Wolfowitz Doctrine

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The term "Wolfowitz Doctrine" is an informal label used for an unofficial version of the U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Planning Guidance (DPG) for the 1994–1999 fiscal years (FY 94-99), dated February 18, 1992. As the first DPG after the Cold War, and after the Gulf War, the draft described the United States as the world’s sole superpower and made preventing the emergence (or re-emergence) of a global or regional competitor the central strategic objective. This included preventing any hostile power's dominance of strategically important regions whose resources could generate global power. It argued that U.S. military forces should remain sufficiently strong to deter potential competitors, even in the absence of a comparable adversary, while retaining the ability to act unilaterally, or with limited allied support, if collective security arrangements proved inadequate to protect vital U.S. interests. This implied preemptive measures. The memorandum, drafted by a team led by Under...

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