| Nigeria: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back |
02 Nov 2012 |
22 pages |
| Authors:
Ricardo Miagany; NAVAL WAR COLLEGE NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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 | The people of Nigeria have many grievances with their elected government. They can be grouped into three major areas or categories: poor governance, through rampant misadministration and widespread corruption; poor economic development and staggering levels of poverty; and an overall tenuous security environment, which results in an embattled subsistence way of life. Although the GON has attempted to modernize its society as a means to improving the everyday citizen's quality ... |
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| SOLLIMS Sampler: Targeting Peace & Stability Operations Lessons & Best Practices. Volume 3, Issue 3 |
Jul 2012 |
41 pages |
| Authors:
ARMY WAR COLLEGE CARLISLE BARRACKS PA ARMY PEACEKEEPING AND STABILITY OPERATIONS INSTITUTE
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| Reconciliation or the process of developing a mutual conciliatory accommodation between antagonistic or formerly antagonistic persons or groups is a strategic imperative. In order for peacekeeping and stability operations to have a long-term impact, groups involved in past violence must reconcile. Deep-seated grievances may linger between the government and certain groups of citizens, or between religious groups, ethnic groups, geographic communities, or socio-economic classes. Often, the involved parties/factions can be ... |
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| Telerehabilitation for OIF/OEF Returnees with Combat-Related Traumatic Brain Injury |
Jun 2012 |
14 pages |
| Authors:
Kris Siddharthan; FOUNDATION FOR ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATION TAMPA FL
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| This is one project in a planned program of research to improve care for injured Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi freedom (OEF/OIF) veterans. We propose with this study to test a telerehabilitation program for veterans with combat related traumatic brain injury (TBI) with or without comorbid post traumatic stress disorders (PTSD) by monitoring functional, cognitive and mental health outcomes together with their integration into society using a variety of instruments. Coordinating ... |
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| Haiti: Two Decades of Intervention and Very Little to Show |
17 May 2012 |
49 pages |
| Authors:
Nathaniel T Crain; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| This research asked the question why had US military intervention in Haiti in the past 20 years not produced long-term stability. Haiti is a nation of internal division and racial tension, suffering from years of upheaval, external intervention, and oppression. Haitian history is rife with political divisiveness and treachery, with only three peaceful transitions of Haitian authority in the years prior to the 1994 US intervention to reinstate Jean Bertrand ... |
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| Insanity: Four Decades of U.S. Counterdrug Strategy |
01 Apr 2012 |
75 pages |
| Authors:
Michael F Walther; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| In the four decades since President Nixon first declared war on drugs the U.S. counterdrug strategy has remained virtually unchanged favoring supply-reduction, law enforcement and criminal sanctions over demand-reduction, treatment and education. While the annual counterdrug budget has ballooned from $100 million to $25 billion, drug availability of most illicit drugs remains at an all-time high. The human cost is staggering nearly 40,000 drug-related deaths in the U.S. annually. The ... |
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| The 12th Annual International Meeting on Simulation Healthcare (IMSH) 2012 |
Mar 2012 |
271 pages |
| Authors:
Michael Seropian; Kathryn B Aberle; SOCIETY FOR SIMULATION IN HEALTHCARE HASTINGS MN
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| 3112 individuals attended the 2012 International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare and had access to Preconference courses, Expert panels, keynote Plenary Sessions, roundtables, immersive, and workshop sessions to further their knowledge of use of simulation in healthcare to improve patient safety and manage resources. 73 workshops provided both hands-on and interactive learning in the areas of conducting research, outcomes based assessment, case development, disaster training, needs assessment and competency based ... |
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| Effective Integration Through the Use of Social Influence Tactics: What the Military Can Learn from Racial Integration of Baseball in Ending Don't Ask Don't Tell |
Mar 2012 |
103 pages |
| Authors:
Ernest O Washington; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Framing tactics are used to structure a situation in an attempt to establish a favorable climate for influence. Framing can be used to influence the military or society to make decisions that are in your best interest (i.e. Jackie Robinson's allowance into major league baseball and the desegregation of the Armed Services) by structuring the issues at hand. The military may be faced with several options; however, introducing social influence ... |
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| Re-integration of Former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Combatants into Civilian Society in Post-War Sri Lanka |
Mar 2012 |
117 pages |
| Authors:
Mada K De Silva; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The entire nation paid a high price militarily, politically, economically and socially during the twenty-six-year-old conflict in Sri Lanka. However, May 18, 2009, marked a significant milestone in the written history of Sri Lanka. The three-year-long Humanitarian Operation conducted by the Sri Lankan Security Forces to liberate civilians from the cruel clutches of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) terrorists ended, assigning a total military defeat to the LTTE. ... |
