Introduction to National Security Strategy Documents

1. Introduction to National Security Strategy Documents TSDM 10 Dr. Coty Keller

2. Strategy Documents in TSDM Course • Part 1 – TSDM Session 10 • National Security Strategy (NSS) • National Defense Strategy (NDS) • Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) • President’s new (Jan 2012) Defense Planning Guidance • Part 2- TSDM Session 11 • National Military Strategy (NMS) • Maritime Strategy • Part 3 – TSDM Sessions 13 & 14 • QDR in Force Planning • New (Jan 2012) SecDef budget guidance in Resource Allocation Process NWC/TSDM-10 Dr. Coty Keller

3. 1986 Goldwater-Nichols Act Required the President to submit an annual national security strategy report to the Congress that includes a “comprehensive description and discussion” of: • The “worldwide interests, goals and objectives” of the United States • The “foreign policy, worldwide commitments, and national defense capabilities” necessary to implement the strategy • The short-term and long-term uses of the political, economic, military, and other elements of national power • The adequacy of U.S. capabilities to carry out the strategy NWC/TSDM-10 Dr. Coty Keller

4. Aligned Strategies Geo-Political/Geo-Economic U.S. Government Political-Military • National Security Strategy • National Interests, Goals & Priorities • Integrating Instruments of National Power • National Security Objectives Department of Defense Military-Operational National DefenseStrategy • Strategic Objectives • How We Will Accomplish Objectives • Implementation Guidelines • Strategic Risk Mgmt Armed Forces • National MilitaryStrategy • Military Objectives • Desired Attributes, Functions & Capabilities • Joint Vision for Future Warfighting NWC/TSDM-10 Dr. Coty Keller

5. Timing Issues • In a perfect world the national level strategy documents are nested, with all of them providing a common thread to integrate and synchronize the planning and activities of the Joint Staff, combatant commands, Services and combat support agencies. • The thought process, and timing would start with the NSS, and flow to the NDS > NMS > Maritime Strategy. But, the current NDS was written under the Bush administration in 2008 while the current 2010 QDR was published before the latest NSS. Consequently, there is some discontinuity among the three documents that might warrant some consideration. • This situation (document timing out of sync) is not unusual. NWC/TSDM-10 Dr. Coty Keller

6. One Time Special Documents • In January 2012, the President and SecDef signed a new Defense Planning Guidance (DPG), with a title of Sustaining US Global Leadership: priorities for the 21st Century. • Serves as a update to the NSS • Additional reading for TSDM session 10 • SecDef issued new Budget Guidance in the wake of the January 2012 DPG. • Titled Defense Budget Priorities and Choices • May be viewed as an update of the QDR which outlines force structure, modernization and other budget guidance thru 2017. QDR ties resources to strategy • Additional Reading for TSDM Session 13 & 14 (Resource Allocation and Force Planning) NWC/TSDM-10 Dr. Coty Keller

7. Consolidating Strategic Planning Process & Documents National Security Strategy (NSS) National Defense Strategy (NDS) National Military Strategy (NMS) Employ the Force Manage the Force Develop the Force Guidance for Employment of the Force (GEF) Guidance for Development of the Force (GDF) / (Now DPPG) Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan (JSCP) Strategic Planning Guidance Transfor-mation Planning Guidance Global Posture Guidance Human Capital Strategy Contingency Planning Guidance Security Cooperation Guidance Global Posture Guidance Analytic Agenda Guidance Joint Concepts & Experiment. Guidance Science & Technology Guidance Global Force Mgmt Guidance Nuclear Weapons Planning Guidance Unified Command Plan Global Force Mgmt (GFM) Guidance Document CJCS Risk Assessment UNCLASSIFIED