Globalization and Security

Paper Summary:

In this article, the writer discusses the question of whether globalization makes the U.S. more secure economically and militarily and looks at related reasons. This work defines globalization in its original and realistic sense and then defends why the proposed security effect is stated as an answer to the original question in this study. The writer concludes that this study clearly demonstrates that the economic and military security of the United States has been greatly reduced due to the effects of globalization and that national security is no longer limited narrowly to considerations of national defense and the preparedness of the military. Further, the writer maintains that instead national security must also take into consideration international conditions of security necessary for the preservation and enhancement of economic prosperity in the U.S. in a manner that serves to enhance free trade. Several tables are included with the paper.

Outline:
Objective
Introduction
Globalization - What is it Really?
Globalization and the Impact to DOD
Economic Aspects of Globalization
Privatization
Globalization, Free Trade and National Security
Discussion
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Furthermore, globalization cannot be viewed as an option of policy but instead it is simply a given that must be adapted to by policymakers. Globalization's affect to defense is in two primary ways that overlap one another. The first of these is the composition of DOD's supporting industrial base being altered in a fundamental manner requiring that DOD reengineer its business and acquisition practices and secondly, globalization has resulted in the competitive environment both militarily and technologically to be reshaped. No longer is the industrial base of DOD one that is of the nature of a dedicated industrial base for developing, producing and providing services and equipments and this is because of large defense cuts since the late 1980s, an expansion in commercial sector high-tech R&D investment and technological advancement, a sustained acquisition reform effort on the part of DOD and a transition in emphasis on the procurement of weapons and platforms to information technology that is more sophisticated and that amplifies capabilities."

Sample of Sources Used:

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