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| Phase Transition in Opinion Diffusion in Social Networks |
Mar 2012 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
Lin Li; Anna Scaglione; Ananthram Swami; Qing Zhao; ARMY RESEARCH LAB ADELPHI MD
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| Gossiping models have been increasingly applied to study social network phenomena, in particular, to model the dynamics of social behavior or belief through local interactions. In this context, this paper investigates how the opinions of social agents diffuse in a network under a so-called hard-interaction model, in which the agents interact more strongly with neighbors that share their beliefs and have no influence on the neighbors whose opinions differ by ... |
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| Fighting for America: So Where's the Divide? |
22 Feb 2012 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
Michael Patton; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The relationship between the nation and its all-volunteer force has senior political and military leaders concerned. Culturally, has our all-volunteer force grown away from the larger U.S. society? Such a separation poses grave dangers for the long-term health of U.S. forces and of the nation. This strategic research project (SRP) examines two distinct but related divides between the nation s military and the civilian society. Specifically, it addresses the chasm ... |
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| Understanding and Managing Causality of Change in Socio-Technical Systems 3 |
06 Jan 2012 |
24 pages |
| Authors:
Kenneth R Boff; SOCIO-TECHNICAL SYSTEM SCIENCES SARASOTA FL
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| This research effort developed an informed perspective on the problem of understanding and managing causality of change in socio-technical systems. It leveraged interactions with a broad multi-disciplinary community of recognized thought leaders and identified, developed and rationalized specific science project objectives for causality and complex intervention research that broadens the research base in support of US national defense. |
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| Modern Social Media and Social Revolutions |
16 Dec 2011 |
127 pages |
| Authors:
Brian L Mayer; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| The emergence of social media platforms as a means of communication and information sharing marks a fundamental change to how societies interact. This new form of media played a formative role in the organization of mass uprisings and demonstrations known as the Arab Spring that took place in the Middle East and North Africa in 2011. The study draws data from research in social revolution, social network theory, and mass ... |
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| Evaluation of Moisture-Cure Urethane Coatings for Compliance with Industry Specifications |
Dec 2011 |
116 pages |
| Authors:
Alfred D Beitelman; Jeffrey P Ryan; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| The Army Corps of Engineers has observed the performance of commercially available moisture-cure coatings on various hydraulic structures over the years, but has had no generic specifications government or private industry for reference in specifying the products. The Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC) recently published specifications for several moisture-cure urethane coatings. However, it cannot be assumed that other commercially available moisture-cure urethanes meet those specifications without confirmation through formal testing. ... |
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| The US Army in Kirkuk: Governance Operations on the Fault Lines of Iraqi Society, 2003-2009 |
Dec 2011 |
130 pages |
| Authors:
Peter W Connors; ARMY COMBINED ARMS CENTER FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| The Combat Studies Institute presents The US Army in Kirkuk: GovernanceOperations on the Fault Lines of Iraqi Society, 2003-2009 by Dr. Pete Connors. This work chronicles the challenging task of bringing stability and representative government to the Iraqi city of Kirkuk after the fall of the Baathist regime. Although the plan for Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF) required US forces to prepare to conduct stability operations at the end of combat ... |
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| Self-Development for Cyber Warriors |
10 Nov 2011 |
35 pages |
| Authors:
Gregory Conti; James Caroland; Thomas Cook; Howard Taylor; MILITARY ACADEMY WEST POINT NY
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| Aggressive self-development is a critical task for the cyber warfare professional. No matter the quality, formal training and education programs age poorly when facing the relentless advance of technology and agile adversaries. Self-development serves as a continuous complement to formal training and fosters the currency and depth of expertise a world class cyber workforce demands. Our purpose with this paper is to help each of us, beginner or expert, identify ... |
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| Defence Output Measures: An Economics Perspective |
Nov 2011 |
52 pages |
| Authors:
Keith Hartley; YORK UNIV (UNITED KINGDOM)
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| This Contract Report examines the measurement of defence output from an economics perspective. Economic theory offers some policy guidelines for determining the optimal defence output for any society. As an optimising problem, the economics rule is to aim at the socially desirable or optimal defence output which is achieved by equating additional or marginal costs with additional or marginal benefits. While the economics approach is difficult to operationalise into a ... |
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| Resubmission of Gap Analysis Workshop for Training for Reintegration of Surgical Skills |
Oct 2011 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
Paul A Wetter; SOCIETY OF LAPAROENDOSCOPIC SURGEONS MIAMI FL
