http://www.nwc.navy.mil/newrulesets/ThePentagonsNewMap.htm



This does look a rather impressive article

I pulled the reference to this one from http://www.cfr.org/reg_issues.php?
id=8|||1

National Security and Defense Must Reads Page

I also checked the Esquire website and there is no link for it, but l happened
across it here

The Pentagon’s New Map, by Thomas P.M. Barnett, Esquire (March 2003)
   The author, a professor at the Naval War College and adviser to the Office
of the Defense Secretary, sets forth a new "operating theory of the world,"
defined by where globalization has taken root and where it has not, and a
military strategy for aggressively dealing with this world.


This below is the flavour of some of the stuff here

The Worldwide Threat in 2003: Evolving Dangers in a Complex World, by George J.
Tenet, Testimony to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, February 11,
2003
   Director of Central Intelligence Tenet outlines major threats to America's
national security, including terrorism, proliferation, and hot spots around the
globe.

http://www.cia.gov/cia/public_affairs/speeches/dci_speech_02112003.html

Congressional Statement on the War on Terrorism, by Robert S. Mueller III,
Testimony to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (February 11, 2003)
   FBI Director Mueller says al-Qaeda remains the "most immediate and serious
threat" facing the United States in the foreseeable future and has the
capability to mount another terrorist attack on U.S. soil.

Too Big A Buck For The Bang, by Michael O’Hanlon, Washington Post (January 6,
2003)
   With very little political debate, the U.S. defense budget has increased
from $300 billion in 2000 to $385 billion in 2003, and is projected to exceed
$500 billion by 2009. Defense Expert O’Hanlon argues that a $500 billion
defense budget is higher than necessary and will take away from major domestic
priorities and perhaps hamper homeland security efforts.

The Full Costs of Ballistic Missile Defense, Kenneth J. Arrow, William A. Cox,
David Gold, Rodney W. Jones, and Richard F. Kaufman, Center for Arms Control &
Nonproliferation (January 2003)
   The report projects the likely costs of a layered missile defense system to
be between $800 billion and $1.2 trillion.

Jeremy Compton
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