Study on the Role of Military Think Tank of U.S.Department of Defense in Major Country Competition:A Case Study of the Office of Net Assessment
[Research purpose]By studying the development of the Office of Net Assessment(ONA),a think tank of the U.S.Depart-ment of Defense,reviewing its practices and roles in major country competition for the United States and analyzing its decline after the res-ignation of Andrew Marshall,the first Director of the ONA,the research provides a critical reference for the construction of Chinese high-end military think tanks.[Research method]This paper combs through the development of the ONA,summarizes its major measures and explores its role in the major country competition for the U.S.[Research conclusion]Major practices of the ONA can be summarized as the following 5 aspects,seizing strategic opportunities through being in the rivals shoes,arousing strategic thinking through raising ques-tions,improving strategic decision-making ability through all-round assessment,maintaining strategic focus through independent evalua-tion,shaping favorable strategic situation via intelligence privilege.Roles of the ONA for the U.S.in major country competition can be concluded as the following 4 aspects,organizing net assessment on the national level,acting as staff member for the Secretary of Defense,helping the U.S.win the long-term strategic competition and promoting the Revolution in the Military Affairs of the U.S.armed forces.Its decline involves 3 aspects:degradation of the Net Assessment products,broken trust from the Secretary of Defense and inability to maintain its intelligence privilege.
military think tankgreat power competitionnet assessmentThe Office of Net Assessmentnational strategythe United States
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