| Civil-Military Relations: The Forgotten Foundation of Security Sector Reform |
20 Mar 2012 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
Peter P Tapela; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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 | Since World War II many colonized African countries attained self-rule. Some of these new nation-states, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa, gained their independence through liberation wars. These newly independent states inherited unprofessional militaries that often aligned themselves with a particular former liberation movement that evolved into a political party. This phenomenon has led to problematic civil-military relations that have contributed to political instability in a particular country and region. Sub-Saharan Africa ... |
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| Building the Capacities of the Montenegrin Armed Forces |
20 Mar 2012 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
Rajko Pesic; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| This paper provides an overview of the development of the Armed Forces of Montenegro after independence. Of particular concern are the various security assistance programs for building Montenegro's armed forces capacities provided by the U.S. Government. These programs seek to bring the Montenegrin Armed Forces up to the standards and capacity for interoperability that are required for successful participation in multinational operations sponsored by NATO and the European Union. The ... |
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| U.S. Army Space Operational Narrative |
20 Mar 2012 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
John D Price; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The U.S. Army Space Operational Narrative (SON) has not yet been written. The SON builds on the Army Space Strategy. This strategy, coupled with national space strategy, can be summed up in the Space Strategic Narrative (SSN) or guidance. This paper presents the SON as a product of the SSN. The SON describes how strategic guidance drives change or evolution in space operational strategy, Army space missions, vision, goals and ... |
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| Marine Corps Energy: Instilling an Ethos of Energy Efficiency |
20 Mar 2012 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
Julie Schaffer; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) has stated that the Marine Corps must change the way it uses energy to rebalance and prepare for the future. Over the past years at war, the Marine Corps has become more lethal, but at the price of becoming too heavy and slow. Thus, a new energy strategy must outline ways to optimize expeditionary capabilities across all warfighting functions. Many of these courses ... |
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| Changing Military Retirement to Care for Service Members and Readiness |
20 Mar 2012 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
David L Wood; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Recent plans to reduce the military's budget and the size of the active duty force have again led to calls for changing service members' compensation package to save money. Since the current version was conceived in 1949, the military's retirement system remains a prime target for change to save the services money. Contrary to what professional organizations such as the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) lead many to believe, ... |
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| Mission Networks: An Evolution in Information Sharing |
20 Mar 2012 |
38 pages |
| Authors:
David R Wills; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| In support of Afghanistan operations, the U.S. military forces operational network transitioned from the Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNET) to the Combined Enterprise Regional Information Exchange System (CENTRIXS)-International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) (CX-I) in 2010. The Department of Defense (DoD) implemented CX-I as the U.S. contribution to the Afghanistan Mission Network (AMN), which constituted an unprecedented evolution of U.S. military forces culture and capability towards mission partner information sharing. ... |
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| Building Partner Capacity Through Combat Training Centers |
19 Mar 2012 |
40 pages |
| Authors:
John K Lange; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| To achieve strategic objectives, the U.S. forms effective coalitions with our North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) partners and builds their capacity before the battle through strategic engagement involving all the instruments of national power. At the end of the Cold War, the U.S. European Command (USEUCOM) maintained significant capability to engage with these emerging partners. Anticipating decreased available military resources in the USEUCOM footprint, what are the best ways and ... |
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| The Implications of China's Economic Statecraft |
19 Mar 2012 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
Omuso D George; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Twenty years after the end of the Cold War and the rise of the U.S. as the world's sole great power, many now view the emergence of China as the most likely contender or threat to balance U.S. power or surpass it. In the midst of an increasingly globalized international environment and as the U.S. and other western nations currently face serious financial crises, China, among several other nations (including ... |
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| The Role of the National Joint Headquarters of Norway |
19 Mar 2012 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
Jon M Mangersnes; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The Norwegian Armed Forces has a joint headquarters at the operational level. This paper argues that the National Joint Headquarters of Norway (NJHQ) contributes in a unique manner to the overall management of the Norwegian Armed Forces in its two main capacities of national defense and contributions to international operations. The paper describes the national security organization and states Norwegian interests and tasks to the military before engaging in a ... |
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| The Impact of Illegal and Legal Migration on the Defense Security of South Africa |
19 Mar 2012 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
Bennie Maloy; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| This paper will examine the phenomenon of migration, movement of people across national borders, into South Africa causing socio-economic challenges that negatively impact the internal defense security of South Africa. The question remains what role and how South Africa will approach neighboring countries in an effort to resolve this issue. This paper briefly explains why migration is a problem, what negative consequences it poses, and what interventions South Africa in ... |
