America is reconsidering its strategy for maintaining military strength because of the strains created by postwar troubles in Iraq and Afghanistan, a think tank said in a survey of world forces Tuesday.
The Pentagon will have to take account of those struggles, and the huge U.S. budget shortfall, when it releases the Quadrennial Defense Review, a far-reaching military plan it presents to Congress early next year, the International Institute for Strategic Studies said.
America is reconsidering its strategy for maintaining military strength because of the strains created by postwar troubles in Iraq and Afghanistan, a think tank said in a survey of world forces Tuesday.
The Pentagon will have to take account of those struggles, and the huge U.S. budget shortfall, when it releases the Quadrennial Defense Review, a far-reaching military plan it presents to Congress early next year, the International Institute for Strategic Studies said.
A forward by Christopher Langton, editor of the institute's annual "Military Balance" report on the world's militaries, did not specify what change the United States might make. The full report was being released later Tuesday.
Langton wrote that fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, where swift war-fighting phases were followed by protracted trouble with insurgents, demonstrated the limitations conventional forces face.
The huge cost of such operations makes international cooperation increasingly important, he wrote.
