary forces in an era of transnational terrorism, failed or failing states, and globaliza- tion. Reveron, professor of national security decision making at the Naval War College, looks beyond the current conflicts in which the United States is involved to raise fun- damental questions concerning the regional diplomatic roles of America's combatant commanders (COCOMs) and, more generally, the entire array of nonwarfighting func- tions that have become an increasingly important part of the day-to-day life of the American military as it engages a variety of partners or potential partners around the world. These functions are increasingly being given doctrinal definition and a larger role in U.S. military planning under the novel concept of "shaping." This volume is intended to explore the notion of shaping in its various aspects, both generally and in several regional contexts. 

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1478391596
• ISBN 13: 9781478391593
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 116
• Editor: Reveron Derek S.