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| Air Force Philosophy Shift - Fortified Airfields in Limited-Access Nations |
19 Mar 2012 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Robert A Mallets; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| As President Barak Obama directed the Department of Defense to reduce defense spending by about $487 billion over the next 10 years to meet the Budget Control Act (BCA) of 2011, our strategic leaders must find ways to conduct all military operations in a more fiscally efficient manner, all while still meeting the security needs to protect US interests. Due to the new fiscally constrained environment for future military operations, ... |
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| Insecurity and Instability in the Sahel Region: The Case of Mali |
19 Mar 2012 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
Oumar Diarra; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Despite its somewhat successful use of the military, the Malian government is not seen as doing nearly enough to fight and chase out terrorists from its northern regions where they find safe haven. Regional rivalries have resurfaced and jeopardized the regional cooperation effort. The creation of a Combined Staff Command including Mali, Mauritania, Algeria and Niger, plus the Malian government s own development initiative for its northern desert regions will ... |
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| Cyber Security: A Road Map for Turkey |
19 Mar 2012 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
Umit Kurt; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Cyber warfare is a form of information warfare, sometimes seen as analogous to conventional warfare, among a range of potential actors, including nation states, non-state groups, and a complex hybrid of conflict involving both state and non-state actors. Cyber warfare is a tool of national power, and countries are greatly improving their capabilities to conduct military operations in cyberspace. This is a domain where failure is not an option . ... |
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| Funding Infrastructure Despite Budget Reductions |
19 Mar 2012 |
28 pages |
| Authors:
Steven T McGugan; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| In the summer of 2011, the US debt reached $14.2 trillion, forcing the President of the United States and Congress to call for major cuts in discretionary spending. Cutting discretionary spending for all federal programs impacts the nation s inland waterway infrastructure which is maintained by the US Army Corps of Engineers through local districts like Huntington, West Virginia, via the annual federal discretionary appropriation for operations and maintenance. Reducing ... |
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| Retaining Talent for Army 2020: Overcoming Institutional Barriers |
19 Mar 2012 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
Barrett K Peavie; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The vision of Army 2020 is likely to remain an aspirational goal in the dustbin of history, overcome by institutional bureaucratic pressures. The Army's anticipated restructuring (downsizing) of the All-Volunteer force presents a challenge to ensuring the retention of high-potential junior officer talent in the Officer Corps for senior-level positions in the Army of 2020. U.S. military leaders understand that we must balance the tension between winning the current fight ... |
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| Leading Change: Military Leadership in Civilian Organizations |
19 Mar 2012 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
Robert C Wittig; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Military leaders are often assigned to largely civilian organizations, for the first time, late in their careers. Once there, they may see a need for change or are directed to make change in these organizations. They assume that they can apply all the same lessons they have learned about operating in or effectively leading organizations of purely military service members. Unless the military leader understands the civilian workforce subculture this ... |
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| Strategic Leadership Development Model |
19 Mar 2012 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
Farhat A Sani; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The 21st Century is a time of increasing complexity and heightened ambiguity. Only effective strategic leadership can lead in these challenging times. This study proposes a competency-based leadership development model for Pakistan, focused on the strategic politico-military leadership of the country. The research establishes that strategic leaders require a different set of competencies and they must possess the ability, wisdom and vision to create/execute plans and make correct decisions in ... |
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| Strategic Decision Space: The Marine Corps in the 21st Century |
19 Mar 2012 |
38 pages |
| Authors:
Matthew Shenberger; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Strategic leaders desire as much decision space as possible before committing to a course of action and applying national resources during a crisis or conflict. The nature of the future security environment and the locations where dynamic global trends are converging to create instability requires the United States to exploit its asymmetric advantage in expeditionary naval power. Assured access and crisis response capability throughout the global commons and littorals allow ... |
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| Overcoming Adversity: Suffering as a Capacity Builder for Strategic Leaders |
19 Mar 2012 |
26 pages |
| Authors:
III Sheldon Joseph V; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| As Thucydides so aptly stated in the Melian Dialogue: The strong do what they will, while the weak suffer what they must. What is it about suffering that bears within it the capacity to forge elements of greatness or to ground down to nothing the little we thought we possessed? In what ways does suffering serve as a capacity builder for strategic leaders? Are leaders better for having sacrificed and ... |
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| Ethiopian-Eritrean Conflict: Security Implications for the Horn of Africa |
