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2006 National Security Strategy

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I. Overview of America's National Security Strategy - 1

II. Champion Aspirations for Human Dignity - 2

A. Summary of National Security Strategy 2002

B.  Successes and Challenges since 2002

C. The Way Ahead

1.  Explaining the Goal:  Ending Tyranny

2.  Explaining the Goal:  Promoting Effective Democracies

3.  How We Will Advance Freedom:  Principled in Goals & Pragmatic in Means

III. Strengthen Alliances to Defeat Global Terrorism & Work to Prevent Attacks - 8

A.  Summary of National Security Strategy 2002

B.  Current Context:  Successes and Challenges

C.  The Way Ahead

IV. Work with Others to Defuse Regional Conflicts - 14

A.  Summary of National Security Strategy 2002

B.  Current Context:  Successes and Challenges

C.  The Way Ahead

1.  Conflict Prevention and Resolution

2. Conflict Intervention

3.  Post-Conflict Stabilization and Reconstruction

4. Genocide

V. Prevent Our Enemies from Threatening Us, Our Allies, and Our Friends with Weapons - 18

A.  Summary of National Security Strategy 2002

B.  Current Context:  Successes and Challenges

C.  The Way Ahead

1. Nuclear Proliferation

2. Biological Weapons

3. Chemical Weapons

4.  The Need for Action

VI. Ignite a New Era of Global Economic Growth through Free Markets and Free Trade - 25

A.  Summary of National Security Strategy 2002

B.  Current Context:  Successes and Challenges

C.  The Way Ahead

1.  Opening markets and integrating developing countries.

2. Opening, integrating, and diversifying energy markets to ensure  energy independence.

3.  Reforming the International Financial System to Ensure Stability

VII.  Expand the Circle of Development by Opening Societies and Building the Infrastructure of Democracy  - 31

A.  Summary of National Security Strategy 2002

B.  Current Context:  Successes and Challenges

C.  The Way Ahead

1.  Transformational Diplomacy and Effective Democracy

2.  Making Foreign Assistance More Effective

VIII.  Develop Agendas for Cooperative Action with Other Main Centers of Global Power - 35

A.  Summary of National Security Strategy 2002

B.  Current Context:  Successes and Challenges

C.  The Way Ahead

1.  The Western Hemisphere

2.  Africa

3. Middle East

4. Europe

5. Russia

6.  South and Central Asia

7. East Asia

IX. Transform America's National Security Institutions to Meet the Challenges and Opportunities of the 21st Century - 43

A.  Summary of National Security Strategy 2002

B.  Current Context:  Successes and Challenges

C.  The Way Ahead

X. Engage the Opportunities and Confront the Challenges of Globalization - 47

XI. Conclusion - 49

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