Excerpt From Summary of Elbridge A. Colby's The Strategy of Denial
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The first step in developing a strategy for addressing the American national security dilemma is to identify the country's core national objectives. These are: maintain the nation's territorial integrity and security, sustain a free and autonomous political system, and enable economic growth and prosperity.
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To ensure its security, freedom, and prosperity, any country, including the United States, has a most powerful interest in ensuring a favorable balance of power with respect to its key interests. This means building and maintaining favorable military-economic balances of power around the world.