19 Mar 2012 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Temesgen A Gidey; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| This paper examines how the conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea has worsened the security situation in the Horn of Africa and created fertile environments for terrorist groups in the region. The Horn of Africa is a region in which neighboring countries have long been uncomfortable with each other. Since 1960, most of the countries in the region have questioned the validity of each other's boundaries, which were established by the ... |
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| The Arab Spring: Causes, Consequences, and Implications |
18 Mar 2012 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
El Hassane Aissa; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Many experts compare the Arab spring to the popular revolutions that shook communist states in the late 1980s and early 1990s of the 20th century. After more than five decades of independence from European colonialism, autocratic rulers have failed to meet the legitimate aspirations of the Arab people. These include political freedom, economic prosperity, and human dignity. Starting with the Jasmine revolution in Tunisia, the shockwave swept through the area ... |
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| It's About Time -- Understanding China's Strategic Patience |
18 Mar 2012 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
Brian M Kennedy; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| This paper will explore the application of time as a critical factor in exercising the elements of national power, specifically differences in how the concept of time is applied by the United States and China. The paper will discuss diplomatic, informational, military, and economic aspects of time, and examine whether time plays a critical role in each element of national power. During an analysis of the military element of power, ... |
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| Understanding British Strategic Failure in America: 1780-1783 |
17 Mar 2012 |
42 pages |
| Authors:
Daniel T Canfield; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The War for American Independence was a complex, unconventional, and violent political struggle for the loyalty and allegiance of the American population writ large. It could not, and would not, be decided by the application of conventional military force alone. This paper uses an abbreviated examination of the Southern Campaign (1780-1782) to explore the principal causes and enduring lessons of British strategic failure in America. Unwilling to destroy the colonies ... |
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| An Ounce of Prevention: Accessions Screening to Prevent PTSD |
17 Mar 2012 |
38 pages |
| Authors:
Louis W Wilham; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have seen an increase in the diagnoses of Soldiers with behavioral and psychological health issues, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). While the United States owes nothing less than the best possible care for our veterans with these service related issues, the cost for this long term care is staggering. Studies have shown a positive correlation between intelligence levels, education levels, and personality traits ... |
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| China's Military Transformation -- Signaling an Aggressive Global Force Projection Strategy? |
16 Mar 2012 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
Kevin F Gregory; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| There has clearly been a shift in Chinese Grand Strategy since 2000 as a result of its rapid growth. In 2003, President Hu talked of peaceful development, but Chinese history and culture, as well as the military transformation which has taken place since 2000, paint a different picture. What strategy does the PRC's historic military transformation signal, and what can be inferred from the available information about the PRC's future ... |
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| Developing Leaders for Army 2020 |
16 Mar 2012 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
David A Lesperance; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Every officer in the United States Army is required to complete a Multi-Source Assessment and Feedback survey (MSAF/360) every three years in accordance with Army Regulation 350-1, to enhance self-awareness and enable officers to be more effective leaders. Enhanced self-awareness through the use of MSAF/360 survey instruments is most effective when feedback has been received by the officer and the officer develops an individual developmental action plan to improve their ... |
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| Future of the Military Retirement System |
16 Mar 2012 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
Donald E Meisler; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| There are numerous current and future fiscal challenges facing the United States of America and the Department of Defense. Many hard decisions will be made in the near future. Critical for making the best decision(s) is being informed of all possible courses of action and their impacts at all levels. One of the highest costs in the Department of Defense is manpower costs and military pensions. The intent of this ... |
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| Army National Guard: Regionally Aligned Brigade Force of First Choice |
16 Mar 2012 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
Edward S Smith; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| This paper provides analysis and recommendations for inclusion and implementation of Army National Guard BCT s in support of the Regionally Aligned Brigade (RAB) Concept. In addition to accruing operational capabilities to react to global contingencies, the Army s 2011 Posture Statement also anticipates Contingency Expeditionary Forces use in several capacities to include Regionally Aligned Brigades, responsive to Combatant Commanders for Theater Security Cooperation. Anticipating a reduction in force structure ... |
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| Missile Defense Capability: Can We Effectively Counter the Threat? |
16 Mar 2012 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Robert P Wade; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Recent economic conditions have impacted a myriad of defense budgets around the world. The demand for savings has caused the United States, as well as some of its allies, to reconsider defense spending across a number of different capabilities. Among many weapons systems that require technology that is constantly changing, missile defense is certainly one that necessitates ongoing funding to deal with both advances in product development, as well as ... |
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| A Legion Apart |
16 Mar 2012 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
