| Integration of Department of Defense and State Department Efforts to Continue the Global Pursuit of Violent Extremist Organizations |
14 Dec 2012 |
78 pages |
| Authors:
Sean P Lucas; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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 | The United States has been engaged in active conflict against Violent Extremist Organizations for over 11 years. This has given the United States the ability to effectively track and target hostile organizations before they could materialize enough manpower and resources to effectively target the U.S. homeland and significant interests abroad. Even as the United States draws down a majority of combat forces from the Middle East, its ability to effectively ... |
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| Historical Review of U.S. Foreign Aid as a Tool of Foreign Policy in Israel and Egypt During 1952-1969 |
06 Dec 2012 |
38 pages |
| Authors:
Lai M Lee; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| Foreign aid is considered a continuation of diplomacy by other means and a tool of foreign policy. However, in the current lean economic times, the competition for limited budgetary resources is fierce and the effectiveness of U.S. foreign aid at projecting U.S. influence is hotly debated within the government and the American public. This research examines the use of foreign aid as a U.S. foreign policy tool in Egypt and ... |
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| Negotiation in the Operational Environment |
06 Dec 2012 |
45 pages |
| Authors:
Wade A Germann; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| Negotiation has become for many military leaders a daily task in their role of stabilizing, securing, transitioning, and reconstructing in military operations overseas. Negotiation provides commanders with an alternative to solutions involving the use of force. Whether used in the context of conflict or cooperation, negotiation is a powerful tool for operational commanders in promoting stability and in fostering fruitful, cooperative relations. Successful negotiation outcomes are most prevalent when both ... |
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| The U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement |
08 Nov 2012 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
J F Hornbeck; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| On June 28, 2007, the United States and Panama signed a free trade agreement (FTA) after two and a half years and 10 rounds of negotiations. Negotiations formally concluded on December 16, 2006, with an understanding that changes to labor, environment, and intellectual property rights chapters would be made pursuant to future congressional input. These changes were agreed to and the FTA was signed in time to be considered under ... |
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| NATO's Deterrence and Defense Posture After the Chicago Summit |
Nov 2012 |
39 pages |
| Authors:
David S Yost; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS
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| On 25-27 June 2012 the NATO Defense College, the NATO Nuclear Policy Directorate, and the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School Center on Contemporary Conflict convened a workshop at the NATO Defense College in Rome concerning the future of NATO's deterrence and defense posture in light of the decisions made at the Alliance's summit meeting in Chicago in May 2012. Much of the discussion focused on the Deterrence and Defense Posture Review ... |
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| Extended Warranty Management in the Department of Defense |
01 Oct 2012 |
52 pages |
| Authors:
Noah Myung; John Khawam; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC POLICY
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| We provide a formal economics model to help consumers understand what types of warranty may be provided by producers, and to help consumers make decisions as to what type of warranty to select. To maximize profit, a producer always wants to sell with some type of warranty as opposed to selling with no warranty. The extended warranty is more likely to be provided as the consumer becomes more patient, as ... |
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| An Analysis of the Potential Impacts of Ashton Carter's Should-Cost Memorandum on Defense Contracting |
17 Sep 2012 |
195 pages |
| Authors:
Elliott C Yoder; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC POLICY
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| Ashton Carter, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (USD[AT&L]), and Robert F. Hale, Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller/Chief Financial Officer), issued a Joint memorandum on April 22, 2011 titled Joint Memorandum on Saving Related to Should-Cost. As iterated in the memorandum, Dr. Carter's goal for the should-cost initiative is to ensure that program managers (PMs) drive productivity improvements into their programs during contract negotiations and throughout program ... |
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| Arms Control and European Security |
Aug 2012 |
83 pages |
| Authors:
Stephen J Blank; Jr Jordan Louis H; ARMY WAR COLL STRATEGIC STUDIES INST CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| While much attention is always given to issues of strategic and nuclear arms control, the conventional arms control agenda remains something of a stepchild. Nonetheless, in regards to European security, conventional arms control issues are of the utmost significance. Indeed, since Russia suspended its observance of the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty in 2007, there has already been one war in Europe, the Russo-Georgian war of 2008, and many ... |
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| Integration through Europeanization: Ukraine's Policy Towards the European Union |
08 Jun 2012 |
138 pages |
| Authors:
Michael A Puzio; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| Since gaining independence in 1991, Ukraine has regularly espoused a willingness to participate in greater European integration. Despite the initiation of a political dialogue between the European Union and Ukraine, however, and the signing of a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement in 1994, Ukraine did not adopt legislative reforms or undertake concrete structural changes that would have brought it closer to European Union norms and values. In addition to the poor ... |
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| Planning for War Termination with China |
04 May 2012 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
Lawrence T Sullivan; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| It is as critical for the United States to prepare for war termination in the event of a conflict with China as it is to prepare for the conflict itself. AirSea Battle proposes concepts for military interaction between the two countries, but fails to specify how military leadership is to set the conditions for a transition from Phase 3 to Phase 0 operations. An armed conflict over the disputed Spratly ... |
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| Civilization's Drying Cradle: Water Politics in the Tigris-Euphrates River Basin |
22 Mar 2012 |
52 pages |
| Authors:
Richard L Hansen; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The finite water supply of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is increasingly out of balance with the demands of Turkey, Syria, and Iraq. Turkey's Southeast Anatolia Development Project (GAP), which will eventually include 22 dams and 19 hydroelectric plants in the upper Tigris-Euphrates basin, gives Turkey tremendous ability to control both rivers, and provides significant political and economic influence over Syria and Iraq. The countries have failed to reach a ... |
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| Negotiating Separateness and Accommodation: An Informed Reconsideration of Multiculturalism |
22 Mar 2012 |
70 pages |
| Authors:
Joseph B King; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| In an age marked by widespread human migration, transnational security threats, and other political, economic, and social pressures born of globalization, strategic leaders must understand the dynamics of cultural assimilation to realize the promise and reduce the risk of contemporary immigration trends. For harmonious reconciliation to occur, the identities and goals of both the immigrant and the receiving state must be established, understood, and be mutually receptive to negotiation. A ... |
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| The Lord's Resistance Army Wicked Problem |
14 Mar 2012 |
40 pages |
| Authors:
Michael Ondoga; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA CENTER FOR STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
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| Since 2007, the military forces of Uganda, South Sudan, the Central African Republic (CAR), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and the United Nations forces in the DRC have grappled with the challenge of ending the threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) remnants currently hiding in the Garamba jungles. These jungles connect Uganda, DRC, South Sudan, and CAR. By hiding and operating in the Garamba, the LRA ... |
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| Achieving Peace in Afghanistan: Obstacles and Recommendations |
05 Mar 2012 |
38 pages |
| Authors:
Lee K Grubbs; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| In June 2011, President Obama established two policy objectives for the United States in Afghanistan. First, he restated that the United States will not allow safe haven from which al Qaeda or its affiliates can launch attacks against our homeland or our allies. Second, the United States will support an Afghan-led reconciliation with the Taliban to achieve a political settlement. President Obama framed this policy with a date of 2014 ... |
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| Multi-Agent Task Negotiation Among UAVs to Defend Against Swarm Attacks |
Mar 2012 |
81 pages |
| Authors:
Michael Day; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