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| Unable to provideThe Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons organized the Gap Analysis Workshop for Training for Reintegration of minimally invasive Surgical Skills in order to discuss gaps and develop a curriculum for military and civilian personnel who are away from their peacetime specialty. The workshop assembled key personnel who convened to survey current strategies, discuss the major factors influencing skill decay, and brainstorm solutions for improving skill retention, and resources for ... |
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| Comparison of Data Development Tools for Populating Cognitive Models in Social Simulation |
Sep 2011 |
221 pages |
| Authors:
Daniel C McKaughan; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The United States is engaged in a new type of warfare. Defeating the enemy is now predicated on winning over local populations. To win these groups, commanders need to know what responses to expect for various operations in particular locations. Social simulations are a promising means of modeling these reactions, and there are several current methods used to populate these simulations with agents representative of a specific society. These methods, ... |
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| Rebuilding Institutional Legitimacy in Post-Conflict Societies: An Asia-Pacific Case Study, Interphase 1-2 |
12 AUG 2011 |
16 pages |
| Authors:
Kylie Fisk; Adrian Cherney; Matthew Hornsey; Andrew Smith; QUEENSLAND UNIV BRISBANE (AUSTRALIA)
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| This is the final report of a project to measure perception of government legitimacy in Timor-Leste, Nepal, and Afghanistan. Legitimacy refers to the belief that authorities, institutions, and social arrangements are appropriate and just, and are linked to long-term social stability. |
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| Design Theory and the Military's Understanding of Our Complex World |
07 AUG 2011 |
15 pages |
| Authors:
Ben Zweibelson; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| Before readers pull their hair out in frustration at yet another "Design" article with too much philosophy, abstraction, and unorthodox thinking, I offer an intellectual olive branch of sorts. There is a reason hardly any of these Design concepts will ever enter Army doctrine, or become a step within a planning process?to think about Design requires us to think from a different perspective- a perspective that lacks the very things ... |
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| Command and Control Concepts and Solutions for Major Events Safety and Security: Lessons Learned from the Canadian Experience with Vancouver 2010 and G8/G20 Events |
JUN 2011 |
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| Authors:
Adel Guitouni; Donna Wood; DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER (QUEBEC)
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 | Planning and execution of major events safety and security operations is a very complex. Major events are often led, planned and executed jointly by many government departments and agencies in collaboration with several other actors of the civil society. Command and Control (C2) of major events can be viewed as systemic execution of collective collection, collation and analysis of information, planning, decision-making, coordination, execution and sustainment of operations and activities ... |
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| Civil & Military Operations: Evolutionary Prep Steps to Pass Smart Power Current Limitations |
JUN 2011 |
42 pages |
| Authors:
Russell E. Bryant; PROGRAM EXECUTIVE OFFICE INTEGRATED WARFARE SYSTEMS WASHINGTON DC
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| Precision engagement during the last several decades has been an area of much analysis, research and technical application. Yet, those investments, like similar efforts through other research and knowledge application efforts could be considered rather narrow in their application and approach. When considering the PMESII1 and DIME1 environments, along with the broad applications of EBO1, and the ongoing discussions of "smart power" applications, there is almost a sense of deja ... |
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| Telerehabilitation for OIF/OEF Returnees with Combat-Related Traumatic Brain Injury |
Jun 2011 |
17 pages |
| Authors:
Kris Siddharthan; JAMES A HALEY VETERANS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION TAMPA FL (VETERANS AFFAIRS)
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| The telerehabilitation for OEF/OIF returnees with mild or moderate combat related Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) has as its objectives 1) care coordination for wounded veterans using distance technology via the internet and 2) monitoring of physical and mental health outcomes using a variety of instruments. To date we have enrolled 75 veterans and are actively following 48 in the study. We have collected baseline, 6, 12 and 18 month health ... |
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| Provincial Reconstruction Teams: Who's in Charge? |
20 MAY 2011 |
99 pages |
| Authors:
Candace C. Eckert; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV NORFOLK VA JOINT ADVANCED WARFIGHTING SCHOOL
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| Civilian involvement in stability operations is a critical enabler for transition from military to civilian control as it provides tangible evidence of the importance of civilian leadership, demonstrates integrated civilian/ military operability, and can enhance operational effectiveness in the eyes of the host nation. Host nation leaders benefit from observing and working closely with other civilians while developing a strong, stable, and sustainable civil society. A Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) ... |
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| The Difference that Makes a Difference: Distinguishing between Knowledge Management and Information Management in the U.S. Army |
19 MAY 2011 |
57 pages |
| Authors:
