The Urgent Need for Long-Term Strategic Thinking

The recent shuttering of the Office of Net Assessment marks the end of an era at the Pentagon, closing the book on one of the few institutions that helped America think beyond the present moment. Whatever replaces it—whether it’s a restructured version of the same office or a new entity altogether (perhaps something with a name like the Office of Strategic Advantage)—will face a challenge far greater than mere bureaucratic reorganization: the modern strategist is drowning in information.