All Elements of National Power: Moving Toward a New Interagency Balance for US Global Engagement
All Elements of National Power: Moving Toward a New Interagency Balance for US Global Engagement
By Atlantic Council Combatant Command Task Force
Addressing near-term security challenges and long-range global trends requires a broader approach in the execution of America’s regional national security policy, argues All Elements of National Power: Moving Toward a New Interagency Balance for US Global Engagement, a new report by the Atlantic Council’s Combatant Command Task Force. Improving interagency cooperation and integration reduces risks resulting from disjointed efforts in US global engagements and against uncertainty in a dramatically changing world. The report, chaired by General James L. Jones, Jr., USMC (Ret.), analyzes and provides recommendations on how the United States can resource and restructure to create a more balanced, forward-deployed regional approach essential to improving the integration of national instruments of power—diplomatic, informational, military, economic, and others—to advance US interests at the regional level…
After a cursory read, it seems this is advocating for the creation of something akin to regional “ambassadorships”. It also seems to be advocating for inclusion of regional allied members within the office. But because the document wouldn’t download completely, I don’t know what the rest of the study has in it.