| From Insurgency to Stability. Volume 2: Insights from Selected Case Studies |
Jan 2011 |
322 pages |
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Angel Rabasa; IV Gordon John; Peter Chalk; Audra K Grant; K S McMahon; Stephanie Pezard; Caroline Reilly; David Ucko; S R Zimmerman; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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 | The Office of the Secretary of Defense asked RAND to examine how conflicts transition from intensive counterinsurgency (where the level of violence might be very high) toward stability. The ultimate goal of the research was to identify good -- and bad -- practices that the United States military in particular, and the U.S. government in general, can implement in the insurgencies that it faces today as well as in possible ... |
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| From Insurgency to Stability. Volume 1: Key Capabilities and Practices |
Jan 2011 |
274 pages |
| Authors:
Angel Rabasa; IV Gordon John; Peter Chalk; Christopher S Chivvis; Audra K Grant; K S McMahon; Laurel E Miller; Marco Overhaus; Stephanie Pezard; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| This monograph is the first of two volumes that examine how insurgencies transition from a high level of violence to a more stable situation. This volume identifies the procedures and capabilities that the U.S. Department of Defense and other agencies of the U.S. government require to support the transition from counterinsurgency (COIN) to conditions of greater stability, the capabilities available to the United States and to U.S. allies and international ... |
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| Assessing Living Conditions in Iraq's Anbar Province in 2009 |
Jan 2010 |
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Audra K Grant; Martin C Libicki; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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 | In Iraq's Anbar Province, the local population is the center of gravity, as is typical in any counterinsurgency campaign. Thus, in order for the forces of order to appeal to the people, security forces need to effectively engage not only in combat but also in efforts to understand the population and how they live: their concerns, their expectations, their grievances, and what drives those dispositions, as well as how they ... |
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| Living Conditions in Anbar Province in June 2008 |
Jan 2009 |
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| Authors:
Keith Crane; Martin C Libicki; Audra K Grant; James B Bruce; Omar Al-Shahery; Alireza Nader; Suzanne Perry; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| In Iraq's Anbar Province, the local population is, as is typical in any counterinsurgency campaign, the center of gravity. For the forces of order to appeal to the people, security forces need not only to engage in combat but also to understand the people?their concerns, their hopes, their grievances, and how they think and live. To gain a better understanding of how Anbaris live, the RAND Corporation conducted a survey ... |
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| More Freedom, Less Terror? Liberalization and Political Violence in the Arab World |
01-Jan-2008 |
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Dalia D Kaye; Frederic Wehrey; Audra K Grant; Dale Stahl; RAND CORP ARLINGTON VA NATIONAL SECURITY RESEARCH DIV
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| In 2003, President Bush lamented, "Sixty years of Western nations excusing and accommodating the lack of freedom in the Middle East did nothing to make us safe," transforming democracy promotion into a national security priority. According to this logic, America must promote democracy as an antidote to terrorism; democracy promotion could no longer be relegated to obscure bureaus of the U.S. government. After 9/11 revealed the threats posed by extremism ... |
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| The Kefaya Movement: A Case Study of a Grassroots Reform Initiative |
Jan-2008 |
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Nadia Oweidat; Cheryl Benard; Dale Stahl; Walid Kildani; Edward O'Connell; Audra K Grant; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| The United States has professed an interest in greater democratization in the Arab world, particularly since the September 2001 attacks by terrorists from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Lebanon. This interest has been part of an effort to reduce destabilizing political violence and terrorism. As President George W. Bush noted in a 2003 address to the National Endowment for Democracy, As long as the Middle East remains ... |
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