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by Daniel Charles Hellinger
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2012
The growing importance of Venezuela in the global oil market along with the controversial nature of its leadership provoke concern among some world powers—especially the United States, whose international policies have been heavily criticized by Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. This critical look...
Security Force Assistance in Afghanistan
Identifying Lessons for Future Efforts
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2011
Security force assistance (SFA) is a central pillar of the counterinsurgency campaign being waged by U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan. This monograph analyzes SFA efforts in Afghanistan over time, documents U.S. and international approaches to building the Afghan force from 2001 to 2009, and...
North Korean Nuclear Operationality
Regional Security and Nonproliferation
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Despite near-universal opposition to North Korea's moves to acquire nuclear weapons, Pyongyang is determined to succeed. It is only a matter of time before the North Koreans are able to combine their extant nuclear weapons capabilities with a viable delivery system. The threat multiplies in light...
The $650 Billion Bargain
The Case for Modest Growth in America's Defense Budget
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
U.S. defense spending isn’t excessive and, in fact, should continue to grow because it’s both affordable and necessary in today's challenging world.
The United States spends a lot of money on defense-$607 billion in the current fiscal year. But Brookings national security scholar Michael...
by Robert J. Art
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
The United States today is the most powerful nation in the world, perhaps even stronger than Rome was during its heyday. It is likely to remain the world's preeminent power for at least several decades to come. What behavior is appropriate for such a powerful state?
To answer this question,...
Multilateral Asian Security Architecture
Non-ASEAN Stakeholders
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
This book provides a comparative assessment of the material and ideational contributions of five countries to the regional architecture of post-Cold War Asia.
In contrast to the usual emphasis placed on the role and centrality of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Asia’s...
Private Contractors and the Reconstruction of Iraq
Transforming Military Logistics
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2009
Private Contractors and the Reconstruction of Iraq examines the controversial role of military contractors in the reconstruction of Iraq. When *'*Operation Iraqi Freedom' was launched in March 2003, few, if any, of the Coalition's political leaders could have envisaged that within a few months the...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2013
When NATO took charge of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) for Afghanistan in 2003, ISAF conceptualized its mission largely as a stabilization and reconstruction deployment. However, as the campaign has evolved and the insurgency has proved to more resistant and capable, key operational...
US Military Innovation since the Cold War
Creation Without Destruction
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2009
This book explains how the US military reacted to the 'Revolution in Military Affairs' (RMA), and failed to innovate its organization or doctrine to match the technological breakthroughs it brought about.
Many called for the transformation of the US military in the years after the end of the...
South Asia's Weak States
Understanding the Regional Insecurity Predicament
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2010
South Asia, which consists of eight states of different sizes and capabilities, is characterized by high levels of insecurity at the inter-state, intra-state, and human level: insecurity that is manifest in both traditional and non-traditional security problems—especially transnational terrorism...
International Terrorism Post-9/11
Comparative Dynamics and Responses
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2010
This edited volume brings together both western and non-western approaches to counter-terrorism in the post-9/11 era.
This multi-cultural study of counter-terrorism strategies identifies common lessons from failed and successful attempts to counter the terrorist threat and provides guidelines...
Seaborne Perils
Piracy, Maritime Crime, and Naval Terrorism in Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2018
This comprehensive survey of historical and contemporary issues related to maritime crime and piracy, with a special focus on Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia, explains why piracy is a growing problem and how it affects security policy making in the United States.
Here, piracy is defined as...
by United States Government US Army
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
This pamphlet, DA Pam 11-31, describes how the Army supports achievement of geographic combatant command (GCC) and functional combatant command (FCC) campaign plan intermediate military objectives and strategic end states through security cooperation (SC) activities conducted by, with, or through...
The Australian Security Intelligence Organization
An Unofficial History
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
This book traces the history of Australia's highly secret Intelligence Security Organisation. Established in the early days of the Cold War, like most intelligence organisations working under covert conditions, it exceeded the vague powers entrusted to it. It has been the subject of two Royal Commissions...