Download or read book National Power and the Interagency Process written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inhibitions about using force can distance the military from participation in interagency decision making. As a result other instruments of national power may be exhausted before serious attention is given to the unique capabilities of the Armed Forces, and then only with a deep sense of having failed in employing other means. The interagency process, especially when military planners are involved throughout, can represent a significant force multiplier, but it suffers from deficiencies in methods, actors, and structure. Military officers, accustomed to a settled and demanding system of staff work, may be frustrated by governmental mechanisms which are known for elasticity and ambivalence. But the military should remain engaged in the interagency process both to make it more effective and to ensure that the military voice is heard at the table. Officers can educate the interagency community about military capabilities and, more importantly, about the limitations of force.
Download or read book National Interagency Coordination How the U S Can Better Synchronize National Power written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States projects its immense national power primarily via diplomatic, informational, military, and economic means -- the tools used to implement strategic policy. The national interagency process is the vehicle by which these four tools are coordinated to meet the President's National Security Strategy. When this interagency process fails, and governmental organizations fail to harmonize national power, unity of effort is lost, and an incongruent, one-dimensional strategy results. At the national level, the hub of this interagency process is the National Security Council (NSC). A properly organized and directed NSC is essential to an effective interagency solution to national security. This paper examines the interagency process at the national level. For background, it will examine the origin and evolution of the NSC, focusing on the Clinton and Bush administrations and the current problems in Iraq. Following a review of today's NSC landscape and its challenges, the paper will examine several proposed solutions. Policy makers, pundits, independent organizations, and Congress have commented on and proposed solutions to the issue; new legislation, better executive direction, and specific agency policies are among the solutions they have put forth. In the end, it will be clear that change is necessary, and a viable way ahead that focuses on the strategic planning process is presented.
Download or read book Affairs of State written by Gabriel Marcella and published by Strategic Studies Institute U. S. Army War College. This book was released on 2008 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States has a large and complex interagency process to deal with national security on a global basis. It is imperative that civilian and military professionals understand that process. The chapters in this volume deal with various dimensions and institutions, from the National Security Council, the Department of State, and other agencies. It also contains case studies of interagency coordination and integration.
Download or read book The Military in the Interagency written by Pablo Estrada (Jr) and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today's security environment is at best unpredictable. The actors in today's world range from drug lords and insurgencies in the South American continent, failing states in the African continent, non-state actors and terrorist in the Asian continent, and nuclear posturing from nation states vying for a greater role in world stage. These conditions along with those brought on by forces of nature reflect the range of security concerns our nation's leadership is faced with today. The new security landscape requires a coordinated response from all elements of the United States (U.S.) instruments of national power. The interagency process required for such coordination does not exist. In turn, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), as the most prepared of the interagency members, has found itself taking a larger role in operations of development and security assistance. This research paper describes reasons why DOD has been the primary agency in the United States Government (USG) response in complex, in particular nation building, civil military campaigns. This research will show reasons why post conflict operations within the military realm of responsibility tend to creep outside this boundary including nation building. Initiatives and directives issued to correct deficiencies throughout the 1990s to the present will be discussed. A short comparative analysis of two military operations will highlight the need for an interagency planning, coordinating, and training mechanism. Finally, this report will show what the USG can do to start building a planning and coordination framework capable of providing an interagency response at the national level.
Download or read book Focusing America s National Powers written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Current efforts to focus and integrate America's national powers are entwine with parochialism and a lack of coordinating, enforceable directives. The National Security Counsel (NSC) should modify its efforts to take full advantage of all sources of power to ensure national security by first establishing the NSC/Deputies Committee as the element mandated to manage the interagency process. The National Interagency Coordination Group, NIACG, should use the six-phased campaign plan as the tool to coordinate and synchronize all capabilities. It should do this by establishing Joint Interagency Coordination Groups (JIACGs) to manage the interagency process at the regional level. The NIACG also must ensure that interagency doctrine is developed to achieve unity of effort by establishing common thought, purpose, and understanding to guide actions to meet national security objectives. The JIACGs should be manned by all sources of powers, but predominantly by DoS and DoD. DoD's and DoS's culture needs to change and embrace all sources of power. DoD needs to step aside and allow other sources of power to fully contribute towards the national security effort. Additionally, all other sources of power need to stand up and accept their responsibility. Also, an interagency college needs to be established so that mid- and senior- level interagency leaders are schooled in theory and doctrine and the planning process necessary to synchronize the nation's powers. Finally, Congress needs to empower all sources of power by making funds available for emergency or contingency requirements. The implementation of these recommendations would synchronize and nest national powers in an attempt to shape aggressors towards America's will, and save lives and money by preventing war. If war becomes necessary it would quickly be resolved by a concerted effort to stabilize the situ.
Download or read book Buying National Security written by Gordon Adams and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-02-11 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the planning and budgeting processes of the United States. This title describes the planning and resource integration activities of the White House, reviews the adequacy of the structures and process and makes proposals for ways both might be reformed to fit the demands of the 21st century security environment.
Download or read book The National Security Policy Process written by Alan G. Whittaker and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This report provides an annually updated description of the national security decision-making process of the U.S. government. Although decisions affecting our security have been made since the nation's birth, the foundations of the current system were laid following World War II with the National Security Act of 1947. This report briefly summarizes how the process has evolved since its creation under President Truman. It describes the current NSS organizational structure and processes, and defines the roles of the key departments and agencies, including that of the National Security Staff. Readers should keep in mind that the processes described in this report reflect, in general, the operation of the national security interagency system. However, at times, individuals and circumstances have produced idiosyncratic ways of doing business. Finally, the report discusses how the interagency process is incorporating the relatively new organizational structures associated with homeland defense and homeland security."--P.6.
