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Welcome... to the Defense Strategy Review Page, providing online free and open access to a broad spectrum of analyses, background studies, official documents, and commentaries essential to understanding the formulation of U.S. national security strategy and military policies. The site includes special topic pages on Militarized Globalism and Empire, Preventive War, and the Strategic Aspects of Force Planning. In most cases items included on these pages do not also appear in listings on other pages of this site -- for instance, you should not expect to find articles primarily addressing preventive war in the Strategy pages. Site edited by Charles Knight and sponsored by the Project on Defense Alternatives. Issue No. 08:01, December 2008.

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Preparing for QDR 2010

Strengthening the Next QDR (2010) Through Timely and Relevant Analysis, MORS Workshop, January 12-15, 2009
Terms of Reference, Military Operations Research Society (MORS), 09 October 2008.

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Working Groups

The five Working Groups (and Chairs) are:

1. Dealing with Islamic Extremism (Iraq, Afghanistan, and Beyond) – Mike Baranick (NDU) - Purpose: Identify/compile viable strategies for dealing with Islamic extremist challenges as well as evidence from the MORS community as to what USG (and allied) resources and capabilities (mix, level) could help/suffice to implement the strategies.
2. Countering WMD Proliferation – Pat McKenna (STRATCOM) - Purpose: Identify strategies for countering WMD proliferation, and capabilities/ resources to implement strategies.
3. Providing for Homeland Security/Defense - Dr. Jerry Diaz (HSI) - Purpose: Examine the analytic seams between the Homeland Defense and Homeland Security mission spaces. Identify those key areas that are likely to be of concern in both the 20010 QDR and 2009 QHSR.
4. Dealing with a Peer Competitor - Trip Barber (Navy) - [This working group will be held at the SECRET (NOFORN) level.] - Purpose: Identify strategy options for Dealing with a Peer Competitor, and assess how to implement them.
5. Integration/Strategy (Balancing Strategy and Capabilities) - Dr. Jim Thomason (IDA) - Purpose: Identify viable strategy]capability balancing approach (es) for the upcoming QDR; identify promising candidates for post]QDR development/implementation

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