"The chief point is that the strategic environment after September 11 was different from the strategic environment after the invasion of Kuwait.
We will seek their input on all the issues surrounding the new strategic environment.
Israel is facing the biggest erosion of its strategic environment since its founding.
Minor adjustments along with the changed strategic environment changed his mind.
When the general thought of black berets, he thought of the need to "maintain relevance for the evolving strategic environment".
Behind the shift -- besides sheer exasperation with decades of policy immobility -- lie significant changes in the strategic environment.
The report continues: "The government should do more to explain what the concept of deterrence means in today's strategic environment".
On the contrary, it is seeking to update the alliance to the new political and strategic environment in the region.
Tokyo's search for a more autonomous foreign policy is also a reflection of a changing strategic environment.
"Success or failure will sway the direction of the global free trade system and [shape] the strategic environment in the Asia-Pacific," Abe said.
Its specific skill set, developed over the years, is likely to become more, not less, important to the new strategic environment.
