The Fulcrum of U. S. Regional Rebalancing: Russian and U.S. Securitization Moves in Contemporary Strategic Shifts

• Main Author: Peterson, James B
• Other Authors: AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Government and Political Science; Military Operations; Strategy and Tactics; *GEOPOLITICS; *MILITARY STRATEGY; *NATIONAL SECURITY; ARCTIC REGIONS; ARMS CONTROL; BORDER SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; GUIDED MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS; MILITARY DOCTRINE; MILITARY FORCES(FOREIGN); MILITARY FORCES(UNITED STATES); NATO; NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION; POLICIES; RUSSIA; TERRORISM; THESES; REBALANCING; RSCT(REGIONAL SECURITY COMPLEX THEORY); SECURITY POLICY; SECURITIZATION MOVES; SNSRF(OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION); NSS(NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY); MILITARY TRANSFORMATION; Arctic; Fulcrum; Pivot
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA617322; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA617322

In January of 2012, President Barack Obama issued strategic guidance to the Department of Defense. This guidance included extensive rebalancing of US regional focus for security policy. The regions of primary impact in this Rebalance include Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. These regions describe...