title: The Next &lt;i&gt;National Defense Strategy&lt;/i&gt;: Mission-Based Force Planning
abstract: The Pentagon needs to embrace a new methodology called mission-based planning to size and shape the defense enterprise properly. This article critiques several proposals for reestablishing the long-standing two major theater war construct in the face of ongoing shifts in the strategic environment, including the nation’s $36 trillion debt and prospects of annual interest payments beyond $1 trillion. It presents a mission priority alternative focused on strategic prioritization based on the author
journal: The US Army War College Quarterly Parameters