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ABSTRACT
TITLE: An Analysis Of The "New World Order" And Its Implications For US National Strategy
AUTHOR: John T. Brennan, Lieutenant Colonel, USAF
The Cold War is over and the result is a transition from a bipolar world of US vs. USSR to a
multipolar world or "New World Order" where the US remains the only military superpower.
However, this status is tentative for the United States. Like all the great superpowers in history,
the US is about to let the weight of its military establishment, drag its economy into collapse.
This paper looks at the implications of President Bush's "new world order," and the
opportunities it presents the US to preserve a peaceful international environment with an open
international market system while at the same time retaining its superpower status. The paper
establishes that the "new world order" is more than just rhetoric or simple statement of fact, it
exists but is ill-defined. As a result, the paper proposes to define the term as a democratic world
where all nations join together in partnership and cooperation under the framework of the
United Nations to establish peace, prosperity, antdjustice for all.
This lofty definition has major implications for US national strategy. Politically, we must
back out of the role of world policeman and become the "world's conscience," continuing to
actively support the United Nations. Economically, we must get our domestic economy in order
and invest in both the UN and the countries of the former Soviet Union. Militarily, we must
look for a force structure which responsibly reduces it's size to that required for collective
security, not unilateral action. We have a vision! What has been lacking is the long term strategy
to achieve this vision. By following a program of active political and economic measures and
responsible military reductions, we can ensure we retain our superpower status.
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