Patrick K. Sullivan; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| In today's interconnected society there has been a push for the use of technology to increase the speed of information blurring the distinction between knowledge and information. This monographs illustrates the issues with knowledge and the common misconceptions that the United States Army is experiencing with Knowledge Management as an emerging concept. Knowledge Management has been introduced into doctrine over the past five years; however the concepts are being confused ... |
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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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| Reintegration of Those Who Wish Us Harm - Should We? |
04 MAY 2011 |
23 pages |
| Authors:
Jason B. Tussey; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| The purpose of this paper is to provide operational planners the necessity for conducting reintegration planning at the onset of combat operations. Reintegration of former combatants following armed conflict is necessary to ensure the survival of the newly formed society. This new society will have new leadership, goals, and objectives but without the full accounting of actions taken by both friendly and enemy during the conflict, the society will not ... |
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| Using Expressiveness to Increase Efficiency in Social and Economic Mechanisms |
May 2011 |
214 pages |
| Authors:
Michael Benisch; CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
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| Mechanisms for facilitating people's interactions with businesses, their governments, and each other are ubiquitous in today's society. One emerging trend over the past decade, along with increasing computational power and bandwidth, has been a demand for higher levels of expressiveness in such mechanisms. This trend has already manifested itself in combinatorial auctions and generalizations thereof. It is also reflected in the richness of preference expressions allowed by businesses as diverse ... |
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| Mass Atrocity: Prevention and Response |
APR 2011 |
86 pages |
| Authors:
Dwight Raymond; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA PEACEKEEPING AND STABILITY OPERATIONS INST
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| What the MARO Project proposes, and indeed explores in considerable detail, is nothing short of a fundamental shift in thinking from the "whether" to the "how" of intervention. Mass atrocities are operationally unique; this important recognition has paved the path for MARO's adoption into relevant military doctrine and its subsequent--and no less consequential-- consideration at the top levels of policy-making. The Workshop convened in December 2010 was an essential step ... |
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| A Call to Service for America's Youth |
24 Mar 2011 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Charles J Coates; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Should the United States government implement a policy for mandatory national service in the Armed Forces? The United States has a rich history of its citizens, noncitizens and other US nationals serving in its Armed Forces within a voluntary status and under conscription. Mandatory national service in the military is not a new concept; it has been a means utilized to fill and resource formations well before the establishment of ... |
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| Rebalancing the Military Profession |
17 Mar 2011 |
40 pages |
| Authors:
Robert J Cook; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| This paper contends bureaucratic functions have dominated the profession of the U.S. Military as far back as the Vietnam War. A rebalancing is long over-due. This thesis is supported through a review of literature on the military profession and a survey of past U.S. Army studies regarding the profession. This paper also examines the 21st Century security environment and demonstrates the current context is exacerbating the imbalance. This paper concludes ... |
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| Black Soldiers, Citizenship, and Constitutional Rhetoric: 1857-1866 |
23 Feb 2011 |
26 pages |
| Authors:
Michael C Miller; ARMY WAR COLL STRATEGIC STUDIES INST CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| This paper evaluates the rhetoric surrounding military service by blacks in the Civil War, analyzing the rhetoric of political activists, most notable of whom was Frederick Douglas, and focusing on how they used newspapers, journals, and public speaking events to practice the ancient art of persuasion to build support for Civil War military service by blacks. The story of the Civil War, the end of slavery, and the journey from ... |
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| Overview 2010 of ARL Program on Network Science for Human Decision Making |
Jan 2011 |
27 pages |
| Authors:
Bruce J West; ARMY RESEARCH OFFICE DURHAM NC
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| The Army Research Laboratory program on the Network Science of Human Decision Making brings together researchers from a variety of disciplines to work on a complex research problem that defies confinement within any single discipline. Consequently, new and rewarding solutions have been obtained for a problem of importance to society and the Army, that being, the human dimension of complex networks. This program investigates the basic research foundation of a ... |
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| Strategic Insights. Volume 10, Issue 2, Summer 2011 |
Jan 2011 |
60 pages |
| Authors:
NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY CONFLICT
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| Partial contents: PFLP and its Offshoots, Assassination by Remotely Piloted Vehicle, Article Governance in Pakitan's FATA and Point/Counterpoint Has the death Bin Laden made the US safer?. |
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| Transitions: Issues, Challenges and Solutions in International Assistance |
Nov 2010 |
278 pages |
| Authors:
