Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “We [the U.S.] must account sufficiently for the interests of the advanced industrial nations to discourage them from challenging our leadership or seeking to overturn the established political and economic order . . . we must maintain the mechanisms for deterring potential competitors from even aspiring to a larger regional or global role. ” ~ U.S. Department of Defense Planning Guide for 1994-1999 Source: Washington Post, March 11, 1992; New York Times, March 8, 1999.