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| This research involves a multi-agent based simulation modeling a large swarm of adversarial unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) attacking a surface target and groups of friendly UAVs responding to thwart the attack. Defense systems need to cooperatively negotiate which enemy systems to engage to maximize the number of aggressor systems destroyed. The research questions we wish to explore are as follows: (1) Do decentralized assignment methods approach centralized methods' effectiveness in ... |
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| Israel: Background and U.S. Relations |
29 Feb 2012 |
51 pages |
| Authors:
Jim Zanotti; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| U.S.-Israel defense, diplomatic, and economic cooperation has been close for decades. U.S. policymakers often consider Israel's security as they make policy choices in the region. Israel has relied on U.S. support for its defense posture. Congress provides active oversight of the executive branch's dealings with Israel. Some Members of Congress oppose what they perceive as insufficiently critical U.S. support of Israel. Other Members of Congress have criticized actions by the ... |
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| Afghanistan: Politics, Elections, and Government Performance |
27 Feb 2012 |
67 pages |
| Authors:
Kenneth Katzman; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Building capacity and limiting corruption at all levels of Afghan governance are crucial to the success of a planned transition from U.S.-led NATO forces to Afghan security leadership by the end of 2014. The capacity of the formal Afghan governing structure has increased significantly since the Taliban regime fell in late 2001, but many positions at the local level are unfilled. Nepotism and political considerations in hiring are entrenched in ... |
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| Better Acquisition Management through Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and Other Best Practices for Preventing and Resolving Bid Protests |
24 Jan 2012 |
199 pages |
| Authors:
Paul R Benishek; Benjamin L Sheinman; Max V Kidalov; Diana I Angelis; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC POLICY
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| This project examines bid protest prevention and resolution strategies to shed light on ways to save the government money and time. Successful resolution of protests depends on a number of factors, including government and private sector protest management and litigation strategies; Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) policies of federal agencies; legal and regulatory requirements; and remedies available to contractors. Our research identified and analyzed best ADR practices and other remedies and ... |
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| Threats without Threateners? Exploring Intersections of Threats to the Global Commons and National Security |
Jan 2012 |
74 pages |
| Authors:
Gregory F Treverton; Erik Nemeth; Sinduja Srinivasan; RAND CORP ARLINGTON VA NATIONAL SECURITY RESEARCH DIV
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| Could three global issues -- climate change, water scarcity, and pandemics -- be posed as national security challenges with interconnected threats to the global commons? And, if so, could this perspective help trigger new approaches for addressing them? For the United States, impacts on national security are important but mostly indirect, resulting from the ripple effects of direct impacts on other countries and regions, especially poor ones. This paper explores ... |
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| How to Deter and Coerce Iran into Giving Up Its Nuclear Weapons Program |
Dec 2011 |
105 pages |
| Authors:
Heyward H Davis; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The feud between the U.S. and Iran has smoldered for over thirty years. Recently, Iran has witnessed popular support for reformists decline while government support for hardliners has increased. President Ahmadinejad has increased his rhetoric against Israel and the U.S. even as the U.S. changed administrations. Though it all, Iran has continued to pursue nuclear weapons, despite six United Nations Security Council Resolutions and billions of Iran's dollars frozen. Each ... |
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| Curbing Cartel Influence in Mexico |
28 Oct 2011 |
21 pages |
| Authors:
Douglas A Wheaton; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| There are several primary cartels in Mexico who flourish as suppliers of America's insatiable drug demand, while living under the soft laws of the Mexican government. Strategically, the cartel system is holding Mexico back from achieving its potential in the global market place. Cartel influence hampers legitimate business competition. Violence, combined with rampant corruption creates insecurity and discourages economic progress in Mexico. This paper will focus on cartel business practices, ... |
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| Negotiation Performance: Antecedents, Outcomes, and Training Recommendations |
Oct 2011 |
151 pages |
| Authors:
Hannah Foldes; Michael Cullen; Michelle Wisecarver; Meredith Ferro; Alma A Jadallah; Sena Garven; PERSONNEL DECISIONS RESEARCH INST INC ARLINGTON VA
