Quadrennial

In fact - and this is surely a Hollywood first - Act of Valor is the direct result of a boring, bureaucratic planning document from the Pentagon called the Quadrennial Defense Review. 2006 edition of the review, which sketches out Pentagon priorities four years at a time, called for a dramatic expansion in Special Operations Forces - a recognition of the strain that the burgeoning Shadow Wars were placing on the U.S.'s elite troops.

Wired Top Stories Spencer Ackerman 2012

They’re running a project called the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review, a massive project to assess and redress the lacunae in State & AID capabilities.

The QDDR: What The Concepts Are, And Why They Matter | ATTACKERMAN 2009

The Chinese took umbrage at the 2010 "Quadrennial Defense Review," published by the Pentagon, which described India "as a net provider of security in the Indian Ocean and beyond."

Asia's Great Naval Rivalry Mohan Malik 2011

At a time when the Department of Defense is making contingency plans for the national security implications of climate change see the Quadrennial Defense Review, pages 84-88, or the Army's Vision for Net Zero, getting bogged down in ideological debates over the role of government is frustrating and regressive.

Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins: In Defense of Progress: Pushing Back the Ideologues Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins 2011

Petr Josek/Reuters A visitor got into an egg at Finland's exposition at the Prague Quadrennial 2011 on Friday.

Emerging Europe: The Week in Photos 2011

The Quadrennial Defense Review stated, "While climate change alone does not cause conflict, it may act as an accelerant of instability or conflict, placing a burden to respond on civilian institutions and militaries around the world."

Alex Cornell du Houx: EPA Detroit Hearing: Less Oil Means a More Secure America Alex Cornell du Houx 2012

At a time when the Department of Defense is making contingency plans for the national security implications of climate change see the Quadrennial Defense Review, pages 84-88, or the Army's Vision for Net Zero, getting bogged down in ideological debates over the role of government is frustrating and regressive.

Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins: In Defense of Progress: Pushing Back the Ideologues Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins 2011

But rising oceans threaten the future of some 30 U.S. coastal military bases, the Pentagon's 2010 Quadrennial Review found.

CIA’s unit on climate change faces uncertain future Jeff Stein 2011

Notably, the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review argued that the United States has an interest in the stability of the region as a whole and called for an assessment that includes U.S. national interests, objectives and posture implications.

Leading in the Indian Ocean Thomas G. Mahnken 2011

The Quadrennial Defense Review stated, "While climate change alone does not cause conflict, it may act as an accelerant of instability or conflict, placing a burden to respond on civilian institutions and militaries around the world."

Alex Cornell du Houx: EPA Detroit Hearing: Less Oil Means a More Secure America Alex Cornell du Houx 2012