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Less Is More
Sensible Deense Cuts to Boost Sustainable Security
John Norris and Andrew Sweet June 2010
 
Less Is More
Sensible Deense Cuts to Boost Sustainable Security
John Norris and Andrew Sweet June 2010
 
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Introduction and summary
“I we are o mee he myriad challenges around he world in he coming decades,”argues Secreary o Deense Rober Gaes, hen our “counry mus srenghenoher imporan elemens o naional power boh insiuionally and nancially,and creae he capabiliy o inegrae and apply all o he elemens o naionalpower o problems and challenges abroad.” Gaes’s experience leading our armedorces under wo presidens underscores he imporance o no relying solely onour unquesioned miliary migh o proec our shores and naional securiy iner-ess around he globe. Insead, Gaes mainains, we need o adop he concep o susainable securiy—a sraegy ha embraces he need o slim deense spending, bringing our own scal house in order while invesing in nonmiliary economicand social developmen programs abroad o comba he condiions ha breedpovery and poliical insabiliy.Our curren inernaional posure is increasingly unsusainable. Te reasons?Firs, he Unied Saes is simply spending oo much coninuing o gh wars in Aghanisan and Iraq while oal deense spending over he pas decade grew inan exponenial and undisciplined ashion. Second, he relaionship beween ourkey oreign policy insiuions (in deense, diplomacy, and economic and socialdevelopmen programs abroad) became wildly skewed in avor o deense a heexpense o nonmiliary uncions.Tis muscle-bound ye clumsy combinaion o asses leaves America poorly posiioned o deal wih he hreas and opporuniies we ace as a naion aroundhe globe oday and in he uure. Resoring a sense o balance and susainabiliy o our inernaional posure is absoluely essenial. Te upsho: We need o spendless money overall on deense weaponry while invesing a porion o hose savingsin susainable securiy iniiaives ha simulaneously proec our naional securiy and promoe human and collecive securiy.Shaping his more balanced approach will require sensible cus in deense spend-ing and concurren bu smaller sraegic invesmens in susainable securiy. Tis
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