SMARTER DEFENSE AND INTELLIGENCE Maintaining war-fighting capabilities in an era of reduced budgets

The global economic malaise over the past several years, lack of confidence for sustained growth and ballooning government deficits are driving reductions in government budgets and, therefore, defense budgets, for the foreseeable future. Even countries with strong economies that are expected to weat...

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Main Author: Bogdan BALACI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academy of Romanian Scientists Publishing House 2012-12-01
Series:Annals: Series on Military Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.aos.ro/wp-content/anale/MTVol4Nr2Art.11.pdf
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spelling doaj-31b5f7a1e2a3453eb04acb50cae6b67f2020-11-25T00:15:29ZengAcademy of Romanian Scientists Publishing HouseAnnals: Series on Military Sciences2066-70862457-83122012-12-01428287SMARTER DEFENSE AND INTELLIGENCE Maintaining war-fighting capabilities in an era of reduced budgetsBogdan BALACI0IBM RomaniaThe global economic malaise over the past several years, lack of confidence for sustained growth and ballooning government deficits are driving reductions in government budgets and, therefore, defense budgets, for the foreseeable future. Even countries with strong economies that are expected to weather the economic turbulence have set budgets that are at best flat, while most countries are planning reductions in defense expenditures over the next five years. At the same time, there has been no reduction in demand for militaries to perform operational missions in response to periodic flaring of regional tensions, as world events continue to validate.http://www.aos.ro/wp-content/anale/MTVol4Nr2Art.11.pdfeconomic growthcrisisgovernmentbudget
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SMARTER DEFENSE AND INTELLIGENCE Maintaining war-fighting capabilities in an era of reduced budgets
Annals: Series on Military Sciences
economic growth
crisis
government
budget
author_facet Bogdan BALACI
author_sort Bogdan BALACI
title SMARTER DEFENSE AND INTELLIGENCE Maintaining war-fighting capabilities in an era of reduced budgets
title_short SMARTER DEFENSE AND INTELLIGENCE Maintaining war-fighting capabilities in an era of reduced budgets
title_full SMARTER DEFENSE AND INTELLIGENCE Maintaining war-fighting capabilities in an era of reduced budgets
title_fullStr SMARTER DEFENSE AND INTELLIGENCE Maintaining war-fighting capabilities in an era of reduced budgets
title_full_unstemmed SMARTER DEFENSE AND INTELLIGENCE Maintaining war-fighting capabilities in an era of reduced budgets
title_sort smarter defense and intelligence maintaining war-fighting capabilities in an era of reduced budgets
publisher Academy of Romanian Scientists Publishing House
series Annals: Series on Military Sciences
issn 2066-7086
2457-8312
publishDate 2012-12-01
description The global economic malaise over the past several years, lack of confidence for sustained growth and ballooning government deficits are driving reductions in government budgets and, therefore, defense budgets, for the foreseeable future. Even countries with strong economies that are expected to weather the economic turbulence have set budgets that are at best flat, while most countries are planning reductions in defense expenditures over the next five years. At the same time, there has been no reduction in demand for militaries to perform operational missions in response to periodic flaring of regional tensions, as world events continue to validate.
topic economic growth
crisis
government
budget
url http://www.aos.ro/wp-content/anale/MTVol4Nr2Art.11.pdf
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