Full Title: Powering America’s Defense: Energy and the Risks to National Security
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Publisher(s): CNA
Publication Date: May 1, 2009
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Description (excerpt):
To better inform U.S. policymakers and the public about the impact of America’s energy choices on national security policies, CNA, a nonprofit research organization that runs the Center for Naval Analyses and the Institute for Public Research, convened a panel of retired senior military officers and national security experts.
The Military Advisory Board consists of retired generals and admirals from all four services, many of whom served on the Military Advisory Board that produced the 2007 report, National Security and the Threat of Climate Change [1]. That report found that “climate change, national security, and energy dependence are a related set
of global challenges.”
This new volume builds on that finding by considering the security risks inherent in America’s current energy posture, energy choices the nation can make to enhance our national security, the impact of climate change on our energy choices and our national security, and the role DoD can play in the nation’s approach to energy security.
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This report identifies a series of current risks created by America’s energy policies and practices that constitute a serious and urgent threat to national security—militarily, diplomatically.