WHAT KIND OF FUTURE ARE WE PREPARING FOR: JOINT OPERATING ENVIRONMENT (JOE) 2035
WHAT KIND OF FUTURE ARE WE PREPARING FOR: JOINT OPERATING ENVIRONMENT (JOE) 2035

Author(s): Florin Diaconu
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: threats; risks; challenges; windows of opportunity; freedom; deterrence; exploring the future; Russia; the Western world
Summary/Abstract: The paper briefly analyzes an official document made public, in mid-July 2016, by the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff. The document is called Joint Operating Environment (JOE) 2035: The Joint Force in a Contested and Disordered World and is aimed at offering some recommendations dealing with what the U.S. – and the rest of the Western world, including countries on the Eastern rim on NATO – must do in order to be better prepared for the complex threats, risks and challenges in the foreseeable future. Several major interconnected geo-strategic threats, risks and challenges in the foreseeable future are taken into account and some potentially important windows of opportunity as well. The main aim of this paper is that of depicting some politically and strategically significant consequences of the conceptual-intellectual framework JOE 2035 is so vividly and convincingly presenting.

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