Center for Strategic Leadership

Environmental Security and Preventative Defense John D Auger Studies Paper by the US Army War College, Center for Strategic Leadership "The strategy of Preventive Defense is built on the premise that defense establishments have an important role to play in building democracy, trust and understanding, and in addressing problems that lead to regional tensions or in promoting communication and cooperation. Defense environmental cooperation can support this essential component of our national strategy. In light of this, the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Environmental Security) asked the Center for Strategic Leadership, U.S. Army War College to address environmental degradation and scarcity and the role they play in the causes of conflict and instability in the post--Cold War world. "

A Blueprint for a Bold Restructuring of the Organization for National Security Prof James O Kievit, Prof Michael J Pasquarett Study Paper by the US Army War College, Center for Strategic Leadership "Throughout history the proficient application of combined arms on the ground battlefield has been a key to tactical success, and so military leaders and institutions have expended tremendous intellectual and physical resources to ensure their organizations and subordinate leaders were capable of such integrated activities. As just one example, today the vast infrastructure of the U.S. Army’s Training and Doctrine Command exists primarily to ensure that no other land forces in the world will be more proficient at combined arms than are American forces."