1、CRS InsightsThe 2015 National Military Strategy: Background and Questions for CongressKathleen J. McInnis, Analyst in International Security (kmcinniscrs.loc.gov, 7-1416)July 29, 2015 (IN10333)In June 2015, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff issued the most recent United States National Milit
2、ary Strategy (NMS). This NMS argues that revisionist states seeking to change the existing international order (such as Russia) and non-state actors (such as the Islamic State) are creating a strategic context whereby global disorder has significantly increased, while some of our comparative militar
3、y advantage has begun to erode. Of note, the NMS statesfor the first time in a major strategy document produced in the past twenty yearsthat there is a distinct possibility that the U.S. may find itself at war with another great power, although it notes that the probability of that actually happenin
4、g is low but growing.The Threat EnvironmentLike many other national strategy documents, the NMS describes a global environment marked by increasing interdependence, complexity, and the diffusion of information and technologies across state boundaries. In contrast to the National Security Strategy th
