National Security Reform 2010: A Mid-Term Assessment

Abstract : Assessing U.S. leadership in ongoing national security reform was the focus of a research colloquium hosted by the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas AM Preface, by Ryan C. Crocker; Introduction: Strategic Assessments and National Security Reform, by Joseph R. Cerami, Jared E. Bennett, and Robert H. Dorff; Grading the Government: A Mid-Term National Security Assessment, by James Jay Carafano; Five Heretical Suggestions: Addressing Civil-Military Tensions, by Bernard I. Finel; Congressional National Security Reform during the Obama Administration, by James R. Locher III; Congressional National Security Reform: A Mid-Obama Administration Review, by Richard Weitz; The National Security Council System: It's Not Much, But We Like It, by Harvey Sicherman; Assessing the United States in Afghanistan: The Record and the Range of Choice, by Joseph J. Collins; Stabilization and Reconstruction in Conflict and Post-Conflict Since 9/11, by James Stephenson; and Our Strategic Assessment System Needs an Overhaul: Summary and Concluding Thoughts, by Matthew Harber.