Original scientific paper

The Second Term of President Bush, QDR and the Start of a New American Security Policy

Mladen Nakić ; Ministry of Defense, Republic of Croatia

Abstract

Will the current policy be continued or do we need to expect important changes during the second mandate of president Bush. This rhetorical question could be taken in the context of making efforts for adequate resources to be provided in the fight against the global terrorism. The changes in the national strategy, new defining of the foreign policy priorities, and overall the question of domestic security, will present the basic lines in the next four years, which should start with adopting new Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) as a directions to administration, as well as to Congress, dealing with the reorganization of military power and its capacities. And more important, how is this power going to be used in the following period.

Keywords

national strategy; military power; QDR; security; asymmetrical threats; terrorism

Hrčak ID:

289844

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/289844

Publication date:

15.4.2005.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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