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To seize these opportunities, and move against the threats of this new global era, we are pursuing a forward-looking national security strategy attuned to the realities of our new era. This report, submitted in accordance with Section 603 of the Goldwater- Nichols Defense Department Reorganization Act of 1986, sets forth that strategy.
- I. Introduction
- Opportunities and Challenges
- National Interests
- Threats to U.S. Interests
- A Strategy of Engagement
- Implementing the Strategy
- The Power of Our Values
- II. Advancing U.S. National Interests
- Enhancing Security at Home and Abroad
- Shaping the International Environment
- Diplomacy
- Public Diplomacy
- Arms Control and Nonproliferation
- Military Activities
- International Law Enforcement Cooperation
- Environmental and Health Initiatives
- Responding to Threats and Crises
- Transnational Threats
- Terrorism
- Defending the Homeland
- Countering Foreign Intelligence Collection
- Domestic Preparedness Against Weapons of Mass Destruction
- National Security Emergency Preparedness
- Smaller-Scale Contingencies
- Major Theater Warfare
- The Decision to Employ Military Forces
- Preparing for an Uncertain Future
- Promoting Prosperity
- Strengthening Financial Coordination
- Promoting an Open Trading System
- Enhancing American Competitiveness
- Promoting Sustainable Development
- Promoting Democracy and Human Rights
- Emerging Democracies
- Adherence to Universal Human Rights and Democratic Principles
- Humanitarian Activities
- III. Integrated Regional Approaches
- Europe and Eurasia
- Russia and the Newly Independent States (NIS):
- Promoting Democracy
- East Asia and the Pacific
- Promoting Prosperity
- Promoting Democracy
- The Western Hemisphere
- Enhancing Security
- Promoting Prosperity
- Promoting Democracy
- The Middle East, North Africa, Southwest and South Asia
- Enhancing Security
- The Middle East Peace Process
- North Africa
- Southwest Asia
- South Asia
- Promoting Prosperity
- Promoting Democracy
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Enhancing Security
- IV. Conclusions
Our national security strategy is designed to meet the fundamental purposes set out in the preamble to the Constitution: ...provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity,... Since the founding of the nation, certain requirements have remained constant. We must prote...
The twenty-first Century will be an era of great promise. Globalization – the process of accelerating economic, technological, cultural and political integration – is bringing citizens from all continents closer together, allowing them to share ideas, goods and information in an instant. A growing number of nations around the world have embraced ...
Since there are always many demands for U.S. action, our national interests must be clear. These interests fall into three categories. The first includes vital interests—those of broad, overriding importance to the survival, safety and vitality of our nation. Among these are the physical security of our territory and that of our allies, the safe...
The security environment in which we live is dynamic and uncertain, replete with a host of threats and challenges that have the potential to grow more deadly. Regional or State-Centered Threats: A number of states have the capabilities and the desire to threaten our national interests through coercion or aggression. They continue to threaten the so...
Our strategy is founded on continued U.S. engagement and leadership abroad. The United States must lead abroad if we are to be secure at home. We cannot lead abroad unless we devote the necessary resources to military, diplomatic, intelligence and other efforts. We must be prepared and willing to use all appropriate instruments of national powe...
International cooperation will be vital for building security in the next century because many of the challenges we face cannot be addressed by a single nation. Many of our security objectives are best achieved – or can only be achieved – by leveraging our influence and capabilities through international organizations, our alliances, or as a leade...
Underpinning our international leadership is the power of our democratic ideals and values. In crafting our strategy, we recognize that the spread of democracy, human rights and respect for the rule of law not only reflects American values, it also advances both our security and prosperity. Democratic governments are more likely to cooperate with ...
In our vision of the world, the United States has close cooperative relations with the world’s most influential countries, and has the ability to shape the policies and actions of those who can affect our national well-being. We seek to create a stable, peaceful international security environment – one in which our nation, citizens and interests a...
Our strategy for enhancing U.S. security has three components: shaping the international security environment, responding to threats and crises, and preparing for an uncertain future.
The United States seeks to shape the international environment through a variety of means, including diplomacy, economic cooperation, international assistance, arms control and nonproliferation, and health initiatives. These activities enhance U.S. security by promoting regional security; enhancing economic progress; supporting military activities...
