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NSS and NDS of President Biden's presidency (2022) - Coggle Diagram
NSS and NDS of President Biden's presidency (2022)
Department of Defense, Fact Sheet: 2022 National Defense Strategy," (Washington, DC: Department of Defense, March 28, 2022). (2 pages)
Defense Priorities: How the DoD will protect national interests p. 1.
Defending the homeland, paced to the growing multi-domain threat posed by the PRC
Deterring strategic attacks against the US, Allies, and partners
Deterring aggression, while being prepared to prevail in conflict when necessary, prioritizing the PRC challenge to the Indo-Pacific, then the Russia challenge in Europe
Building a resilient Joint force and defense ecosystem (hmm...)
Strategic threats: p. 1-2
PRC as pacesetter and most consequential threat
Russia, in conjunction with NATO
Other persistent threats: North Korea, Iran, and violent extremist organizations
Changes in global climate and other transboundary threats (i.e. pandemics)
Increase resilience: ability to fight through, withstand, and recover quickly from disruption from kinetic and non-kinetic threats
Allies and partners are critical to successful response, must consider ally and partner perspectives, competencies, and advantages when planning at every stage
Primary Ways of DoD:p. 2.
Integrated deterrence: must work across domains, theaters, and spectrum of conflict as well as all instruments of national power
Campaigning: align with other instruments of national power to undermine acute forms of competitor coercion, complicate competitor's military preparations, and develop our own warfighting capabilities with allies and partners
Building enduring advantage: must reform to accelerate force development, develop tech, and invest in people
Joseph R. Biden Jr., National Security Strategy (Washington, DC: The White House, October 12, 2022), 29-30, and 37-38. (4 pages)
Strategic challenges p. 6.
The Post-Cold War era is over and the major powers are in competition to shape what comes next
People around the world are struggling with transborder challenges (food insecurity, climate change, pandemics, terrorism, energy shortages, inflation) that are central to international security or lack of it
National Interests
Protecting the security of the American people (security)
Expanding America's economic prosperity and opportunity (economic)
Realizing and defending our democratic values (democratic values)
Ends (goals) (p. 11)
A free, open, prosperous, and secure international order via three LOE's:
LOE 1: Invest in the underlying sources and tools of American power and influence
LOE 2: Build the strongest possible coalition of nations
LOE 3: Modernize and strengthen our military
Build these capabilities using all instruments of national power
Arms Control and Non-Proliferation (p. 29-30)
Vitally important and globally enduring challenge
Requires sustained collobaration
Renew US arms control and non-proliferation leadership
US will lead bi- and multilateral arms control efforts and strengthen existing regimes, frameworks, and institutions
Promote a Free and Open Indo-Pacific (p. 37-38).
Indo-Pacific = epicenter of 21st century geopolitics
Will work with allies and partners to keep Indo-Pacific free and open
Affirm freedom of the seas and will build shared regional support for open access to the South China Sea
Affirm the centrality of ASEAN and seek deeper bonds with SE Asian partners
Will expand regional diplomatic, development, and economic engagements
Advance resilient, fair, and low-carbon economies.
Reaffirm iron-clad commitment to regional treaty Allies: Australia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, and Thailand.
Reaffirm our commitment to Japanese defense, to include Senkaku islands
Seek sustained diplomacy with North Korea with a goal to achieve complete denuclearization of Korean peninsula while maintaining deterrence in the face of North Korean WMD and missile threats