Download or read book Militarizing the Interagency written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To achieve national strategy, all elements of national power must be used in concert with one another. Our Nation accomplishes this through the Interagency Process (IAP), which is rife with problems that inhibit effective coordination and execution of the national strategy. The problems within the IAP bear much similarity to those experienced by the U.S. military prior to the Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1987 (Goldwater-Nichols Act). Goldwater-Nichols enforced the "jointness" that the individual services were reluctant to support and profoundly enhanced the warfighting capability of the Armed Forces. The apparent success of Goldwater-Nichols is worthy of study in solving the interagency problems. The major problems inherent in the IAP are analogous to those present in the military prior to the Goldwater-Nichols Act, and should be addressed in the same way -- through legislation. Legislation should include measures to create a common interagency culture, doctrine, regional focus, and directive authority at both the national and regional levels. These measures must be broad and far-reaching to ensure that the United States uses all its elements of national power in pursuit of national strategy.
Download or read book The Interagency Process written by John E. O'Neil and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The National Security Policy Process written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This report provides an annually updated description of the national security decision-making process of the U.S. government. Although decisions affecting our security have been made since the nation's birth, the foundations of the current system were laid following World War II with the National Security Act of 1947. This report briefly summarizes how the process has evolved since its creation under President Truman. It describes the current NSS organizational structure and processes, and defines the roles of the key departments and agencies, including that of the National Security Staff. Readers should keep in mind that the processes described in this report reflect, in general, the operation of the national security interagency system. However, at times, individuals and circumstances have produced idiosyncratic ways of doing business. Finally, the report discusses how the interagency process is incorporating the relatively new organizational structures associated with homeland defense and homeland security."--Page 6.
Download or read book Through the Joint Interagency and Multinational Lens written by Dr. David A. Anderson and published by US Army Command and General Staff College Press. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Economic Security Neglected Dimension of National Security written by National Defense University (U S ) and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2011-12-27 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On August 24-25, 2010, the National Defense University held a conference titled “Economic Security: Neglected Dimension of National Security?” to explore the economic element of national power. This special collection of selected papers from the conference represents the view of several keynote speakers and participants in six panel discussions. It explores the complexity surrounding this subject and examines the major elements that, interacting as a system, define the economic component of national security.
Download or read book Interagency Coordination at the National Level in the United States and the Netherlands A Comparative Analysis written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interagency coordination at the national level is required to improve the outcome of an international multiagency operation and to enhance the performance of each of the involved agencies. It should also lead to a more effective use of the instruments of power. That is even more important for the Netherlands, a smaller nation with finite national resources. Stronger interagency coordination within the Netherlands could yield economic benefits and international influence. The central question therefore is: Can Dutch interagency coordination in international affairs be conducted more effectively? An analysis of American and Dutch interagency efforts demonstrates the similarity between the reasons for the U.S. government to create mechanisms for interagency coordination and the shortfalls in the Dutch governmental system. This analysis also provides the basis for further research on the usability in the Netherlands of four U.S. concepts for interagency coordination: (1) the NSC as the interagency process 'watchdog', (2) the need to identify one strategic goal, (3) the political military planning process, and (4) the management tools related to the political-military planning process. The outcome is that the Dutch government could apply these concepts. However, in the U.S. experience, interagency coordination has not always been conducted successfully. Therefore, the U.S. lessons learned have to be taken into account in case the Dutch government considers implementation of these concepts.
Download or read book The Interagency Process at the Tip of the Spear written by Tucker B. Mansager and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The level of interagency cooperation in the conduct of US foreign policy has varied widely in the past. The Executive Branch has made progress in improving cooperation at the national level since Operations JUST CAUSE and PROMOTE LIBERTY, the invasion and subsequent restoration of civil government in Panama. While the National Security Council serves as the strategic-level interagency coordination body, mechanisms for such coordination become less structured and more ad hoc as we move down the spectrum through the theater strategic, operational and tactical levels of the application of national power. In a time of increased and varied global tensions, asymmetric threats and over-taxed resources, the synergy gained by effective interagency cooperation at all levels of endeavor is essential. This paper will look at some of the common problems involved in intra-governmental cooperation, and drawing on the author's recent experience in Afghanistan, identify some lessons learned from Operation Enduring Freedom that may be applicable in other locations and future operations.
Download or read book Affairs of State written by Strategic Studies Institute and published by . This book was released on 2014-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States has a large and complex interagency process to deal with national security on a global basis. It is imperative that civilian and military professionals understand that process. The chapters in this volume deal with various dimensions and institutions, from the National Security Council, the Department of State, and other agencies. It also contains case studies of interagency coordination and integration.
Download or read book U S Army War College Guide to National Security Policy and Strategy written by J. Boone Bartholomees and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book U S Army and the Interagency Process Historical Perspectives written by Kendall D. Gott and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-10 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This symposium was held 16-18 Sept. 2008 at Fort Leavenworth, KS. The theme, ¿The U.S. Army and the Interagency Process: Historical Perspectives,¿ was designed to explore the partnership between the U.S. Army and government agencies in attaining national goals and objectives in peace and war within a historical context. The symposium also examined current issues, dilemmas, problems, trends, and practices associated with U.S. Army operations requiring interagency cooperation. In the midst of two wars and Army engagement in numerous other parts of a troubled world, this topic is of tremendous importance to the U.S. Army and the Nation. Charts and tables.
