Saturday, September 5, 2009

QDR (Quadrennial Defense Review) News Roundup -- September 5, 2009

The Failed History Of The QDR -- Ares/Aviation Week Blog

Since the first Quadrennial Defense Review was published in 1997, critics have been wondering—and with good reason—how much the report actually succeeds in influencing the strategic and budgetary priorities of the Pentagon.

In a report due to be released next week which ARES has obtained, Anthony Cordesman and Erin K. Fitzgerald of the Center for Strategic and International Studies take full aim at the QDR’s historical failings, while outlining what the Pentagon planners need to do to avoid the fate of previous reports, which the pair says have “done nothing to change whatever trajectory the Pentagon’s leadership has pre-decided.”

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More Quadrennial Defense Review News

QDR Could Spur Production Cuts Of AF -- Aviation Week
Pentagon Review Spurring Large Changes -- Kiplinger
II MEF Showcases Its Irregular Warfare Capabilities for QDR Panel -- Systems
QDR could reduce quantities of air-fired weapons -- Smart Brief
Helo shortage thorny issue surrounding QDR -- Navy Times
Pentagon Reform: Will It Ever Start? -- Center For Defense Information
Failing State -- Foreign Policy
Fueling the “Balance”: A Defense Energy Strategy Primer -- Gov Monitor
Fueling our security: The need for a defense energy strategy -- Washington Examiner
CRS — U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces: Background, Developments, and Issues -- Docuticker
The Perils of Prediction and Unpreparedness in Building the Future Force -- Heritage Foundation

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