Strategy and Priorities for a New Era

The Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) had two goals in organizing this year's annual conference. The first was to provide a forum for respected experts and conference attendees to debate the future of United States national security policy in the post-Cold War world. The second was to honor CNA trustee Paul H. Nitze, a man who was instrumental in fashioning the consensus national security policy of the United States during the Cold War years. The conference was organized into three sessions to explore the feasibility of developing a new consensus. The first session, 'Strategy,' focused on framing options for post-Cold War national security policy. The second session of the conference, 'Priorities,' looked at the relative importance of military and domestic spending on U.S. security. The third session, 'Means,' focused on the types of military forces that should be built for the post-Cold War world.