Background and Formulation

Assessment and Debate

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The Quadrennial Defense Review 2006
Office of the Secretary of Defense, 06 February 2006 (printable .pdf file).
Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website.

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Background and Formulation

Transformation to What and Against Whom? The United States Navy and the 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review
James A. Russell. World Defence Systems, Centre for Defence Studies, Kings College, University of London, March 2006 (printable .pdf file). Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website.

DOD Mulls Shift of Carrier to Pacific
Jason Sherman. InsideDefense.com, 04 February 2006.

Address at the National Press Club ("The Long War")
Donald H. Rumsfeld. 02 February 2006.

QDR Speeds Navy Programs
Jason Sherman. InsideDefense.com NewsStand, 31 January 2006. Posted on the Military.com Website.

Key excerpts from the 18 January 2006 draft of the 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review (.html file) (printable .pdf file)
selected by Charles Knight. 24 January 2006. From larger excerpt published by InsideDefense.com 23 January 2006.

QDR Boosts Special Forces:  Draft Review Cuts No Major Programs
Defense News, 23 January 2006.

U.S. May Arm Subs With Conventional Warheads for Quicker Strike
Tony Capaccio. Bloomberg, 17 January 2006.

QDR's Crucial Question
Thomas Donnelly. Armed Forces Journal, 01 January 2006. Posted on the American Enterprise Institute Website.

Defense Transformation and the 2005 Quadrennial Defense Review
Ryan Henry. Parameters Winter 2005 (printable .pdf file). Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website.

Big Programs Survive QDR:  U.S. Services Eye Personnel Cuts To Save Weapons
Gopal Ratnam. Defense News, 12 December 2005.

Pentagon sticks with 2-war plan
Rowan Scarborough. Washington Times, 09 December 2005.

The QDR Capability Mix: Problems, Analyses, Solutions
Robert P. Haffa et al. Northrop Grumman Analysis Center, August 2005 (printable .pdf file). Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website.

Strategists Debate U.S. Military Policy
Roman Kupchinsky. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, July 2005. Posted on the Global Security website.

The 2005 Quadrennial Defense Review: Strategy and Threats
Jack Spencer and Kathy Gudgel. Heritage Foundation Web Memo #728, 20 April 2005.

Pentagon Reaffirms Globocop Role
Jim Lobe. 22 March 2005. Posted on the Antiwar.com website.

The 2005 Quadrennial Defense Review: The View from the Pentagon
Jack Spencer and Kathy Gudgel. Heritage Foundation Web Memo #682, 11 March 2005.

Defense Transformation and the 2005 Quadrennial Defense Review
Ryan Henry. Parameters Winter 2005 (printable .pdf file). Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website.

Principles for the Next Quadrennial Defense Review
Jack Spencer. Heritage Foundation Executive Memorandum #954, 15 December 2004.

Weathering the QDR
Robert S. Dudney. Air Force Magazine, December 2004.

Quadrennial Defense Review: Future Reviews Can Benefit from Better Analysis and Changes in Timing and Scope
GAO-03-13, November 2002 (printable .pdf file). Posted on the Commonwealth Institute website.

Assessment and Debate

Budgeting for Empire: Ambitions Outweigh Strategy
David Isenberg. Foreign Policy in Focus, 28 March 2007.

The Quadrennial Defense Review:  Transforming to Meet Tomorrow's Security Challenges
Andrew F. Krepinevich. 17 March 2006 (printable .pdf file). Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website.

2006 Quadrennial Defense Review: Shifting Emphasis
U.S. Army Institute of Land Warfare, March 2006 (printable .pdf file). Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website.

Did the Pentagon Get the Quadrennial Defense Review Right?
Michèle A. Flournoy. The Washington Quarterly, Spring 2006 (printable .pdf file). Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website.

Marching Us Into Chaos? Introducing the QDR, a battle plan for the New American Century
Sam Urquhart. Guerilla News Network, 14 February 2006.

DOD's QDR and the 2007 Defense Budget:  Headed in the Wrong Direction
Lawrence Korb. Washington DC: Center for Defense Information, 14 February 2006.

QDR 2006:  Do The Forces Match the Missions?  DOD Gives Little Reason to Believe
Carl Conetta, PDA Briefing Memo #36, 10 February 2006. (printable .pdf file)

The world as a battlefield
Paul Rogers. opendemocracy.net, 09 February 2006.

The QDR and the Intelligence Puzzle
Fred Burton. Strategic Forecasting Inc., 09 February 2006.

2007 National Defense Budget and the QDR:  Old Wine, Bigger Bottle
Winslow T. Wheeler, Center for Defense Information, 09 February 2006 (PowerPoint presentation). Posted on the Commonwealth Institute website.

Fighting on all fronts
Jim Lobe. Asia Times, 09 February 2006.

The Long War
William S. Lind. Antiwar.com, 09 February 2006.

Roundtable on the Quadrennial Defense Review
Stephen Biddle, Douglas Holtz-Eakin and William L. Nash. Council on Foreign Relations, 08 February 2006.

What the QDR Should Say; The Quadrennial Defense Review Must Stimulate Long-Term Change
Michael G. Vickers. Armed Forces Journal, 06 February 2006.

Pentagon Plans for 'Long War' on Extremism
Mark Mazzetti. Los Angeles Times, 04 February 2006.

Bulk the Army or Review the Policy:  The Defense Dilemma
Gordon Adams. Democracy Arsenal, 04 February 2006.

Betraying Our Troops:  Procuring More Useless Weapons Systems
Ralph Peters. The One Republic, 03 February 2006.

Rumsfeld Surrenders:  The QDR Dashes his Dreams of Military Transformation
Fred Kaplan. Slate, 03 February 2006.

QDR Does Little to Improve Affordability Of Long-term Defense Plans
Steven M. Kosiak. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, 03 February 2006 (printable .pdf file).

Pentagon Review Calls for More Joint Service Operations
Megan Scully. Government Executive Magazine, 03 February 2006.

QDR Leaves Repubs, Dems Skeptical
Pamela Hess. United Press International, 03 February 2006.

First Echoes of a Hollow Force? Air Force Choices Make Little Sense
James Jay Carafano. Heritage Foundation WebMemo #986, 03 February 2006.

Did the Pentagon Get the Quadrennial Defense Review Right?
Michèle A. Flournoy. The Washington Quarterly, Spring 2006 (printable .pdf file). Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website.

Is Rumsfeld Bored or Tired?  His latest, sad plan to transform the military
Fred Kaplan. Slate, 12 January 2006.

Battle Damage From the QDR
Robert S. Dudney. Air Force Magazine January 2006 (printable .pdf file).