Diplomacy is a vital tool for countering threats to our national security. The daily business of diplomacy conducted through our missions and representatives around the world is an irreplaceable shaping activity. These efforts are essential to sustaining our alliances, forcefully articulating U.S. interests, resolving regional disputes peacefully,...
We have an obligation and opportunity to harness the tools of public diplomacy to advance U.S. leadership around the world by engaging international publics on U.S. principles and policies. The global advance of freedom and information technologies like the Internet has increased the ability of citizens and organizations to influence the policies ...
Arms control and nonproliferation initiatives are an essential element of our national security strategy and a critical complement to our efforts to defend our nation through our own military strength. We pursue verifiable arms control and nonproliferation agreements that support our efforts to prevent the spread and use of WMD, prevent the spread...
The U.S. military plays a crucial role in shaping the international security environment in ways that protect and promote U.S. interests, but is not a substitute for other forms of engagement, such as diplomatic, economic, scientific, technological, cultural and educational activities. Through overseas presence and peacetime engagement activities...
As threats to our national security from terrorism, drug trafficking and other international crime increase, U.S. and foreign law enforcement and judicial agencies must continue to find innovative ways to implement a concerted, global plan to combat international crime. As highlighted in the President’s International Crime Control Strategy, one wa...
Decisions today regarding the environment and natural resources can affect our security for generations. Environmental threats do not heed national borders; environmental peril overseas can pose long-term dangers to Americans’ security and well-being. Natural resource scarcities can trigger and exacerbate conflict. Environmental threats such as ...
Because our shaping efforts alone cannot guarantee the international security environment we seek, the United States must be able to respond at home and abroad to the full spectrum of threats and crises that may arise. Our resources are finite, so we must be selective in our responses, focusing on challenges that most directly affect our interests...
Transnational threats include terrorism, drug trafficking and other international crime, and illegal trade in fissile materials and other dangerous substances.
The United States has made concerted efforts to deter and punish terrorists, and remains determined to apprehend and bring to justice those who terrorize American citizens. We make no concessions to terrorists. We fully exploit all available legal mechanisms to punish international terrorists, eliminate foreign terrorists and their support netwo...
Our potential enemies, whether nations or terrorists, may be more likely in the future to resort to attacks against vulnerable civilian targets in the United States. At the same time, easier access to sophisticated technology means that the destructive power available to rogue nations and terrorists is greater than ever. Adversaries may be tempte...
The United States is a primary target of foreign intelligence services due to our military, scientific, technological and economic preeminence. Foreign intelligence services aggressively seek information about U.S. political and military intentions and capabilities, and are stepping up their efforts to collect classified or sensitive information o...
The Federal Government will respond rapidly and decisively to any terrorist incident in the United States involving WMD, working with state and local governments to restore order and deliver emergency assistance. The Domestic Terrorism Program is integrating the capabilities and assets of a number of Federal agencies to support the FBI, FEMA, the ...
We will do all we can to deter and prevent destructive and threatening forces such as terrorism, WMD use, disruption of our critical infrastructures, and regional or state-centered threats from endangering our citizens. But if an emergency occurs, we must be prepared to respond effectively at home and abroad to protect lives and property, mobilize...
In addition to defending the U.S. homeland, the United States must be prepared to respond to the full range of threats to our interests abroad. Smaller-scale contingency operations encompass the full range of military operations short of major theater warfare, including humanitarian assistance, peace operations, enforcing embargoes and no-fly zone...
Fighting and winning major theater wars is the ultimate test of our Armed Forces – a test at which they must always succeed. For the foreseeable future, the United States, preferably in concert with allies, must have the capability to deter and, if deterrence fails, defeat large-scale, cross-border aggression in two distant theaters in overlapping...
The decision whether to use force is dictated first and foremost by our national interests. In those specific areas where our vital interests are at stake, our use of force will be decisive and, if necessary, unilateral. In situations posing a threat to important national interests, military forces should only be used if they advance U.S. interest...
