| Counterinsurgency Overview |
27-Oct-2009 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
John Malevich; UNITED STATES ARMY AND MARINE CORPS COUNTERINSURGENCY CENTER FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| Rare Events |
Oct-2009 |
97 pages |
| Authors:
D McMorrow; MITRE CORP MCLEAN VA JASON PROGRAM OFFICE
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 | JASON was asked by the Department of Defense (DoD) to conduct an evaluation of the nation's ability to anticipate and assess the risk of rare events. 'Rare events' specifically refers to catastrophic terrorist events, including the use of a weapon of mass destruction or other high-profile attacks, where there is sparse (or no) historical record from which to develop predictive models based on past statistics. This study was requested by ... |
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| Persian Gulf Issues |
29-Sep-2009 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
Jean-Francois Seznec; GEORGETOWN UNIV HOSPITAL WASHINGTON DC
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| The main points of these briefing charts are: local wars for oil within the Persian Gulf, tensions between US and China leading to armed conflict, major world players unlikely to seek control of one or more Gulf States, Gulf States policies seem to point to a switch away from an emphasis on military might to economic might, long term interest of Saudi Arabia and of other Gulf States is to ... |
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| A New Dynamic in the Western Hemisphere Security Environment: The Mexican Zetas and Other Private Armies |
Sep-2009 |
51 pages |
| Authors:
Max G Manwaring; ARMY WAR COLL STRATEGIC STUDIES INST CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| A new and dangerous dynamic has been introduced into the Mexican internal security environment. That new dynamic involves the migration of power from traditional state and nonstate adversaries to nontraditional nonstate private military organizations such as the Zetas, enforcer gangs like the Aztecas, Negros, and Polones, and paramilitary triggermen. Moreover, the actions of these irregular nonstate actors tend to be more political-psychological than military, and further move the threat from ... |
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| Enhancing Professional Military Education in the Horn of Africa the Ethiopian Defense Command & Staff College Initiative (CSL Issue Paper, Volume 13-09, August 2009) |
Aug-2009 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
Bernard F Griffard; John F Troxell; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA CENTER FOR STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
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| Strategic planning is a way of thinking. It is a process of defining a national strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating resources (capital and people) to pursue this strategy. In today's challenging economic environment, employing the strategic planning process is critical for a nation to fully evaluate the impacts of its identified strategic ends, ways and means. Since strategic planning takes place within a constantly changing environment, it ... |
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| Long-Range Ballistic Missile Defense in Europe |
22-Jun-2009 |
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| Authors:
Carl Ek; Steven A Hildreth; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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 | Successive U.S. governments have urged the creation of an anti-missile system to protect against long-range ballistic missile threats from adversary states. The Bush Administration believed that North Korea and Iran represented strategic threats, and questioned whether they could be deterred by conventional means. The Bush Administration's position on this issue remained unchanged, even after the intelligence community assessed that the Iranian nuclear weapons program halted in 2003. The Bush Administration ... |
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| Air Force Energy Program Policy Memorandum |
16-Jun-2009 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC SPECIAL POLICY AND PROGRAMS
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| This is an Air Force Policy Memorandum immediately implementing the Air Force's energy policy. Compliance with this Memorandum is mandatory. To the extent its directions are inconsistent with other Air Force publications, the information herein prevails, in accordance with AFI 33-360, Publications and Forms Management. The Air Force Energy Program Policy Memorandum (AFEPPM) attached is approved for dissemination. The Policy Memorandum is an overview of the Air Force energy policy ... |
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| Dynamic Battlefield Visualization: Knowledge Management in a Complex, Emergent PMESII-PT Battlefield |
Jun-2009 |
44 pages |
| Authors:
Scott B Shadrick; Dennis K Leedom; EVIDENCE BASED RESEARCH INC VIENNA VA
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| This paper provides an in-depth examination of battlefield visualization in a complex, emergent environment such as stability or counterinsurgency operations. This research integrates current theories of knowledge management with two sets of interviews conducted with military officers having recent command and staff experience in Afghanistan and Iraq. Phase I of this research identified seven specific socio-cognitive skill areas that contribute to command and staff performance in this area. In Phase ... |
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| Solving the Shortage of STEM Personnel in Navy Laboratories: Strategic Plan for Navy Investments in STEM Education Targeted at the Navy After Next |
Jun-2009 |
145 pages |
| Authors:
Eric Schulenberger; Janet Olsonbaker; WASHINGTON UNIV SEATTLE APPLIED PHYSICS LAB
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| The Navy Laboratory system (NavLabs) has a serious and growing problem replacing its tens of thousands of civilian STEM employees (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math: bachelors, masters, and PhDs). This report examines the Navy's STEM educational efforts and how they bear on the shortage of STEM personnel in the Nav-Labs, and develops a Preliminary Strategic Plan to address the problem. In line with Navy practice of long-term planning for difficult ... |
