Henry L. Stimson Center

The United States faces a watershed moment: it must decide whether to increase its already massive debt in order to continue being the world’s sheriff or restrain its military missions and focus on economic recovery. Military power has dominated the United States’ global engagement over the last decade, but it is now clear that the country overreached.

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It is time to discipline the defense budget, along with the rest of the federal budget. Americans understand the logic of fiscal discipline.  Spending less requires doing less.  Doing less requires setting priorities.  Setting priorities means having clear options and a strategy for managing risk.

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Stimson: Choosing defense mission priorities

Addressing the Doctrinal Deficit is a report of the findings from the Future of Peace Operations program's international experts' workshop held at the UK Defence Academy in Shrivenham, UK in September 2009.

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Stimson_Addressing the Doctrinal Deficit.pdf