Book/Printed Material Finding the right balance : Department of Defense roles in stabilization Department of Defense roles in stabilization

Title

• Finding the right balance : Department of Defense roles in stabilization

Other Title

• Department of Defense roles in stabilization

Summary

• "The pendulum regarding the level of U.S. military participation in stabilization efforts has swung dramatically since 2001, from a low level of preparation and participation in the early days of the Afghanistan and Iraq operations in 2003, to widespread stabilization activities costing billions of dollars in the ensuing years, to significantly scaled-back forces and resources devoted to stabilization in recent years. To remedy the initial lack of preparation, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) issued a directive with guidance on stabilization requirements in 2005 and then updated it with more expansive requirements in 2009. This report supports DoD efforts to update this guidance by assessing the accumulated experience of the past 17 years and evaluating the appropriate roles for the U.S. military and its ability to execute them in conjunction with interagency and other key partners. Without stabilization, successful warfighting often does not produce desired political outcomes. Yet warfighters are not the most capable actors for many stabilization tasks. Therefore, the authors recommend shifting DoD guidance on stabilization away from requiring high levels of proficiency in a large number of tasks to emphasizing three key roles for DoD: prioritizing security tasks; providing support to other actors performing stability functions; and performing crosscutting informational, planning, coordination, and physical support roles."--Publisher's description

Names

• Robinson, Linda, 1962- author
• United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense, sponsor
• Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division, researcher
• National Defense Research Institute (U.S.), issuing body
• International Security and Defense Policy Center, issuing body
• Rand Corporation, publisher

Created / Published

• Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2018]

Contents

• Understanding Stabilization -- Stabilization Lessons from Recent Experience -- Current DoD Capacity and Capability for Stabilization -- Rescoping DoD Roles in Stabilization -- Gaps in DoD Capacity and Capability -- Risks, Mitigations, and Recommendations.

Headings

• -  United States--Armed Forces--Stability operations--Evaluation
• -  Peacekeeping forces, American--Evaluation
• -  Peace-building, American--Evaluation
• -  United States.--Department of Defense--Planning
• -  Civil-military relations
• -  Forces de maintien de la paix américaines--Évaluation
• -  Consolidation de la paix américaine--Évaluation
• -  Relations pouvoir civil-pouvoir militaire
• -  United States.--Department of Defense
• -  Planning
• -  United States

Notes

• -  "Prepared for the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Stability and Humanitarian Affairs, Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict."
• -  Also available on the Internet as a PDF file.
• -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 110-127).
• -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

• 1 online resource (xvii, 127 pages) : illustrations.

Call Number/Physical Location

• U167.5.S68

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2024739165

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2024739165

Rights Advisory

• This is non-restricted, fully open content that may be accessed on and off of the Library of Congress campus, with no restrictions, by an unlimited number of users

Access Advisory

• Unrestricted online access

Online Format

• image
• pdf

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2024739165

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