Making Policy in the Shadow of the Future. (Record no. 36479)

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International Standard Book Number 9781282940499
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082 0# - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 327.73
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Treverton, Gregory F.
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Title Making Policy in the Shadow of the Future.
264 #1 - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc Santa Monica :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc RAND Corporation, The,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2010.
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Formatted contents note Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Figure and Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Section 1 - Introduction -- Section 2 - Shaping U.S. Policy for 2025 -- Multipolar World, Increased Role of Transnational Actors -- Transfer of Wealth from West to East -- The United States as the Most Powerful Absolutely, Just Less So Relatively -- Unprecedented Economic Growth, More People, and More Pressure on Resources -- Destabilizing Youth Bulges Diminish, but Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Others Still Problematic -- Increased Potential for Conflict, Given Middle East Turbulence and Proliferating Weaponry -- Fewer but Perhaps More-Lethal Terrorists -- Excursion: The Global Economic Crisis. -- Global Crisis, Global Consequences. -- Hyping the Debt -- National Regulation and International Cooperation. -- Key Uncertainties -- Section 3 - Where Might Longer-Term Thinking Change Short-Run Policy? -- Right for 2025 and Right for Now -- Reshaping Approaches to Energy and Climate Change. -- The Context of the "Threat" -- Building Capacity for Adapting. -- An Agenda for Now -- Fiscal Discipline After the Immediate Economic Crisis Is Passed -- The Effect of Revolutions in Military Affairs -- The Emerging Post-Iraq War Debate -- The Diffusion of Nuclear Weapons -- The Diffusion of Precision-Guided Munitions -- War Through Cyberspace -- Visions of the Nuclear Future -- Reshaping International Law and Institutions -- Refashioning Domestic Institutions -- Whither Mexico? -- Extending Long-Term Thinking -- Back Cover.
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Summary, etc The National Intelligence Council's 2008 report "Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World" projects what the world will look like in 2025 based on recent trends. This paper asks: How should U.S. policy adapt now to account for these trends and the future that will result from them? The author explores such issues as climate change, defense, international relations, and the structure of the federal government.
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Local note Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2019. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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Display text Print version:
Main entry heading Treverton, Gregory F.
Title Making Policy in the Shadow of the Future
Place, publisher, and date of publication Santa Monica : RAND Corporation, The,c2010
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