Domestic Trends in the United States, China, and Iran Implications for U.S. Navy Strategic Planning

• Main Author: Gordon, John IV (auth)
• Other Authors: Button, Robert W. (auth), Cunningham, Karla J. (auth), Reid, Toy I. (auth), Blickstein, Irv (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2008
• Subjects: Warfare & defence; Political control & freedoms; Political Science
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The U.S. Navy faces uncertainty about the degree to which it will have to prepare for a high-end future conflict versus the so-called Long War. To help the Navy understand how critical near-, mid-, and far-term trends in the United States, China, and Iran might influence U.S. security decisions in g...