United States National Security Strategy
The National Security Strategy ( NSS ; German National Security Strategy ) prepared a report and an action statement by the Federal Government of the United States to the security policy is the country the development of such a strategy since 1986 for each government to the. Congress mandatory.
The purpose of the National Security Strategy, according to the fundamental doctrine of the United States Air Force , is " to guarantee the sovereignty and independence of the United States [with its] underlying values and institutions [in intact condition]".
Legal basis and historical development
The legal provisions for the National Security Strategy go back to the Goldwater-Nichols Act 1986 Reorganizing the Department of Defense. They are anchored today as Section 404a in Book 50 of the United States Code and determine the publication period and the content of the report. The NSS are fundamental strategies that are based on a broad concept of security and that address all security policy areas and crisis regions. The report is prepared in a secret and a public version.
According to regulations, every report on the National Security Strategy should include five levels:
- worldwide national interests, goals, and aspirations of the United States affecting security policy
- foreign policy, global operations and defense capabilities, which serve to deter attacks on the mainland of the United States and to carry out its own goals
- the political, economic, and military measures envisaged by the federal government of the United States that would result in the above. Aim to achieve goals.
- the appropriateness and balance of all opposing potentials that are available to the federal government.
- all related, further information
As such, the law only requires an annual security report to Congress, which is presented with the budget, and an additional report no later than 150 days after the inauguration of each president. In fact, however, all presidents have attached more weight to the four-yearly reports as a security policy guideline for their own terms of office than originally intended.
The National Security Strategy of September 2002 , also known as the “Bush Doctrine”, acquired special significance and awareness , as it was the first in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 and since the last Quadrennial Defense Review . Before it was published, the suggestions made by then-President George W. Bush in speeches and statements regarding possible preventive wars sparked discussions both among the global public and among security policy observers.
Web links
- National Security Strategy from December 2017
- National Security Strategy from May 2010 (PDF; 1.6 MB)
- National Security Strategy from March 2006
- National Security Strategy from September 2002
- Summary of the new National Security Strategy of the United States from the Peace Council of the University of Kassel, as well as an original German translation from September 2002 authorized by the US Embassy
- National Security Strategy from December 1999 (PDF file; 196 kB)
- National Security Strategy from May 1997
- National Security Strategy of February 1996
- National Security Strategy from August 1991
Secondary literature
- Michael A. Weinstein: Washington's 2006 National Security Strategy Confirms a Policy Void , in: Power and Interest News Report of March 22, 2006 (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ above: Air Force Basic Doctrine ( Memento of the original from February 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.5 MB), AFDD 1 , November 17, 2003, p. 12.
- ↑ a b o. V .: legal text . Accessed September 6, 2008.
