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Dempsey releases national military strategy
Jim Garamone itary on the planet.” and the Levant. than governments had in the past.
The National Military Strategy “We are working with allies to Concerns About Russia, Iran,
DoD News, Defense Media Activity
follows the release of the 2015 Na- deter, deny and -- when necessary North Korea
WASHINGTON – The chair- tional Security Strategy in Febru- -- defeat potential state adversar- While the document notes Rus-
man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff can- ary this year, as well as the 2014 ies,” the document says. But at
not predict exactly where the next Quadrennial Defense Review. the same time, the U.S. military is sia’s contributions in some security
threat to the United States and its building and leading an extensive areas such as counternarcotics and
interests may come from, but he Strategic Outlook network to take on ISIL. counterterrorism, it also points
knows it will happen faster than in The strategy recognizes that to that nation’s willingness to use
the past and the U.S. military must the application of military power Globalization Complicates Se- force to achieve its goals.
be prepared. versus traditional state threats is curity Strategy
far different than military power “It also has repeatedly demon-
The National Military Strategy against non-state actors. It also Globalization is allowing people strated that it does not respect the
released today by Army Gen. Mar- posits that the most likely scenario and technology to move around sovereignty of its neighbors,” the
tin E. Dempsey provides the blue- is prolonged campaigns rather than the world in a way never seen be- strategy states. “Russia’s military
print for how the military will use short, intense battles. fore, complicating an already com- actions are undermining regional
its forces to protect and advance The strategy also states that as plex security situation, according security directly and through proxy
U.S. national and security interests. a “hedge against unpredictabil- to the strategy. Globalization has forces.”
ity with reduced resources we may positive effects in stimulating trade
“Globalization, diffusion of tech- have to adjust our global posture.” and making many nations prosper- But Russia is not the only coun-
nology, and demographic shifts are According to the strategy docu- ous, but it also can exacerbate so- try of concern in the strategy docu-
driving rapid change as state ac- ment, the U.S. military also must cial tensions, cause competition for ment.
tors and trans-regional networks be ready to counter “revisionist resources and may engender politi-
challenge order and stability,” said states” such as Russia that are chal- cal instability. Iran’s nuclear program worries
Dempsey. “This strategy addresses lenging international norms as well American allies in the region and
these dynamics and our strategy to as violent extremist organizations Technology speeds everything beyond, according to the strategy.
ensure that our force remains the such as the Islamic State of Iraq up. The strategy noted that individ- Iran sponsors terrorist groups in
best-led, trained and equipped mil- uals and groups, today, have more the region and is active in Syria,
information at their beck and call Iraq, Yemen and Lebanon.
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