SSI: The 1994 Australian Defense White Paper: An American View (1995) By Thomas-Durell Young
 
Australia has seen a sea change in the global strategic environment with the end of the Cold War and the dawning of the Post Cold War Era. This change has called for a reassessment of its current state of defense policies and structures--particularly as regards U.S. foreign policy and strategy, combined with regional security arrangements. Australia has a profound need for reassessment of its National Security Strategy and diplomacy toward East Asia. The convergence of these factors has, in part, resulted in the release in 1994 of Defending Australia Defence White Paper, 1994. The Review reestablishes that the prime mission of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) is the defence of Australia. Maintaining Australia's security must be pursued through a combination of defence in depth, regional engagement with Australia's Southeast Asian neighbors, and continued close strategic partnership with the United States.
 
The Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) is the U.S. Army’s institute for geostrategic and national security research and analysis. SSI conducts global geostrategic research and analysis that creates and advances knowledge to influence solutions for national security problems facing the Army and the nation. SSI serves as a valuable source of ideas, criticism, innovative approaches, and independent analyses as well as a venue to expose external audiences to the U.S. Army’s contributions to the Nation.
Identify, develop, and promulgate key national security issues;
Analyze critical issues and publish findings and recommendations to inform Army, DoD, and national leadership of strategic options;
Act as a bridge to the broader international community of security scholars and practitioners.
 
SSI is composed of civilian research professors, uniformed military officers, and a professional support staff. All have extensive credentials and experience. SSI is divided into two components: the Strategic Research and Analysis Department focuses on global, transregional, and functional issues, particularly those dealing with Army transformation and the Strategic Engagement Program creates and sustains partnerships with the global strategic community. In addition to its organic resources, SSI has a web of partnerships with strategic analysts around the world, including the foremost thinkers in the field of security and military strategy. In most years, about half of SSI’s publications are written by these external partners.
 
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