Harry R Yarger; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA PEACEKEEPING AND STABILITY OPERATIONS INST
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| States and humanitarian organizations intervene in fragile, failing, and failed states at critical points to serve their own interests and to assist the populations of the troubled states. At the point when these host states have become appropriately self-sufficient, or when the interveners deem it appropriate to leave, the host nation must reassume responsibility for its own destiny. In simple terms transition is the multi-disciplinary process by which intervening and ... |
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| Improved Oversight Needed for State Department Grant to the International Republican Institute |
29 JUL 2010 |
39 pages |
| Authors:
David R. Warren; Bill Bedwell; Daniel Chen; Joan Hlinka; Whitney Miller; Robert Whiteley; SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION ARLINGTON VA
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| This report addresses the Department of State's (DoS) management of a $50 million grant to the International Republican Institute (IRI) for democracy-building activities in Iraq. This is the largest grant awarded to IRI by Grants Officers from the Bureau of Administration, Office of Acquisitions Management (AQM) on behalf of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL). Because DRL does not have dedicated Grants Officers, it relies on AQM ... |
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| Green and Sustainable Remediation in the Navy's Environmental Restoration Program |
Jun 2010 |
25 pages |
| Authors:
Tanwir Chaudhry; Karla Harre; Issis Rivadineyra; Russell Sirabian; NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING COMMAND PORT HUENEME CA ENGINEERING SERVICE CENTER
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| GSR employs strategies for cleanups that: Use natural resources and energy efficiently, Reduce negative impacts on the environment, Minimize or eliminate pollution at its source, Protect and benefit the community at large, Reduce waste to the greatest extent possible, GSR minimizes the environmental footprint of cleanup actions, Environmental footprint refers to the impacts on environmental media and society. |
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| Agent Frameworks for Discrete Event Social Simulations |
Mar 2010 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
Jonathan K Alt; Stephen Lieberman; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA MODELING VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS AND SIMULATION (MOVES)
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| Discrete event simulation (DES) provides a means of representing abstract concepts in a traceable and rigorous manner that is particularly useful for gaining insights into complex problems associated with human groups. Current problems facing public policy and military decision makers require a greater understanding of societies and their potential responses, both on group and individual actor levels, to a variety of potential policy decisions. Recent work from the military modeling ... |
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| Modeling the Theory of Planned Behavior from Survey Data for Action Choice in Social Simulations |
Mar 2010 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
Jonathan K Alt; Stephen Lieberman; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA MODELING VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS AND SIMULATION (MOVES)
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| Current dialogues across a variety of disciplines from the social, behavioral and computer sciences have made clear the need for authentic, repeatable and actionable social simulations. Understanding how the individuals that comprise various populations (and segments of society) might respond to a given set of conditions provides the potential to better inform analysts and decision makers in a wide variety of settings. Here we examine the implications of applying a ... |
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| Predicting Blame Assignment in a Case of Negligent Harm |
Jan 2010 |
14 pages |
| Authors:
David R Mandel; DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TORONTO (CANADA)
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| Theories of blame posit that observers consider causality, controllability, and foreseeability when assigning blame to actors. The present study examined which of these factors, either on their own or in interaction, predicted blame assigned to actors in a case of harm caused by negligence. The findings revealed that only causal impact ratings predicted blame. The findings also revealed a novel form of asymmetric discounting: the causal impact of a negligent ... |
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| Counterinsurgency in Brazil: Lessons of the Fighting from 1968 to 1974 |
2010 |
33 pages |
| Authors:
Luis M. de Campos Mello; MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA
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| The suspension of democratic rights and the use of brutal techniques of interrogations and combat against insurgent leftist movements during the last military governments in Brazil affected the relationships among military, politicians and civilians inside the Brazilian Society. During the counterinsurgency fighting against leftist armed groups in Brazil from 1968 to 1974, the military governments suspended democratic rights and lost control over sectors of the security organizations and armed forces. ... |
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| Social Networks: Rational Learning and Information Aggregation |
SEP 2009 |
142 pages |
| Authors:
Ilan Lobel; ALFRED P SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT CAMBRIDGE MA
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| This thesis studies the learning problem of a set of agents connected via a general social network. We address the question of how dispersed information spreads in social networks and whether the information is efficiently aggregated in large societies. The models developed in this thesis allow us to study the learning behavior of rational agents embedded in complex networks. We analyze the perfect Bayesian equilibrium of a dynamic game where ... |
