In recent years, global players such as the United States, the European Union (EU) and the People's Republic of China (PRC) have noted Africa's growing strategic importance to their respective interests. Among those interests is the increasing...
Disputes and civil wars, with the attendant breakdown of law and order, and dire consequences for peace, security, and development, continue to plague the continent of Africa. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is a regional...
The problems that transcend West Africa over the last decade have been economic deprivation and insecurity due to an increase in surrogate and civil wars. Political instability, conflicts and economic deprivation breeds failed states. In addition...
The rise in the number of intra-state conflicts, following the end of the Cold War, and the reluctance of traditional extra regional actors to intervene, have thrust upon the region the onus of resolving its own conflicts. This determination to...
This newsletter focuses on a comprehensive approach to integrated civilian-military command and control (C2) and staff integration in complex operations. Interagency operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and several other locations have revealed the...
The United States today manifestly lacks adequate civilian capacity to conduct complex operations--those operations that require close civil-military planning and cooperation in the field. Examples of complex operations abound and include...
This monograph examines current U.S. peacekeeping doctrine in light of recent world events. With a lessening of east-west tensions, international organizations such as the UN have become more active in collective security issues. As these...
The debate on the development of NATO expeditionary capabilities started in the late Nineties, but only after the 9/11 attacks -- following a proposal of the then US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld -- was finalized. The NATO Rapid Response...
"This 1975 manual is a guide for commanders, staff officers, and personnel concerned with field artillery communications. The purpose of the manual is to provide, in a detailed but non-technical explanation, the basic knowledge required in the...
This regulation prescribes policy and procedures for delay in and exemption from entry on active duty (AD), initial active duty for training (IADT), and Reserve Forces Duty (RFD) for members of the Army National Guard of the United States (ARNGUS)...
The study identifies the magnitude of the shortfall of health care personnel to meet the wartime medical requirements of the United States Army. It identifies the total personnel shortfall, critical types of personnel and specific job skills by...
This monograph is a study of whether a standing rapid reaction force is viable for United Nation’s peace operations. Since the end of Cold War, UN peace operations have vastly increased in size, scope and number. There are high expectations for...
The Senior Enlisted Selection Board has been proven to be collectively as the most reasonable complete selection system in the military. Many of overseas regimes have used it as a replica for their own promotion system. The areas of concern where I...
Strengthening the Bridge: Building Partnership Capacity. Admiral James G. Stavridis, U.S. Navy, and Colonel Bart Howard, U.S. Army; Building partnership capacity is European Command's top priority and the centerpiece of all that it...
The objectives of Engineer are to inform, motivate, increase knowledge, improve performance, and provide a forum for the exchange of ideas. Views expressed are those of the authors and not those of the Department of Defense or its elements. The...
In May 2005, President Bush signed into effect National Security Presidential Directive (NSPD) 44, Management of Interagency Efforts Concerning Reconstruction and Stabilization, in an attempt to promote increased interagency coordination and...