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| One capability that is increasingly important to military leadership is effective negotiation skills. This report provides a comprehensive review of negotiation performance, outcomes, and antecedents, and presents a model describing the major linkages between key categories of variables. These include the proximal antecedents of declarative and procedural knowledge, as well as the more distal antecedents of individual difference variables (e.g., cognitive ability, personality) and psychological processes (e.g., cognitive, motivational, and ... |
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| Theory-Driven Models for Correcting Fight or Flight Imbalance in Gulf War Illness |
Sep 2011 |
23 pages |
| Authors:
Gordon Broderick; V Folcik; N G Klimas; S D Vernon; ALBERTA UNIV EDMONTON
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| The objective of this study is to create a comprehensive engineering model of endocrineimmune interaction dynamics in order to identify (i) theoretical failure modes of the HPAimmune axis that align with GWI, and (ii) promising treatment strategies that exploit the regulatory dynamics of these systems to reset control of the HPA-immune axis to normal. We have completed the negotiation of sub-awards to the CFIDS Association of America, the university of ... |
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| Fundamental Building Blocks for an Acceptable Accounting System |
24 Aug 2011 |
17 pages |
| Authors:
Sue Reynaga; DEFENSE CONTRACT AUDIT AGENCY SAN DIEGO CA
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| Army Contracting Command-Redstone Arsenal's Management of Undefinitized Contractual Actions Could Be Improved |
12 Aug 2011 |
58 pages |
| Authors:
Bruce Burton; INSPECTOR GENERAL DEPT OF DEFENSE ARLINGTON VA
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| Public Law 99-591, section 908(b) requires the DoD Inspector General to periodically audit undefinitized contractual actions (UCAs) and submit a report to Congress. This is the fifth in a series of reports discussing DoD compliance with section 2326, title 10, United States Code. We reviewed 43 UCAs with a total not-to-exceed value of about $3.1 billion awarded by the Army Contracting Command-Redstone Arsenal (ACC-RSA) from FY 2004 through September 18, ... |
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| Pashtun Social Structure: Cultural Perceptions and Segmentary Lineage Organization |
03 Aug 2011 |
25 pages |
| Authors:
Joseph A Tainter; Donald G MacGregor; MACGREGOR BATES INC COTTAGE GROVE OR
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| The Pashtun are an ethnic group that straddles the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, and are the largest group in Afghanistan. Pashtun social structure is what anthropologists term a segmentary lineage system. In such a system, there is a hierarchy of social groupings starting at the local level, then proceeding upward through various levels to an entire ethnic group. These relationships are based on kinship and shared culture. Segmentary lineage organization presents outsiders ... |
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| New Norms for the 21st Century Soldier |
AUG 2011 |
10 pages |
| Authors:
Michael A. Vane; ARMY TRAINING AND DOCTRINE COMMAND FORT MONROE VA
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| More than nine years of armed conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan have given the Army a multitude of lessons to assess and learn from. The era of persistent conflict has brought change across all military operations and training levels. Operational realities such as no frontlines or rear areas, an enemy in and among the population, and competition for popular support have forced us to learn many hard lessons. Chief among ... |
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| How Does Emotion Influence Collaboration? - An Agent Based Simulation of the Dynamic of Confrontation |
Aug 2011 |
114 pages |
| Authors:
Utomo S Putro; INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BANDUG (INDONESIA)
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| This is a report of a project to investigate the dynamics of interaction and conflicts among agents using drama theory in Citarum River basin problems. There are hundreds of agents involved in the conflict in the Citarum River Basin. These agents consist of central government agencies, provincial government agencies, city agencies / counties and villages, state-owned enterprises, NGOs at the regional level and NGOs at local level. There are many ... |
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| Energy Politics and Future Prospects in Iraq |
26 Jul 2011 |
8 pages |
| Authors:
Denise Natali; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV WASHINGTON DC INST FOR NATIONAL STRATEGIC STUDIES
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| On June 17, 2011, The INSS Center for Strategic Research conducted a seminar on Iraq's re-emergent energy sector and its impact on national and regional politics. The purpose was to move beyond identity politics by examining resource-based interests and new tensions and opportunities for negotiation between groups in and across Iraq s borders. Discussions focused on Iraq s national energy strategy as influenced by regional trends and the impact of ... |
