At our own peril [electronic resource] : DoD risk assessment in a post-primacy world / Nathan P. Freier, principal author and project director ; Christopher M. Bado, Christopher J. Bolan, Robert S. Hume, J. Matthew Lissner, contributing authors ; Heather Bellusci, John R. Beurer, Ralph Borja, Steven Buelt, Michael Lechlitner, Robert D. Montz, Robert Phillips, Kelsey Smith, contributing researchers.
"The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) faces persistent fundamental change in its strategic and operating environments. This report suggests this reality is the product of the United States entering or being in the midst of a new, more competitive, post-U.S. primacy environment. Post-primacy conditions promise far-reaching impacts on U.S. national security and defense strategy. Consequently, there is an urgent requirement for DoD to examine and adapt how it develops strategy and describes, identifies, assesses, and communicates corporate-level risk. This report takes on the latter risk challenge. It argues for a new post-primacy risk concept and its four governing principles of diversity, dynamism, persistent dialogue, and adaptation. The authors suggest that this approach is critical to maintaining U.S. military advantage into the future. Absent change in current risk convention, the report suggests DoD exposes current and future military performance to potential failure or gross under-performance"--Publisher's web site.
Electronic resources
Record details
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (xix, 116 pages) : color illustrations
- Publisher: Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute and U.S. Army War College Press, 2017.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- "June 2017."Paper version available for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Foundational understanding. Introduction : post-U.S. primacy and the new fundamentals of risk and risk assessment -- Study methodology -- Describing risk. The logic of post-primacy risk : current conventions and new terms of reference -- Identifying risk. Securing U.S. position : six enduring defense objectives -- A post-primacy decision-making environment -- Assessing and communicating risk. A post-primacy risk concept : diversity, dynamism, persistent dialogue, and adaptation -- Communicating risk : a common risk currency -- Study outcomes. Findings and recommendations -- Conclusion : ownership, culture, and adaptation.
- Source of Description Note:
- Online resource, PDF version; title from title page (SSI, viewed June 30, 2017).
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- Subject:
- United States. Department of Defense > Planning.
Risk assessment > United States.
Risk communication > United States.
Strategic planning > United States.
Military planning > United States.
Hegemony > United States.
Additional Physical Form Titles
| At our own peril |
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Summary:
"The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) faces persistent fundamental change in its strategic and operating environments. This report suggests this reality is the product of the United States entering or being in the midst of a new, more competitive, post-U.S. primacy environment. Post-primacy conditions promise far-reaching impacts on U.S. national security and defense strategy. Consequently, there is an urgent requirement for DoD to examine and adapt how it develops strategy and describes, identifies, assesses, and communicates corporate-level risk. This report takes on the latter risk challenge. It argues for a new post-primacy risk concept and its four governing principles of diversity, dynamism, persistent dialogue, and adaptation. The authors suggest that this approach is critical to maintaining U.S. military advantage into the future. Absent change in current risk convention, the report suggests DoD exposes current and future military performance to potential failure or gross under-performance"--Publisher's web site.
