Financial regulators must look beyond the leverage within individual institutions to the stability of complex financial systems as a whole.

ECONOMIST: Shifting the balance

Rather, the 2010 QDR proposed to determine force sizing and composition by using the requirements of a diverse and complex set of scenarios, including long-duration stability operations and the defense of the homeland on par with a major regional conflict (MRC).

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