Jonathan T Neumann; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Senior Government and Military Leaders have recently expressed concern over the growing gap between America's Military and the public it protects. The demographic of the Armed Forces is no longer representative of the entire population, and the disparity between the guarded and their guardians leads to a lack of understanding of what the military does when it is not directly on a T.V. screen in America's living rooms. The American ... |
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| The Effect of Toxic Leadership |
15 Mar 2012 |
38 pages |
| Authors:
Darrell W Aubrey; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| When focusing on toxic leadership, many researchers emphasize the symptoms of toxicity (i.e., individual characteristics, traits) and not the disease (i.e., culture, climate, outcomes). Although characteristics and traits may be helpful in identifying toxic leaders, they fall short of a holistic view by failing to explain how an organization's culture may contribute to toxicity in its leaders. Culture is a key factor in predicting behaviors and outcomes. An organization's culture ... |
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| Why Has Peace Not Been Achieved in Colombia? |
15 Mar 2012 |
44 pages |
| Authors:
Pablo B Vasquez; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Colombia has not been at peace during the last century. It has been fighting against different forms of violence, including communism, guerrilla warfare, drug trafficking, self-defense groups, criminal bands, and others. During the last decade, there have been many changes in the security environment of the country. However, despite significant efforts by the Government and Armed Forces, Colombia has not achieved the desired peace. This project will examine some of ... |
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| National Guard Senior Leader Development: A New Set of Tricks |
15 Mar 2012 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
Glen D Chancellor; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| While the Army and Air Force components of the National Guard incorporate their parent services' established senior leader development strategies, the National Guard still lacks a cohesive strategy that incorporates the parents' strategies with the distinctive requirements of National Guard leadership. The National Guard needs leaders who will be its advocates, who will inform the parent services and civilian leadership of the unique capabilities offered by the nation's only dual-mission ... |
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| Improving Mentorship and Leader Development in the US Army |
15 Mar 2012 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Jr Cole Andrew; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Mentorship is a critical component of the greater function of developing leadership in the U.S. Army. Even though mentorship finds its origins in classical Greece, it has proven to have great utility in shaping the Army leadership of today. Even so, many senior Army leaders have stated that Army mentorship needs improvement. As the U.S. Army returns from 10 years of persistent conflict, the time for revitalizing leader development is ... |
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| Cyberspace: Time to Reassess, Reorganize, and Resource for Evolving Threats |
15 Mar 2012 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
Steven L Hite; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| A decade into the 21st Century, the United States must transition its attention from national security problems that exist in the physical world to security challenges in cyberspace. Assaults on American critical infrastructure, government and defense networks, corporate business networks, and financial networks will continue to grow as adversaries expand their cyber capabilities to achieve their goals. To effectively counter these expanding cyber threats, the U.S. Government must reassess, reorganize, ... |
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| Religious Roots: A Prolegomenon to Moral Judgment in American Policy |
15 Mar 2012 |
42 pages |
| Authors:
Greg Johnson; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| All policy is faith-based and moral at its roots; it is philosophically unavoidable. Understanding its religious nature can aid policy makers in crafting coherent, stable and enduring U. S. policy. |
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| Strategic Implications of U.S. Troop Drawdown in Europe |
15 Mar 2012 |
42 pages |
| Authors:
Jr Lennon Thomas; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| On 9 June 2011, the then-Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, stated future U.S. political leaders may not consider the return on America s investment in NATO worth the cost. 1 Supporting this statement are the underlying concerns about Asian stability, and a poorly performing U.S. and global economy. In particular, the Department of Defense (DoD) is anticipating a budget reduction of $450-billion to $1.2-trillion over the next 10 years. Finally, ... |
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| African Union: Towards Good Governance, Peace and Security |
15 Mar 2012 |
46 pages |
| Authors:
Didas Ndahiro; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Good governance has emerged as a critical factor in the agenda for poverty reduction but it is also a development objective in its own right. Peace and security, on the other hand, can only be achieved in the context of good governance, and can only be genuine and sustainable if linked to economic development. Arguably, there is a close connection between the African Union (AU) and the prevailing security situation ... |
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| Global Climate and the Security of the European Union |
15 Mar 2012 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
Andrzej Solarz; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Climate change is a natural process in the history of the earth, but man and his actions contribute to the deepening of the changes. The effects of climate change will manifest themselves as natural disasters, storms, and the rising of sea levels, which will have a direct impact on human security in terms of the economy, food production, health, the environment, and water resources. Changes in these sectors could cause ... |
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| The Future of NATO |
15 Mar 2012 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Kim Schmidt; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| For more than 60 years, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has united the West, kept Europe secure and seen the end of the cold war due to the collapse of the Soviet Union and the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact. At the strategic level, the greatest evolution in NATO since the end of the Cold War is the transition of NATO from a static defense force to an expeditionary ... |
