Enhancing US Global Competitiveness through Women, Peace, and Security

Abstract

Global powers, regional hegemons, and non-state actors engaged in a perennial state of competition dominate today’s security environment. In response, the Department of Defense has adopted the competit ion continuum model of cooperation, competition below armed conf lict, and armed conf lict. The military could signif icant ly improve its ef for ts to compete a long this continuum and achieve national security objectives by leveraging the Women, Peace, and Security global policy framework that supports gender equality and values women’s diverse roles in global security.