GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: US National Military Strategy -- 2011: Continued Focus on Terrorism & Enhanced Focus on China

ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center

SOURCE: South Asia Analysis Group

11February2011 7:43pmEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, released on February 8, 2011, the USA's new National Military Strategy in replacement of the earlier strategy released in 2004 when Mr.George Bush was the President. The text of the new strategy is available in PDF Format below.

The fight against terrorism and extremism emanating from the Af-Pak and other regions continues to receive priority in the new strategy too, but the new strategy envisages an enhanced focus    on  China. It says "The Nation’s strategic priorities and interests will increasingly emanate from the Asia-Pacific region. The region's share of global wealth is growing, enabling increased military capabilities. This is causing the region’s security architecture to change rapidly, creating new challenges and opportunities for our national security and leadership. Though still underpinned by the U.S. bilateral alliance system, Asia's security architecture is becoming a more complex mix of formal and informal multilateral relationships and expanded bilateral security ties among states." (read full report)

 

 

 

 

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