Re-Envisioning Defense - An Agenda for US Policy Debate and Transition
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By Carl Conetta, 27 June 2008.
Summarizes problem areas in recent US defense policy as well as several broad topics of debate that touch on them all.
The Role of Force & the Armed Forces in post-Cold War US Foreign Policy: What have we learned? Cautionary lessons for the next administration
Security Policy Working Group symposium at Parsons: The New School for Design, NYC, 10 April 2008.
Presentations: Andrew Bacevich, "The Bush Doctrine: Origins and Demise" (Podcast); Carl Conetta, "Out from the House of War: A Litmus for New Leadership in Security Policy" (printable .pdf format)
Cul de Sac: 9/11 and the Paradox of American Power
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By Carl Conetta, PDA Research Monograph #13, 05 February 2008.
Post-Cold War US security policy evinces a disturbing paradox: it has been delivering less and less security at ever increasing cost. The reasons reside not in the differences between the Bush and Clinton administration, but in their points of similarity.
A Prisoner to Primacy
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By Carl Conetta, PDA Briefing Memo #43, 05 February 2008.
The United States is entering a period of policy transition, but there is a dearth of new thinking regarding security policy. The debate remains paralyzed by 9/11 and mesmerized by military primacy. Progress depends on rethinking the role of force.