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| Russia in the Arctic |
JUL 2011 |
154 pages |
| Authors:
Stephen J. Blank; ARMY WAR COLL STRATEGIC STUDIES INST CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| This volume on the Arctic is the last volume in the set of five based on the Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)-U.S. State Department conference on Russia held in January 2010. The Arctic's importance to the United States and to the international community has grown by virtue of its enormous energy holdings and the prospect of increased year-round navigation due to climate change. Given its proximity to Russia and that country's ... |
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| Understanding the North Korea Problem: Why It Has Become the "Land of Lousy Options" |
JUL 2011 |
83 pages |
| Authors:
William Boik; ARMY WAR COLL STRATEGIC STUDIES INST CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| This monograph is intended to draw attention to the challenges faced by the United States in developing a coordinated strategy for dealing with North Korea. Despite the many decades of direct U.S. involvement on the Korean Peninsula, we continue to have little understanding of the North Korean culture or of events inside North Korea. We also do not have a long-term coordinated strategy for North Korea. Over the past decade, ... |
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| These Are Ours: The Effects of Ownership and Groups on Property Negotiation |
Jul 2011 |
17 pages |
| Authors:
Peter J Carnevale; Yoo K Kim; Celso M De Melo; Morteza Dehghani; Jonathan Gratch; UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES
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| Ownership tends to affect negotiation by increasing the value that the negotiator places on the objects being negotiated. In this study, we invented a new computer-controlled negotiation task that presents negotiators pictures of objects on a screen and the negotiators grab the objects, or give them to an opponent, using a mouse. We experimentally varied ownership, telling negotiators in one case that they owned the objects (but needed the other's ... |
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| Serbia: Current Issues and U.S. Policy |
16 Jun 2011 |
14 pages |
| Authors:
Steven Woehrel; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Serbia faces an important crossroads in its development. It is seeking to integrate into the European Union (EU), but its progress has been hindered by tensions with the United States and many EU countries over the independence of Serbia s Kosovo province, and, until recently, its failure to transfer indicted war criminals to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). However, on May 26, 2011, Serbian security forces ... |
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| Factors Affecting Peace Negotiations in Resolving Armed Conflicts in Sub-Saharan Africa |
10 JUN 2011 |
134 pages |
| Authors:
Santurino M. Tumuranzye; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| Africa in general and sub-Saharan Africa in particular, continues to experience armed conflicts engineered by political elites that cause untold suffering and underdevelopment. The many years of armed confrontations often end in military stalemates. Consequently, peace negotiations are often the only viable alternative to end armed conflicts. However, peace negotiations processes are hard to organize and conduct and its failure often leads to re-start of armed conflict with disastrous effects. ... |
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| Incomplete Contract Files for Southwest Asia Task Orders on the Warfighter Field Operations Customer Support Contract |
01 JUN 2011 |
28 pages |
| Authors:
INSPECTOR GENERAL DEPT OF DEFENSE ARLINGTON VA
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| Our audit objective was to determine whether Army officials adhered to Federal and DoD policies for subcontracting in a contingency environment while administering the Warfighter Field Operations Customer Support (FOCUS) contract, valued at approximately $3.7 billion. This is the first in a series of audits relating to the Warfighter FOCUS contract. Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) contracting officials lacked required documentation, such as prenegotiation objective ... |
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| Three Capitals for Two States -- Analysis of Jerusalem's Sovereignty and Perspectives |
19 MAY 2011 |
61 pages |
| Authors:
Carl Dick; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| This study argues that there are historical reasons for using an international Holy Basin methodology to bring Israel and the Palestinian National Authority closer to a workable compromise. This monograph identifies the strategic compromises that are required to create two distinct capital zones in Jeruselem that will provide sovereignty and legitimacy for the State of Israel and a future State of Palestine. Numerous Middle East peace processes, two Intifada's, and ... |
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| Achieving a Peace Settlement between Abkhazia and Georgia: Lessons from Swiss Federalism |
