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CIAO DATE: 08/01
State Department Reform
Frank C. Carlucci, Chair
Ian J. Brzezinski, Project Coordinator
February 2001
Abstract
The Berlin Wall fell ten years ago,and still the United States is struggling to come to terms with the post -Cold War world. This process of groping with very new realities should not be surprising. It is even understandable, given the complexity of international developments in the world today. But at some point, and soon, the United States must begin gaining some mastery ver new international realities or else pay enormous costs and face quite serious dangers. Essential to coming to terms with the new world is being able to ensure that our foreign policy apparatus and people are fully up to the task. And here is the problem: a good portion of the apparatus, especially the Department of State, simply falls short in mission, organization, and skills relative to what is needed to navigate sensibly through the new international universe.
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