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On December 2, The Project on National Security Reform will make its 648-page collection of national security case studies on events that range from the Allied occupation of Japan in the 1940s to the deployment of foreign troops in Somalia in the 1990s to the ongoing war in Iraq public, as well as available to President-elect Barack Obama.

The report, financed primarily with $6.4 million from Congress, studied the way the U.S. national security structure has worked over the past 60 years. The main takeway is that today’s challenges require better integration of expertise and capabilities from across the government. Here’s Washington Post’s coverage.

In other national security news, President-elect Barack Obama went on “60 Minutes” last night to discuss the importance of getting a national security team in place ASAP – as transition periods are potentially times of vulnerability to a terrorist attack. Here is the segment.

Finally, Dana Priest of The Washington Post will be hosting a chat this week on the latest developments in national security and intelligence.

Tags: National Security, Obama