06 MAY 2011 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
Philip K. Abbott; JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC STRATEGIC PLANS AND POLICY
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| Since the end of the Georgian-Abkhazian War of 1992-93, negotiations failed to come up with a viable solution considered satisfactory to either side. To a great extent, any meaningful settlement must first rule out the subordination or exclusion of ethnic minorities by the majority. Thus bringing us to the unique political culture of Swiss federal democracy, where leaders generally avoid speaking in terms of "majority and minority". Instead, "Swiss political ... |
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| Fee and Profit: What Is the Real Meaning? Business Understanding Can Lead to Better Contract Negotiations |
Apr 2011 |
90 pages |
| Authors:
Randy Young; DEFENSE ACQUISITION UNIV ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD
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| During Department of Defense (DoD) contract negotiations, fee becomes the primary metric for determining contractor profits. But does fee necessarily equate to profit where profit is defined in commercial terms as the net income for the company? This paper addresses the following question: Is the fee in a contract the primary metric for determining contractor profits? A specific goal of the paper is to reduce the knowledge gap between the ... |
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| President Carter's Leadership at Camp David: Mediation as an Exercise in Strategic Thinking |
24 Mar 2011 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Carlton L Day; AIR WAR COLL MAXWELL AFB AL
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| This paper will address the importance of mediation and negotiation skills at the strategic level in today s national security context by addressing the Carter Administration1978 Camp David accord agreement between Egypt and Israel. The thought is to examine the strategic thinking framework of systems, creative, ethical thinking and thinking in time, as the foundation that will take in hand to support the importance of team building and communication. The1978 ... |
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| Napoleon's Strategic Failures |
15 Mar 2011 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
John L Pollock; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Napoleon Bonaparte is generally regarded as a brilliant strategist by students of history. This paper will highlight five strategic areas in which he was clearly lacking. These areas are Strategic Leadership Competencies, Army Strategy, Naval Strategy, Economic Strategy, and Team Building. Overall, these areas contributed to his downfall, but his main failing was clearly his inability to understand that he could not achieve his strategic goals through military means alone. ... |
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| The Unnecessary Front: Reconsidering The Corps's East Asian Bases |
10 MAR 2011 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
Tim Caucutt; NAVAL AMPHIBIOUS BASE CORONADO SAN DIEGO CA
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| Military surges are in vogue. Most recently, the United States sent an additional 30,000 troops into Afghanistan. Looking farther back, the world remembers the influx of troops into Iraq. Now, another "surge" is underway -- U.S. marines are preparing to storm the beaches of Guam, set up residence, bring their dependents, and attract thousands of contractors. The goal is to downsize their presence in Okinawa while maintaining guard against foreign ... |
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| Collaboration between the Canadian Forces and the Public in Operations |
Mar 2011 |
86 pages |
| Authors:
Michael H Thomson; Barbara D Adams; Courtney D Hall; Andrea L Brown; Craig Flear; HUMANSYSTEMS INC GUELPH (ONTARIO)
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| In current operations, the Canadian Forces (CF) are expected to work more closely than in the past with a number of diverse civilian organizations, including Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), International Organizations (IOs), Other Governmental Departments (OGDs), local populations, and the media. However, the CF's history of working with NGOs, for example, has been limited and may pose challenges to collaboration. The purpose of this study was twofold: (1) to further understand ... |
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| Israel: Background and U.S. Relations |
14 Feb 2011 |
45 pages |
| Authors:
Casey L Addis; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| On May 14, 1948, the State of Israel declared its independence and was immediately engaged in a war with all of its neighbors. Armed conflict has marked every decade of Israel's existence. Despite its unstable regional environment, Israel has developed a vibrant parliamentary democracy, albeit with relatively fragile governments. The most recent national elections were held on February 10, 2009, ahead of schedule. Although the Kadima Party placed first, parties ... |
