CWMD (Countering Weapons Mass Destruction) Strategy, Policy, and Doctrine

CWMD (Countering Weapons Mass Destruction) Strategy, Policy, and Doctrine 

PART ONE – CWMD Strategy, Policy, and Doctrine: Read documents listed below and respond to writing prompts which follow. National Security Strategy Read (7-9, 25-31, 45-50); skim (1-4, 10-14, 32-35, 51-55): National Security Strategy of the United States of America, 18 December 2017, accessed at: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/NSS-Final-12-18-2017-0905.pdf National Defense Strategy Read (1-7); skim (8-11): Summary of the 2108 National Defense Strategy of the United States of America: Sharpening the American Military’s Competitive Edge, accessed at: https://dod.defense.gov/Portals/1/Documents/pubs/2018-National-Defense-Strategy-Summary.pdf DoD Strategy for CWMD Read: Department of Defense Strategy for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction, June 2014, accessed at: https://dod.defense.gov/Portals/1/Documents/pubs/DoD_Strategy_for_Countering_Weapons_of_Mass_Destruction_dated_June_2014.pdf DoD Directive 2060.02 Read (1-4, 9-10); skim (5-8, 11-12): Department of Defense Directive 2060.02: DoD Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Policy, 27 January 2017, accessed at: https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodd/206002_dodd_2017.pdf Joint Pub 3-40 Read (Chapters EXSUM, I, II, V, & Appendix A); skim (Chapters III, VI, & Appendices B-D): Joint Publication 3-40: Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction, 31 October 2014, accessed at: https://www.jcs.mil/Portals/36/Documents/Doctrine/pubs/jp3_40.pdf Article: Defining WMD Read (1-6, 27-50); skim (7-26, 51-68): Carus, Seth W, Defining “Weapons of Mass Destruction” (Revised), National Defense University Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Occasional Paper, No. 8 (Washington: NDU Press, 2012), accessed at: https://wmdcenter.ndu.edu/Portals/97/Documents/Publications/Occasional%20Papers/08_Defining%20Weapons%20of%20Mass%20Destruction.pdf WRITING PROMPTS #1. In light of the readings listed above, respond to the following three writing prompts with 100-300 words for each prompt. 1. Make the argument that the White House and Pentagon consider CWMD a policy priority. 2. Who are the principal actors of concern related to the threat from WMD, and briefly what are their specific activities as discussed in the readings? 3. Arguing from a DoD perspective, what is the best definition of WMD for the U.S. Armed Forces? Briefly discuss why other definitions should be excluded. WRITING PROMPTS #2. In light of readings above, respond to the following three writing prompts with 50-150 words for each prompt: 4. Describe DoD’s CWMD end states and the priority objectives for achieving them. 5. Describe DoD’s strategic approach, or the ways DoD will achieve the CWMD end states. 6. The 2014 JP 3-40 (currently under revision) names USSTRATCOM as the global synchronizer for CWMD planning, but DODD 2060.02 reflects the Unified Command Plan change for the CWMD mission. Which Combatant Commander now has global synchronizer responsibilities related to DoD CWMD activities, and briefly list those activities directed in the readings?