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...en underwritten by the forward engagement of U.S. FORCES and by robust networks of alliances. For example, a sustained U.S. military presence in Europe and Asia, along with healthy diplomatic and economic ties to allies there, has reaped decades of peace and prosperity for the United States and the world. Bringing most of those FORCES home would be detrimental to U.S. national security and economic recovery.   Nevertheless, fundamental changes in the international strategic...

...ies mainly follow up on topics covered by the GRF TASK FORCES but can focus on different themes. The roundtable meetings that are related to GRF TASK FORCES allow GRF to deepen and broaden its studies on a given topic, even after the conclusion of the related TASK Force. Meanwhile, the independent roundtable meetings permit GRF to deliberate on issues that fall within GRF’s areas of interest but do not coincide with a GRF TASK...

...the USA. As part of this framework, NATOʼs peace FORCES of SFOR in Bosnia Herzegovina (later EUFOR under EU command), KFOR in Kosovo, and a similar peace force in Macedonia are to be mentioned as components of the military intervention. The USA, which carried out the military intervention without a United Nations Security Council resolution, later minimized its presence in the region, pointing to the problems in the Iraqi invasion. This, however, constituted no reason for the countries of the...

...ategy has been growing steadily. Gatesʼ immediate TASK is to successfully conclude two wars, but his influence is also felt on matters pertaining to Iran and Russia. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who has the presidentʼs ear as well as his confidence, is likewise a key participant in foreign policy decisions and is the countryʼs top diplomat. Her own engagement is focused more on the increasingly urgent global issues of the new century, rather than on the geopolitical ones of the recent pa...