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BRIEFER – Definitions Matter: The Role of WMD in Shaping U.S. National Security Strategy
By Natasha E. Bajema To develop its national security strategy, the U.S. government typically formulates a set of agreed definitions and concepts about the current threat environment to help delineate top priorities. Once established, these impose clarity on mission spaces, shape the delegation of tasks and operations, justify budgets and the distribution of resources and…
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U.S. Congress: Bipartisan Support for Investments in Combating Climate Change at the Department of Defense
By John Conger As the Fiscal Year 2022 budget is discussed within the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), a budget that will reportedly include an increased focus on dealing with the threats that climate change poses to the Defense Department, the House Appropriations Committee’s Defense Subcommittee held a hearing on March 17 to consider the…
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A Blueprint for the U.S. Department of Defense’s Strategic Assessment of Climate Change
This is an excerpt from an article published in War on the Rocks By Kate Guy and Erin Sikorsky One could be forgiven for thinking that a rising China is the only threat that the Department of Defense is preparing to confront. China is referred to as the “pacing threat” by senior defense officials, and…
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Protecting Against Biological Threats: Recommendations for the Global Posture Review
By Bill Beaver, Yong-Bee Lim, Christine Parthemore and Andy Weber On February 4, 2021, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III released a statement on the initiation of a Global Posture Review (GPR) – a comprehensive review of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) footprint, resources, strategy, and missions. Led by the Acting Under Secretary…
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U.S. Department of Defense: Funding Available for Environmental Research and Development
ALEXANDRIA, VA, November 4, 2020—The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) is seeking to fund environmental research and development in the Resource Conservation and Resiliency program area. SERDP invests across the broad spectrum of basic and applied research, as well as advanced technology development. The development and application of innovative…
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Despite Politics, the Pentagon Launches New Effort on Climate and Environmental Security
By John Conger The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has been addressing climate change issues and examining how they impact national security for a long time – across multiple Administrations, both Democrat and Republican. In recent years, the DoD has done so despite political pressures to the contrary, though prioritization of the issue declined significantly…
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Climate Security in the 2021 U.S. National Defense Authorization Act
By John Conger Both the U.S. House and Senate recently passed their versions of the Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act, but it’s quite possible there will be a delay before a conference bill is completed. Rather than wait for the final version, this blog will review the climate change and resilience provisions in…