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| An Army in Transition: Maintaining the Competitive Edge |
15 Mar 2012 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
Curtis A Johnson; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The United States Army still remains the most powerful land force in the world, but it faces a number of significant changes and complex challenges after a decade at war. The Army is in a period of transition because of the U.S. Military drawdown in Iraq and Afghanistan. If the Army reverts to the same home station practices seen prior to Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, junior leaders ... |
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| Emerging DoD Role in the Interagency Counter Threat Finance Mission |
14 Mar 2012 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
Jennifer E Carter; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| In a period of increased economic austerity and fiscal limitations, the United States must shrewdly engage beyond the comfortable boundaries of military force and employ the full arsenal of diplomatic, informational, military, and economic (DIME) power to track, monitor, exploit, and disrupt threats to national security. This paper looks beyond the use of conventional military forces to combat terrorism and leverages the capabilities of the interagency to detect, deter, disrupt, ... |
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| The Great American Divide: The Military-Civilian Gap |
14 Mar 2012 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
III Higgins Ralph G; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The all-volunteer force of the United States military has produced a military society and culture that is becoming increasingly detached from the greater United States' society that it is sworn to protect. This military-civilian gap is a threat to the United States in that it is potentially producing a military society that deems itself morally superior to civilian society, with military leaders that are cut from the same ideological molds, ... |
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| Making the Merida Initiative Work |
14 Mar 2012 |
40 pages |
| Authors:
Clem Coward; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| For several decades, the United States and Mexico both had to deal with major transnational border issues. Those issues continue to escalate. Violence and instability in Mexico reached unprecedented levels over the last five years. The U.S. is attempting to neutralize the violence by assisting Mexico through several major interagency efforts. One of the leading efforts is through a Department of State (DoS) led plan titled the Merida Initiative. To ... |
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| Strategic Implications of Emerging Threats to West African Countries |
14 Mar 2012 |
48 pages |
| Authors:
El Hadji M Diagne; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| One of the most challenging issues West African countries are facing at the beginning of the 21st Century is their common security. Located in the western most region of the African continent, West Africa includes 16 countries in an area of approximately 6 million square km. During the past twenty years, this region has been subjected to major conflicts, several insurgencies, and five military coups or attempted coups. While this ... |
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| Middle East Stability and the Economic Ambitions of Iran |
14 Mar 2012 |
42 pages |
| Authors:
William S Leyh; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The strategic economic goals and ambitions of Iran and the Iranian capability to attain them present a challenge that when understood could provide an opportunity in which engagement is possible. Recent events within the Middle East and the actions of Iran have resulted in significant socioeconomic and security issues within the region that warrant examination of the effectiveness of current U.S. policy. It can be argued that the future strategic ... |
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| China Emerging |
14 Mar 2012 |
42 pages |
| Authors:
Dale Watson; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| China's grand strategy of peaceful development as the means to modernize as a nation has achieved incredible results economically, militarily, and politically. However, the growing strength and power of China as a nation raises fears about China's grand strategy after its modernization efforts have been met. Will China continue to prosper under the international norms characterized by western liberalism, or will it take on the role of a traditional emerging ... |
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| U.S. Policy in Pakistan as U.S. Begins to Transition Afghanistan? |
14 Mar 2012 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
David Woods; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| After more than ten years of war the United States national security interests in the Pakistan and Afghanistan region remain vital. As we begin the process of transitioning security, governance, and development to the Afghan government we must not allow our internal organizations, agencies, departments, and international partners to become complacent or confused about our intentions in both Pakistan and Afghanistan. As such, the U.S. must relook its policy regarding ... |
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| The U.S. Government's Employment of Private Security Companies Abroad |
14 Mar 2012 |
42 pages |
| Authors:
Eugene Shearer; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The recent conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq have facilitated a 206% increase in the U.S. use of Private Security Companies (PSCs), with the number growing to more than 28,000 personnel as of March 31, 2011. These increases have fueled the PSC industry worldwide, and present significant challenges for management and oversight. Although U.S. Policy must address these challenges, PSCs will likely remain a part of our operational environment abroad. U.S. ... |
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| Social Media: More Than Just a Communications Medium |
14 Mar 2012 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
III Thomas T R; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| This paper draws attention to emerging national security challenges that the U.S. government and the U.S. military are likely to grapple with as a direct result of social media's increasingly disruptive influence. Accordingly, ideas contained herein will advance the position that social media is a multi-faceted entity that is more than just a communications medium or grouping of collaborative communications technologies as currently viewed by the U.S. government and the ... |
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