Research Catalog

Title

State Department reform : report of an Independent Task Force / cosponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations and the Center for Strategic and International Studies ; Frank C. Carlucci, chair ; Ian J. Brzezinski, project coordinator.

Author

Independent Task Force on State Department Reform (U.S.), author.

Publication

• New York, NY : The Council, [2001]
• ©2001

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Additional Authors

• Carlucci, Frank Charles, 1930-2018
• Brzezinski, Ian
• Council on Foreign Relations, sponsor.
• Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, D.C.), sponsor.

Description

vii, 45 pages; 22 cm

Summary

Ten years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the military and economic instruments of American power have benefited from renewed attention and resources. However, the forward edge of American national security policy, the Department of State, is in a profound state of disrepair, suffering from long-term mismanagement, antiquated equipment, and dilapidated and insecure facilities. These deficits are not only a disservice to the high-caliber men and women who serve as part of the Department of State. They also handicap the ability of the United States to shape and respond to the opportunities and challenges of the 21st century. If the deterioration continues, the ability of the United States to rely on statecraft to avoid, manage, and resolve crises and to deter aggression will decline, increasing the likelihood that America will have to use military force to protect its interests abroad. The Task Force's purpose was unique. It did not attempt to reinvent the many constructive findings and recommendations of the numerous blue-ribbon commissions that have studied the Department of State. Instead, the Task Force synthesized these findings and recommendations into two crisp memos, one to the president and one to the secretary of state, that articulate a "resources-for-reform" strategy of concrete steps to redress the department's shortcomings in infrastructure, human-resources policies, and budgetary management, and to recharge the department's role in the interagency process that makes and implements U.S. national security policy. The proposed strategy rests on the assumption that, although resources will be necessary to reform the Department of State, reform from within the department will be necessary to obtain those resources from the U.S. Congress

Series Statement

Task force report

Uniform Title

Task force report (Council on Foreign Relations)

Subject

• United States. Department of State > Management > Evaluation
• United States. Department of State > Reorganization
• United States. Department of State
• 1993-2001
• Diplomacy > Technological innovations
• Diplomatic and consular service, American
• Politique de défense
• Sécurité internationale
• Politique étrangère
• Diplomatic relations
• Diplomatic and consular service, American
• Administrative agencies > Reorganization
• International relations > Administration
• Management > Evaluation
• United States > Foreign relations administration
• United States > Foreign relations > 1993-2001
• Etats-Unis d'Amérique
• United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 36-38).

Contents

Memorandum to the President -- Memorandum to the Secretary of State -- Additional Views -- Task Force Members -- Task Force Observers -- Bibliography of Reports on State Department Reform -- Summary of Previous Reports on State Department Reform.

ISBN

• 0876092784
• 9780876092781

OCLC

• ocm46313345
• 46313345
• SCSB-1234055

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library