Thesis: Private Security Companies’ (PSC) increased presence should continue in Iraq to minimize the need for additional military forces in the fight against the insurgency. Abstract: The presence of Private Security Companies in Iraq is...
To succeed in the Long War, the United States and its allies will need to develop new strategic approaches, adaptive operational concepts, and more cost-effective methods of coalition and Interagency coordination. As was the Cold War, the Long War...
Linda Robinson's credentials include: writer for US News & World Report; senior editor for Foreign Affairs journal, a Neiman fellow at Harvard University, and is currently author in residence at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International...
This workshop was held by the IFPA to assist CENTCOM in devising a strategy to counter the arguments of radical Islamists and to discuss the appeal of these ideologies to Muslim audiences. They convened to review possible cultural trends, faith and...
The United States Government established provincial reconstruction teams (PRT) in early 2003 with the intent of spreading ISAF effects throughout Afghanistan. The mission of the PRTs was and is to increase economic and governance capacity in a...
The 16th Quarterly Report from the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction SIGIR. 2008 will be a "Year of Transfer" in Iraq, bringing with it the continued evolution of the U. S. program. This evolution means that the Government of Iraq...
The Department of Defense emphasis on stability operations caused the United States Army to change its operational concept to Full Spectrum Operations (FSO). The acknowledgment of the importance of stability operations however, does not translate...
The National Security Strategy of the United States of America of September 2002 (NSS) aims “to help make the world not just safer but better.” In order to achieve this ambitious challenge, The NSS defines the following goals on the path to...
In this author's opinion, the United States Army is not doing enough to prepare combat organizations for the inevitability of casualties. This thesis proposes the following primary research question: How can United States Army combat organizations...
There is a debate in the United States Army today that Non-Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Soldiers should learn more about the history of the enlisted ranks and the Non-Commissioned Officer Corps. There are many accounts in the history of this...
In a recent article published in the AUSA newspaper Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, commented on the use of combined forces in Iraq and the notable progress. "Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of...
Arthur D. Simons Center for Interagency Cooperation
This study is the result of several months of academic research by a group of mid-career professionals participating in an alternative educational program with the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) that focused on issues related to...
The concept to utilize small-embedded teams of military advisors to assist foreign security forces is not new. The transition team mission of advising, coaching, mentoring, teaching, and training the Iraqi Army is supportive in the success of...