These are extraordinary times in U.S. national security policy.
America remains engaged in both Iraq and Afghanistan while facing a
global economic downturn. Homeland security concerns still abound
in the wake of the September 11 attacks. Even as the financial
crisis places considerable pressure on the U.S. budget, President
Obama will have to spend a great deal of time and money on national
security, hard power, and war. How should these competing demands
be prioritized? How much money will be needed? How much will be
available, and how should it be spent?
"Budgeting for Hard Power" continues the long and proud
tradition of Brookings analysis on defense spending. As with
previous volumes, this book examines the budgets of the Pentagon
and the Department of Energy's nuclear weapons programs. But
Michael O'Hanlon takes his analysis further, addressing the wide
range of activities crucial for American security as a result of
9/11 and the ongoing wars. He considers homeland security resources
and selected parts of the State Department and foreign operations
budgets --offering a more complete overall look at the elements
that make up America's "hard power" budget, a concept that he and
Kurt Campbell wrote about in "Hard Power: The New Politics of
National Security" (2006).
With future federal deficits projected to top $1 trillion,
O'Hanlon calls for Defense, State, and Homeland Security budgets to
be as frugal as possible. At the same time, he recognizes that
resources should be selectively increased in certain areas to
compensate for years of systematic underfunding, especially in
certain areas of homeland security, diplomacy, and foreign
assistance. In his typically clear and concise manner, O'Hanlon
shows policymakers how to wrestle with the resource allocation
decisions affecting the national security of the United States.
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