The Defense Department has identified 11 scenarios, including regime collapse in North Korea, cyber attacks on the United States and a major conflict with China over Taiwan, to be assessed as part of the Quadrennial Defense Review, according to internal Pentagon documents that offer great detail on the review's schedule and broad scope. The documents show how Defense Secretary Robert Gates plans to tie the QDR process directly to the budget he has pledged to overhaul, noting the review will...
