CIAO DATE: 12/2014
May 2014
Institute for National Strategic Studies
Force planning and defense budgeting processes that may work well with spending increases have significant problems with budget reductions under austerity. The current U.S. fiscal crisis and political polarization make strategic planning and defense decisionmaking difficult. As part of strategy, defense leaders need to engage in a credible dialogue about austerity, to include discussing fiscal policy and nondefense spending.
Resource link: Strategy and Force Planning in a Time of Austerity [PDF] - 562K