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Ensuring Security In An Unpredictable World: The Urgent Need For National Security Reform

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News release: “The national security system created by the U.S. government in 1947 that served the nation throughout the Cold War is outdated and needs a massive restructuring to better protect the American people from terrorism, rogue states and other 21st century dangers, according to a study issued today by the Project on National Security Reform (PNSR). The Preliminary Findings Report – Ensuring Security In An Unpredictable World: The Urgent Need For National Security Reform – based on research and analysis by more than 300 national security experts from think tanks, universities, federal agencies, law firms and corporations – is a congressionally mandated study that paints a portrait of a national security system plagued by serious problems, despite reforms made since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

  • “The complex, rapid-paced security environment of the 21st Century has fully exposed the national security system’s antiquated, inadequate organization. The gap between the system’s capacity and the demands being placed upon it is widening. The terrorist attacks of September 11, troubled nation-building operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and inadequate response to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina are only the latest of a series of setbacks in complex multiagency operations. These deficiencies are not the result of a lack of talent or commitment by national security professionals in the U.S. government; they are working incredibly hard and with unsurpassed dedication. Much of their hard work, however, is wasted by a dysfunctional system. The Project on National Security Reform (PNSR) – a bipartisan, private-public partnership sponsored by the Center for the Study of the Presidency – seeks to identify needed changes in the national security system (covering both international and homeland security). PNSR’s goal is approval of a new system early in the next administration. It envisions three sets of reforms: new presidential directives or executive orders, a new national security act, and amendments to Senate and House rules.”
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