Analyst's note: This effort should prove extremely interesting as it develops.  We can be sure that General Vallely and those who work with him understand that, "Political Correctness has no place in American strategy."  So get ready for some straight talk. 

"While Stand Up America Global Strategy proposals in no way constitute U.S. government policy and must necessarily be speculative in nature, it seeks to provide the United States Department of Defense, the National Command Authority, Congress and the Executive Branch an intellectual foundation upon which we will construct the concepts to guide our future military structure and global military strategy. The continuing change in strategic trends will provide the basis for a new military strategy that is guided by the Principles of War. These implications serve to influence the concepts that drive our Armed Forces adaptations to the threats and environments within which they will operate - adaptations that are essential to our Generals and Admirals decision making when future crises and conflicts become a reality. 

In the guardian role for our nation, it is natural that we focus more on possible combat operational challenges and threats than we do on emerging opportunities. From economic trends to vulnerability of cyber-attack and WMD attacks, we will outline those trends that remind us that we must be vigilant to what is changing in the world if we intend to maintain a dynamic and effective military. There is a strong note of urgency now in our efforts to balance and structure the Armed Forces for existing and future threats to the United States at home and abroad.

[....] Over the past three years, the Office of the Secretary of Defense has handed out $90 million to more than 50 research labs to assemble some basic tools, theories and processes than might one day produce a more predictable prediction system. None are expected to result in the digital equivalent of crystal balls any time soon.

[....] it is absolutely vital to try to frame the strategic and operational contexts of the future, in order to glimpse the possible environments where political and military leaders will work and where they must employ joint combat forces based on the best intelligence and common sensed that America can muster."