Reoptimization for Great Power Competition

GPC Key Decisions

USAF Case for Change

Air Force FAQ for Reoptimizing Great Power Competition

“We need these changes now; we are out of time to reoptimize our forces to meet the strategic challenges in a time of great power competition.”

~ Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall

The United States faces a time of consequence marked by significant shifts in the strategic environment. To remain ready, the U.S. Air Force must change.

In early 2024, the Department of the Air Force unveiled sweeping plans for reshaping, refocusing, and reoptimizing the Air Force and Space Force to ensure continued supremacy in their respective domains while better posturing the services to deter and, if necessary, prevail in an era of Great Power Competition. Through a series of 24 DAF-wide key decisions, four core areas which demand the Department’s attention will be addressed: Develop People, Generate Readiness, Project Power and Develop Capabilities.

Today, the Air Force once again finds itself at a critical juncture—an era of Great Power Competition marked by a new security environment, a rapidly evolving character of war, and a formidable competitor. This new era requires understanding its challenges and the attributes needed to succeed.

Embracing change is not a choice; it is a necessity. The Air Force must “reoptimize” into an enterprise prepared for high-end conflicts and long-term strategic competition.

Women of Ukraine: People Should be Judged on Results, not by Gender – Master Version

Natochannel

Video by Ruth Owen

Sept. 30, 2015 | 4:16

Ukraine’s 2014 parliamentary elections saw 11 percent of female MPs elected to the Verkhovna Rada, a record for the country. Two of these new politicians speak to NATO Channel about their hopes for reforming government and how far is still left to go for women’s rights in Ukraine.
What does it take to be a successful woman Ukraine’s government? Two of Ukraine’s female MPs talk about the challenges continuing to face women, their commitment to reform and their hopes and fears for the effect of conflict on their children.

Interviewees are: Victoria Voytsitska, member of the Parliament of Ukraine of the 8th Convocation, member of the parliamentary faction Samopomich Union, and Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, first deputy chairperson, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Verkhovna Rada.

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