Today, as we reach the twenty-first century, we are building new frameworks, partnerships and institutions – and adapting existing ones – to strengthen America’s security and prosperity. We are working to construct new cooperative security arrangements and build peace, contain weapons of mass destruction, fight terrorism and international crime, r...
Today, as we reach the twenty-first century, we are building new frameworks, partnerships and institutions – and adapting existing ones – to strengthen America’s security and prosperity. We are working to construct new cooperative security arrangements and build peace, contain weapons of mass destruction, fight terrorism and international crime, r...
Today, as we reach the twenty-first century, we are building new frameworks, partnerships and institutions – and adapting existing ones – to strengthen America’s security and prosperity. We are working to construct new cooperative security arrangements and build peace, contain weapons of mass destruction, fight terrorism and international crime, r...
Today, as we reach the twenty-first century, we are building new frameworks, partnerships and institutions – and adapting existing ones – to strengthen America’s security and prosperity. We are working to construct new cooperative security arrangements and build peace, contain weapons of mass destruction, fight terrorism and international crime, r...
Today, as we reach the twenty-first century, we are building new frameworks, partnerships and institutions – and adapting existing ones – to strengthen America’s security and prosperity. We are working to construct new cooperative security arrangements and build peace, contain weapons of mass destruction, fight terrorism and international crime, r...
Today, as we reach the twenty-first century, we are building new frameworks, partnerships and institutions – and adapting existing ones – to strengthen America’s security and prosperity. We are working to construct new cooperative security arrangements and build peace, contain weapons of mass destruction, fight terrorism and international crime, r...
Today, as we reach the twenty-first century, we are building new frameworks, partnerships and institutions – and adapting existing ones – to strengthen America’s security and prosperity. We are working to construct new cooperative security arrangements and build peace, contain weapons of mass destruction, fight terrorism and international crime, r...
Today, as we reach the twenty-first century, we are building new frameworks, partnerships and institutions – and adapting existing ones – to strengthen America’s security and prosperity. We are working to construct new cooperative security arrangements and build peace, contain weapons of mass destruction, fight terrorism and international crime, r...
Today, as we reach the twenty-first century, we are building new frameworks, partnerships and institutions – and adapting existing ones – to strengthen America’s security and prosperity. We are working to construct new cooperative security arrangements and build peace, contain weapons of mass destruction, fight terrorism and international crime, r...
Today, as we reach the twenty-first century, we are building new frameworks, partnerships and institutions – and adapting existing ones – to strengthen America’s security and prosperity. We are working to construct new cooperative security arrangements and build peace, contain weapons of mass destruction, fight terrorism and international crime, r...
Today, as we reach the twenty-first century, we are building new frameworks, partnerships and institutions – and adapting existing ones – to strengthen America’s security and prosperity. We are working to construct new cooperative security arrangements and build peace, contain weapons of mass destruction, fight terrorism and international crime, r...
Today, as we reach the twenty-first century, we are building new frameworks, partnerships and institutions – and adapting existing ones – to strengthen America’s security and prosperity. We are working to construct new cooperative security arrangements and build peace, contain weapons of mass destruction, fight terrorism and international crime, r...
Today, as we reach the twenty-first century, we are building new frameworks, partnerships and institutions – and adapting existing ones – to strengthen America’s security and prosperity. We are working to construct new cooperative security arrangements and build peace, contain weapons of mass destruction, fight terrorism and international crime, r...
Today, as we reach the twenty-first century, we are building new frameworks, partnerships and institutions – and adapting existing ones – to strengthen America’s security and prosperity. We are working to construct new cooperative security arrangements and build peace, contain weapons of mass destruction, fight terrorism and international crime, r...
Today, as we reach the twenty-first century, we are building new frameworks, partnerships and institutions – and adapting existing ones – to strengthen America’s security and prosperity. We are working to construct new cooperative security arrangements and build peace, contain weapons of mass destruction, fight terrorism and international crime, r...
Today, as we reach the twenty-first century, we are building new frameworks, partnerships and institutions – and adapting existing ones – to strengthen America’s security and prosperity. We are working to construct new cooperative security arrangements and build peace, contain weapons of mass destruction, fight terrorism and international crime, r...
