Pentagon needs to speed up its integrated-deterrence efforts, Joint Chiefs chair says
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Audrey Decker | August 15, 2024 03:25 PM ET
Strategy Middle East
OMAHA, Nebraska—The U.S. government needs to be quicker about rolling out new integrated deterrence efforts, the Pentagon’s top military officer says, as global tensions have risen since the Biden administration made the concept a key part of its national-security strategy.
“What is old is new again. What is new is further complicated by emerging domains and technology. We needed a deterrence strategy to be integrated by design to deal with these modern challenges, and I would argue we need to be faster at developing and applying our new framework,” Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. CQ Brown said Wednesday during U.S. Strategic Command’s Deterrence Symposium.
The U.S. needs to bring back some Cold War deterrence practices, Brown said, as it moves towards a whole-of-government approach to deterrence. The chairman didn’t say specifically which operations or structures might resurface as part of integrated deterrence, which aims to coordinate efforts across domains, regions, U.S. agencies, and allies and partners, according to U.S. officials.
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