Global Forecast 2014

U.S. Security Policy at a Crossroads

Craig Cohen, Kathleen Hicks, Josiane Gabel

• Publisher: Center for Strategic & International Studies
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN: 9781442227842
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: International Relations
• Index: Politics & International Relations

After a dozen years of war, the 2008 financial crisis, budgetary contraction inside government, and growing political polarization, U.S. security policy stands at a crossroads as America finds itself lacking a durable political consensus on the nation's role in the world. In Global Forecast 2014, CSIS scholars answer the questions that will determine the future trajectory of American power in 2014 and beyond. The report looks overseas at America's ability to sustain its rebalance to Asia and adapt to the changing order in the Middle East. At the same time, the authors examine America's ability to get its own house in order—to develop a sustainable resource strategy for defense and to rebuild a national security consensus to meet the challenges the United States will face in the years ahead.

Table of contents

• THE DETERIORATION OF GOVERNMENT
• PART ONE Getting our House in Order
• PART TWO The Changing Order in the Middle East
• PART THREE Sustaining the Rebalance
• PART FOUR Nontraditional Security Approaches
• CONTRIBUTORS