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Winter '00 Cover 12/15/00 1:49 PM Page 1 War College: Winter 2001 Full Issue AA WARNAVAL COLLEGE REVIEW NAVAL WAR COLLEGE REVIEW Winter 2001 Volume LIV, Number 1 Winter 2001 Published by U.S. Naval War College Digital Commons, 2001 1 Naval War College Review, Vol. 54 [2001], No. 1, Art. 27 Cover Our cover offers a Western view of the Asia of the past, representing a political geography very different from what it later became. For analysis and informed opinion on the Asia of today and tomorrow, see a cluster of ar- ticles in this issue arising from the recent Asia-Pacific Forum at the Naval War College. Reproduced from R. Brookes, The General Gazetteer; or Compendious Dictionary, 8th ed. (Dublin: 1808). 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ISSN 0028-1484 https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol54/iss1/27 4 War College: Winter 2001 Full Issue CONTENTS President’s Forum . 5 Tomorrow’s conflicts will present complex requirements, and many things will be required to ful- fill them. We need to pursue with great vigor the concept of network-centric operations and war- fare, and a set of initiatives that would be quite disruptive to an enemy. The rebalanced fleet of the future will require these kinds of characteristics. The Asia-Pacific Region Strategic Traditions for the Asia-Pacific Region . 15 Stephen Peter Rosen Tradition has both positive and negative implications. It may be valuable lessons learned, lessons paid for with blood, but tradition may also be habits of the last war that make it difficult to see and react to change. There is good reason to think that future conditions in the Asia-Pacific region will not be consistent with what the strategic traditions of the U.S. military tell us we can expect. Strategic Trends . 22 Asia at a Crossroads Paul Dibb There are positive tendencies, including the resurgence of economic growth and the spread of de- mocracy. But there are a number of negative tendencies that must be of serious concern. The United States needs to develop more coherence and predictability in its Asia-Pacific security strat- egy, and it should listen more carefully to its allies and friends there. The Maritime Basis of American Security in East Asia . 39 James E. Auer and Robyn Lim East Asia is the one part of the world where great-power war remains thinkable. That is because it is the only region where the Cold War left a residue of unresolved great-power strategic tensions. The United States must engage itself, and maintain a balance of power, in the western Pacific. To do so, it still needs large resources of maritime power, and nuclear weapons. Network-centric Warfare . 59 What’s the Point? Edward A. Smith, Jr. What is network-centric warfare? What does it bring to us? Why is it so critical to America’s future military power that we must give up other capabilities to buy it? A warfare-centered working con- cept of network-centric operations is needed. The measure of success will be the effect that net- working enables us to have on would-be enemies in peace and in war. Published by U.S. Naval War College Digital Commons, 2001 5 2 NAVAL WARNaval COLLEGE War College REVIEW Review, Vol. 54 [2001], No. 1, Art. 27 Military Experimentation . 76 Time to Get Serious Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr. The Pentagon cannot afford to “think rich,” and it cannot afford to proceed with a modernization program oriented to meeting only today’s challenges. Yet the Pentagon may be doing precisely that. It must determine the mix of systems required to operate effectively against future threats; experimentation provides an indispensable means for answering questions about those threats. Transformation and the Navy’s Tough Choices Ahead What Are the Options for Policy Makers? . 90 Ronald O’Rourke Analyses have pointed to a “coming train wreck” between defense program goals and available re- sources; the fact is that the collision is already upon us.