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| European Energy Security: Reducing Volatility of Ukraine-Russia Natural Gas Pricing Disputes |
FEB 2011 |
17 pages |
| Authors:
Richard B. Andres; Michael Kofman; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV WASHINGTON DC INST FOR NATIONAL STRATEGIC STUDIES
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| On January 7, 2009, the existing energy relationship among Europe, Russia, and Ukraine broke down over a natural gas dispute, just as it had done 3 years earlier. Amid subzero temperatures in many parts of Europe, Russia turned off its gas supply to Ukraine, causing shortages in more than 20 European countries. Thousands across the continent were left in the dark, and government services were closed. While the flow of ... |
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| Collins Center Update. Volume 13, Issue 2, January-March 2011 |
JAN 2011 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA CENTER FOR STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
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| From 2-9 March 2011, the U.S. Army War College (USAWC) resident class participated in the Strategic Decision Making Exercise 2011 (SDME 11), a faculty-led political-military decisionmaking exercise designed to provide students the opportunity, while roleplaying strategic leaders and staffs, to integrate and apply knowledge acquired in the USAWC core curriculum. SDME 11 was a joint and multinational exercise that included political and military play at the high operational and strategic ... |
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| Afghan Peace Talks: A Primer |
Jan 2011 |
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| Authors:
James Shinn; James Dobbins; RAND CORP ARLINGTON VA NATIONAL SECURITY RESEARCH DIV
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| In early 2010, when the authors began to participate in exploratory discussions regarding the possibility of a negotiated peace in Afghanistan, the very concept of talking to the enemy was controversial in official circles and little discussed beyond them. The objective of a negotiated peace has since been firmly embraced by both the Afghan and American governments, supported by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and endorsed by most of Afghanistan's ... |
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| Managing Arab-Kurd Tensions in Northern Iraq After the Withdrawal of U.S. Troops |
2011 |
40 pages |
| Authors:
Larry Hanauer; Jeffrey Martini; Omar Al-Shahery; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| Though the United States has pledged to withdraw its combat forces from Iraq by the end of 2011, ethnic and sectarian fault lines will continue to divide the country. Tensions in northern Iraq-where Arab and Kurdish communities face off regarding disputes over land, resources, governance, and security-could easily, with the right catalyst, lead to armed conflict. The risk of violence is increased significantly by the presence of roughly 75,000 Kurdish ... |
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| Economic Liberalism and Regional Security in East Asia: A Case Study on the Impact of China's Accession to the WTO |
10 Dec 2010 |
134 pages |
| Authors:
Frederick Choo; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| China gained formal accession to the WTO in December 2001 after fifteen years of negotiations and domestic economic reforms. Since then, China's economy has been on an upward trajectory, surpassing Germany and Japan to become the second largest economy in the world. Far from coming at the expense of the rest of East Asia, China's growth has helped propel East Asia as an engine of growth amidst the flailing economies ... |
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| Interim Continuing Resolutions (CRs): Potential Impacts on Agency Operations |
19 NOV 2010 |
19 pages |
| Authors:
Clinton T. Brass; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Continuing appropriations acts, often known as continuing resolutions (CRs), have been a component of the annual appropriations process for decades. When Congress and the President do not reach final decisions about one or more regular appropriations acts by the beginning of the federal fiscal year, October 1, they often enact a CR. Two general types of CRs are used. An "interim" CR provides agencies with stopgap funding for a period ... |
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| Computational Models for Belief Revision, Group Decision-Making and Cultural Shifts |
25 Oct 2010 |
50 pages |
| Authors:
Whitman Richards; MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH CAMBRIDGE COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LAB
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| This MURI (1) explores how beliefs support and lead to certain actions in one culture but not another, and (2) develops computational models that further our understanding of the relation between beliefs, decisions, and actions. One key requirement for such models is to distinguish the different roles played by instrumental or secular values versus sacred values, which differ widely across cultures. The goal of these models is to provide formal ... |
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