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5) Development of a detailed plan to implement the range of alternatives by describing the sequence of measures necessary to attain the national security strategy.

(b) MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED. In carrying out the study, the USCNS/21 shall develop specific findings and recommendations for each of the following:

(1) Identification of nations, supranational groups, and trends that may assist the fulfillment of U.S national security strategy.

(2) Identification of nations, supranational groups, and trends that may pose military, economic or technological threats to fulfillment of the United States national security strategy.

(3) Identification of societal forces that enable the attainment of United States national security strategy, and recommendations to exploit those forces.

(4) Identification of societal forces that inhibit the attainment of the United States national security strategy, and recommendations to overcome those inhibitors.

(5) Identification of the roles to be played by the Armed Forces and Federal civilian agencies of the United States in attainment of the United States national security strategy.

(6) The adequacy of the current national security apparatus to meet early 21st Century security challenges, and recommendations to modify this apparatus as necessary.

(7) Examination of existing and/or required international security arrangements, to include recommendations for modification, as appropriate.

(8) Recommended course(s) of action to secure the active support of an informed American public for the implementation of our national security strategy in the 21st Century.

SEC. IV. METHODOLOGY.

The USCNS/21 will accomplish its mission in three phases, as set forth below.

(a) PHASE ONE. Phase One will examine and describe the kind of nation the United States will be in the early 21st Century and the range of likely international security environments that we can reasonably anticipate. The goal will be to establish the domestic and international contexts in which the United States will exist in the next century. The study will seek to identify the most likely domestic and international trends, taking account of less likely or "wild card" events, such as the spread of weapons of mass destruction, technological breakthroughs, natural disasters, or regime changes abroad. This phase will predict the possible international security environments with consideration of the interrelationships of the various sectors involved. Phase One will terminate with the submission by the Cochairpersons, after consultation with the board of Commissioners, of a report to the Secretary of Defense describing the range of potential domestic and international environments as they relate to national security.

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