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| Human Rights in China: Trends and Policy Implications |
12-Jun-2009 |
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| Authors:
Thomas Lum; Hannah Fischer; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Human rights has been a principal area of U.S. concern in its relations with the People's Republic of China (PRC), particularly since the violent government crackdown on the Tiananmen democracy movement in 1989. Some policy makers contend that the U.S. policy of engagement with China, particularly since granting the PRC permanent normal trade relations status in 2000, has failed to produce meaningful political reform. Others argue that U.S. engagement has ... |
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| Are you British or Muslim; Can You be Both? |
21-May-2009 |
63 pages |
| Authors:
St; Charles Clair; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| Social identity is commonly defined as a person'perceived membership in social groups.This monograph examines the impact of Muslim immigrants on the national identity of Great Britain and the difficulty associated with the assimilation of immigrant populations in broader British society because of existing allegiances to their country of origin. Over the last quarter century Muslim immigrants are becoming a larger portion of immigrants to Great Britain. Long before the London ... |
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| Building Trust and Capacity: Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration to Transition Pro-Government Non-State Armed Groups |
11-May-2009 |
78 pages |
| Authors:
Matthew R Little; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| Governments attempting to counter insurgent threats often lack the authority, influence, and control to counter these threats, creating what some have described as 'ungoverned' spaces. A number of governments seek alliances with non-state armed groups that emerge from these conflicts. How can governments transition non-state armed groups from war to peace? The implementation of a Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) program provides an effective method for building government trust and ... |
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| India: The Impact of Climate Change to 2030 Geopolitical Implications |
May-2009 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE WASHINGTON DC
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| The National Intelligence Council sponsored workshop entitled Implications of Global Climate Change in India on March 27,2009, brought together a panel of media experts to consider the probable effects of climate change on media from a social, political, and economic perspective. The panelists judged the practical effects of climate change on India were uncertain, but they concluded India will most likely be able to manage them out to 2030. 1) ... |
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| Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction |
30-Apr-2009 |
225 pages |
| Authors:
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL ARLINGTON VA SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION
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| This quarter marked the sixth anniversary of the U.S. entry into Iraq. Since the March 20, 2003, invasion, the Congress has appropriated $51 billion in foreign aid for relief and reconstruction efforts that have touched every aspect of Iraqi society, from training and equipping its security forces to improving the delivery of essential services. These tens of billions in taxpayer dollars were provided chiefly to four major funds: the Iraq ... |
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| Religion and Resistance: Examining the Role of Religion in Irregular Warfare |
Mar-2009 |
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| Authors:
Matthew A Lauder; DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TORONTO (CANADA)
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| The U.S. counter-insurgency manual (FM 3-24) has been criticised by several theorists for a lack of attention paid to the issue of religion. For example, critics of the manual indicate that religion is mentioned only a handful of times, and merely in-passing or as a secondary factor within a broader appreciation of the cultural context of the operating environment. The superficial treatment of religion in counter-insurgency doctrine, and a trend ... |
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| Cost Analysis of Electric Grid Enhancement Utilizing Distributed Generation in Post-War Reconstruction |
Mar-2009 |
83 pages |
| Authors:
Darol D Fiala; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have presented significant civil infrastructure rebuilding challenges to these nations, as well as to the United States, coalition allies, and the United Nations. Iraqi and Afghan critical infrastructure has been destroyed, or fallen into disrepair, due to years of war, international sanctions, sabotage and neglect. Electrical infrastructure, in particular, is a critical economic and social component that is failing to meet the essential ... |
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| Telecommunications in Reconstruction and Stabilization: The Critical Link |
Mar-2009 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
Keith L June; Scott Forster; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| To prevent future terrorist attacks, such as those which occurred on 9/11, the United States must be prepared to assist failed states in reconstruction and stabilization. Since the end of the cold war, the United States has been involved in numerous reconstruction and stabilization efforts. A critical, though often neglected, component of reconstruction and stabilization is telecommunications or Information and Communications Technology (ICT). ICT has become a basic and essential ... |
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