A Strategy-Based Framework for Accommodating Reductions in the Defense Budget

• Main Author: Johnson, Stuart E. (auth)
• Other Authors: Blickstein, Irv (auth), Gompert, David C. (auth), Nemfakos, Charles (auth), Thie, Harry J. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2012
• Subjects: Military history; Defence strategy, planning & research; Treaties & other sources of international law; Military engineering; History; Political Science; Technology
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

RAND analysts posit that the ongoing pressure to reduce the federal budget deficit may result in further reductions in the Defense Department budget and suggest starting from a strategy basis in determining the reductions, prioritizing challenges, and identifying where to accept more risk. The repor...