Author: National Intelligence Council (US) Office of the
Publisher: Central Intelligence Agency
Keywords: world, transformed, trends, global
Number of Pages: 116
Published: 2008-12-05
ISBN-10: 0160818346
ISBN-13: 9780160818349

"Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World" is the fourth unclassified report prepared by the National Intelligence Council (NIC) in recent years that takes a long-term view of the future. It offers a fresh look at how key global trends might develop over the next 15 years to influence world events. Our report is not meant to be an exercise in prediction or crystal ball-gazing. Mindful that there are many possible "futures," we offer a range of possibilities and potential discontinuities, as a way of opening our minds to developments we might otherwise miss. Some of our preliminary assessments

Authors:Susan M. Gates, Edward G. Keating, Bryan Tysinger
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: analysis, recent, trends, workforce, acquisition, navy, civilian, department
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2009
ISBN-10: 0833046187
ISBN-13: 9780833046185

The defense acquisition workforce (AW) is responsible for providing a wide range of acquisition, technology, and logistics support to the nation’s warfighters. This report provides a descriptive overview of the Department of the Navy’s (DoN’s) civilian AW over the past decade and presents the results of preliminary analyses of data related to specific workforce management issues: retention, professional development, and leadership. It demonstrates the utility of workforce analysis and focuses attention on issues that deserve further analysis and policymaker attention. The aut

Authors:Philip S. Anton, Richard Silberglitt, James Schne
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: technology, trends, synergies, information, materials, nano, revolution, bio, global
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2001
ISBN-10: 0833029495
ISBN-13: 9780833029492

Beyond the agricultural and industrial revolutions of the past, a global technology revolution is currently changing the world. This book discusses the broad, multidisciplinary, and synergistic trends in this revolution, including genomics, cloning, biomedical engineering, smart materials, agile manufacturing, nanofabricated computation devices, and integrated microsystems.The revolution

Author: Daniel Byman John R. Wise
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: threats, opportunities, trends, decade, gulf, coming, persian
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2002
ISBN-10: 0833032062
ISBN-13: 9780833032065

This book summarizes likely challenges to U.S. interests in the Persian Gulf, identifies key uncertainties and trends, and assesses the implications of those trends for the United States. The authors examine shifting military balances and weaknesses, the threat from weapons of mass destruction (WMD); social and economic trends in the region; potential regime changes; and the effects of the U.S. military presence in the region.

Author: Olga Oliker Tanya Charlick-Paley
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: states, air, force, united, implications, russia, decline, trends, assessing
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2002
ISBN-10: 0833030957
ISBN-13: 9780833030955

Continuing trends toward military, political, economic, and social decline in Russia threaten the interests of the United States and its allies. Moscow’s capacity to govern is called into question by increasing crime and corruption (and by political and economic regionalization). Both the military nuclear arsenal and the civilian nuclear power sector present risks of materials theft or diversion, as well as of tragic accident. An increasingly aging and ailing population bodes ill for Russia’s future. Reversing the country’s economic decline and rebuilding an effective militar

Authors:Mark V. Arena, Irv Blickstein, Obaid Younossi, Cl
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: costs, ship, over, past, decades, several, naval, trends, ships, navy, risen, macroscopic, examination, cost
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2006
ISBN-10: 0833039210
ISBN-13: 9780833039217

Over the past several decades, the increases in acquisition costs for U.S. Navy amphibious ships, surface combatants, attack submarines, and nuclear aircraft carriers have outpaced the rate of inflation. To understand why, the authors of this book examined two principal source categories of ship cost escalation: economy-driven factors (which are outside the control of the Navy) and customer-driven factors (features for which the Navy has the most control). The authors also interviewed various shipbuilders to find out their views on other issues contributing to increasing costs. Based on their

Authors:David E. Stem, Michael Boito, Obaid Younossi
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: aircraft, guided, weapons, programs, costs, trends, engineering, program, management, systems
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2006
ISBN-10: 0833038729
ISBN-13: 9780833038722

Systems engineering and program management (SE/PM) constitute a large portion of the acquisition cost of military aircraft and guided weapons systems. The goal of this study was the development of a set of cost-estimating relationships that can be used to estimate the SE/PM cost element for development and production of aircraft and weapons programs. The authors canvassed government and industry personnel to learn about current techniques for estimating SE/PM costs, and they collected historical data from several aircraft and weapons programs to investigate trends in SE/PM costs over time and