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This joint doctrine note (JDN) provides guidance to develop, implement strategy, and assess strategy. It focuses on the development of national-level military strategy and how the military instrument of power is used, in combination with the other instruments of national power, in pursuit of policy objectives.
These instruments include diplomatic, informational, military, economic, financial, intelligence, and law enforcement (DIME-FIL) activities. Each instrument of national power works most effectively when it is supported by and operates harmoniously with the other elements.
W hile the U.S. military tends to view the instruments of power (IOPs) strictly through the lens of the diplomatic, informational, military, and economic (DIME) framework, it is increasingly imperative to consider additional IOPs such as finance, intelligence, and law enforcement (FIL).
In the American perspective, the instruments of national power are: Diplomacy, Information, Military, and Economic (DIME).
instruments of national power are diplomatic, informational, military, and economic.5 These instruments are commonly referred to by the acronym DIME. While JP1 focuses solely on each...
recommendations for integrating the elements of power in advancing interests, preventing war, and fighting wars in the twenty-first century. Indeed, the U.S. must have an integrated approach to all elements of national power to advance its interests in this century. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates put it bluntly that military success is not
What is the DIMEFIL framework? The DIMEFIL framework is a framework for describing and assessing national power. It includes a perspective on seven different elements of power. The model has been used for several years to assess a country’s instruments of national power.