Today, as we reach the twenty-first century, we are building new frameworks, partnerships and institutions – and adapting existing ones – to strengthen America’s security and prosperity. We are working to construct new cooperative security arrangements and build peace, contain weapons of mass destruction, fight terrorism and international crime, r...
Today, as we reach the twenty-first century, we are building new frameworks, partnerships and institutions – and adapting existing ones – to strengthen America’s security and prosperity. We are working to construct new cooperative security arrangements and build peace, contain weapons of mass destruction, fight terrorism and international crime, r...
Today, as we reach the twenty-first century, we are building new frameworks, partnerships and institutions – and adapting existing ones – to strengthen America’s security and prosperity. We are working to construct new cooperative security arrangements and build peace, contain weapons of mass destruction, fight terrorism and international crime, r...
Today, as we reach the twenty-first century, we are building new frameworks, partnerships and institutions – and adapting existing ones – to strengthen America’s security and prosperity. We are working to construct new cooperative security arrangements and build peace, contain weapons of mass destruction, fight terrorism and international crime, r...
Today, as we reach the twenty-first century, we are building new frameworks, partnerships and institutions – and adapting existing ones – to strengthen America’s security and prosperity. We are working to construct new cooperative security arrangements and build peace, contain weapons of mass destruction, fight terrorism and international crime, r...
Today, as we reach the twenty-first century, we are building new frameworks, partnerships and institutions – and adapting existing ones – to strengthen America’s security and prosperity. We are working to construct new cooperative security arrangements and build peace, contain weapons of mass destruction, fight terrorism and international crime, r...
Today, as we reach the twenty-first century, we are building new frameworks, partnerships and institutions – and adapting existing ones – to strengthen America’s security and prosperity. We are working to construct new cooperative security arrangements and build peace, contain weapons of mass destruction, fight terrorism and international crime, r...
Today, as we reach the twenty-first century, we are building new frameworks, partnerships and institutions – and adapting existing ones – to strengthen America’s security and prosperity. We are working to construct new cooperative security arrangements and build peace, contain weapons of mass destruction, fight terrorism and international crime, r...
Today, as we reach the twenty-first century, we are building new frameworks, partnerships and institutions – and adapting existing ones – to strengthen America’s security and prosperity. We are working to construct new cooperative security arrangements and build peace, contain weapons of mass destruction, fight terrorism and international crime, r...
Today, as we reach the twenty-first century, we are building new frameworks, partnerships and institutions – and adapting existing ones – to strengthen America’s security and prosperity. We are working to construct new cooperative security arrangements and build peace, contain weapons of mass destruction, fight terrorism and international crime, r...
Today, as we reach the twenty-first century, we are building new frameworks, partnerships and institutions – and adapting existing ones – to strengthen America’s security and prosperity. We are working to construct new cooperative security arrangements and build peace, contain weapons of mass destruction, fight terrorism and international crime, r...
Today, as we reach the twenty-first century, we are building new frameworks, partnerships and institutions – and adapting existing ones – to strengthen America’s security and prosperity. We are working to construct new cooperative security arrangements and build peace, contain weapons of mass destruction, fight terrorism and international crime, r...
Today, as we reach the twenty-first century, we are building new frameworks, partnerships and institutions – and adapting existing ones – to strengthen America’s security and prosperity. We are working to construct new cooperative security arrangements and build peace, contain weapons of mass destruction, fight terrorism and international crime, r...
Today, as we reach the twenty-first century, we are building new frameworks, partnerships and institutions – and adapting existing ones – to strengthen America’s security and prosperity. We are working to construct new cooperative security arrangements and build peace, contain weapons of mass destruction, fight terrorism and international crime, r...
Today, as we reach the twenty-first century, we are building new frameworks, partnerships and institutions – and adapting existing ones – to strengthen America’s security and prosperity. We are working to construct new cooperative security arrangements and build peace, contain weapons of mass destruction, fight terrorism and international crime, r...
Today, as we reach the twenty-first century, we are building new frameworks, partnerships and institutions – and adapting existing ones – to strengthen America’s security and prosperity. We are working to construct new cooperative security arrangements and build peace, contain weapons of mass destruction, fight terrorism and international crime, r...
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