“Rosa Brooks works with the ASU Future of War project, writing about the changing nature of warfare, the changing role of the U.S. military and need to rethink core assumptions about the laws of war”. She is a proponent of security sector reform, firmly believing that the global war on terror is one without boundaries. In an article in the New York Times, Brooks is described as being psychic, having foreseen the gruesome attacks in Dallas on July 2016. Her book, “How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything”, is an eye-opening depiction of how military weapons are being infiltrated. Brooks believes that the margins between peace and war have become obscure; ultimately undermining the rule of law.
Security sector reform is globally referred to as “a process to reform or rebuild a state’s security sector toward good security sector governance (SSG)”. Brooks argues that the U.S. military-who operates in almost every country has taken on too many roles, ignoring its main responsibility of protecting America’s security. Seeing as Brooks believes we have no idea what war is or what it can morph into, this
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Which led her to question, “what happens to the military as an institution when we’re asking it and expecting it to be all things to all people?” The author suspects the results will inevitably cause a decrease in the credibility of the United States. Having an institution stretch beyond its capabilities undermines such institution, ultimately causing it to become ineffectual. The United States must seek security sector reform, in order to rebuild its military branch and liberate it from these other responsibilities. Although climate change and financial collapse are areas of concern, we must not make them the central focus of the Pentagon. The Pentagon must undergo a reform, and rebuild its original purpose of concentrating on military