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| Multi-level Operational C2 Holonic Reference Architecture Modeling for MHQ with MOC |
Jun-2009 |
39 pages |
| Authors:
David L Kleinman; Krishna R Pattipati; Chulwoo Park; CONNECTICUT UNIV STORRS DEPT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
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| The purpose of this paper is to present a multi-level operational C2 holonic reference architecture that is applicable to Navy maritime headquarters (MHQ) with maritime operations center (MOC) for assessing, planning and executing multiple missions and tasks across a range of military operations. The control architecture consists of three levels: strategic level control (SLC), operational level control (OLC) and tactical level control (TLC). In addition to coordination within each level, ... |
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| Anticipatory Understanding of Adversary Intent: A Signature-Based Knowledge System |
Jun-2009 |
45 pages |
| Authors:
Dennis K Leedom; Robert G Eggleston; EVIDENCE BASED RESEARCH INC VIENNA VA
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| This paper outlines the recent development of a new ontological framework for modeling the intentional behavior of an adversary relative to its long-term strategic goals within a complex and emergent battlespace. Motivated by recent military doctrine and knowledge management literature, the paper describes how an adversary and its battlespace environment can be represented by four classes of knowledge: (1) battlespace artifacts, (2) cause-effect system models, (3) tactical episodes, and (4) ... |
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| Utilizing Strategic Project Management Processes and the NATO Code of Best Practice to Improve Management of Experimentation Events |
Jun-2009 |
46 pages |
| Authors:
Andreas Tolk; Rafael E Landaeta; Robert H Kewley; Thomas T Litwin; OLD DOMINION UNIV NORFOLK VA
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| Systems engineering and project management are two core engineering management processes supported by core quantitative disciplines within engineering management problems. Traditional approaches to systems engineering focus on a single system being engineered and managed (i.e., project managed), while challenges addressing composition of systems of systems and the reuse of systems for new solutions require a strategic management approach that promote a process flow in which the outputs of one project ... |
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| American Grand Strategy after War (Colloquium Brief, May 22, 2009) |
22-May-2009 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
Ionut C Popescu; Dallas D Owens; ARMY WAR COLL STRATEGIC STUDIES INST CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The Triangle Institute for Security Studies (TISS), the Duke University Program in American Grand Strategy, and the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College (USAWC) conducted a colloquium and recognition of TISS's 50th anniversary at the Duke University and University of North Carolina campuses on February 26-28, 2009. The colloquium, entitled American Grand Strategy after War, examined debates over grand strategy after World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and ... |
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| Long-Range Ballistic Missile Defense in Europe |
05-May-2009 |
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| Authors:
Carl Ek; Steven A Hildreth; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Successive U.S. governments have urged the creation of an anti-missile system to protect against long-range ballistic missile threats from adversary states. The Bush Administration believed that North Korea and Iran represent strategic threats, and questioned whether they could be deterred by conventional means. The Bush Administration's position on this issue remained unchanged, even after the intelligence community assessed that the Iranian nuclear weapons program halted in 2003. The Bush Administration ... |
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| The Cooperative Seapower Strategy: Time for a Second Engagement |
23-Mar-2009 |
38 pages |
| Authors:
Joseph M Jr; Keenan; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| In October 2007, the United States Navy, the United States Marine Corps, and the United States Coast Guard rolled out their tripartite A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower. The strategy was immediately met with mixed reviews, many of them negative. The author holds that A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower doesn't qualify as a true strategy. The problem is that there is no discussion of the means required ... |
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| Blinded by Doctrine: Lessons Learned from the Luftwaffe |
19-Mar-2009 |
28 pages |
| Authors:
Brian D Spino; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| This paper will conduct an analysis of the failure of the Luftwaffe during World War II (1939-1945) and identify lessons learned for the United States Air Force. The analysis will address lack of vision and institutional inflexibility in crafting air power doctrine, as well as explore the ensuing systemic mismatch of doctrine and strategy that characterized the performance of the Luftwaffe in World War II. The primary factor in the ... |
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| The Post-Military West: Globalization's Impact on U.S. Strategic Culture |
Mar-2009 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Thomas W Luscher; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Among sociologists, a commonly discussed aspect of globalization, beyond an inevitable clash of cultures, is the rise of a homogeneous or heterogeneous world culture. If such a phenomenon is occurring, the American strategic leader should be concerned with the influence of this common culture on the strategic culture of the United States. This Strategic Research Project examines the possible rise of a common Western political culture, its influence on U.S. ... |
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| Russia and Arms Control: Are There Opportunities for the Obama Administration |
Mar-2009 |
186 pages |
| Authors:
Stephen J Blank; ARMY WAR COLL STRATEGIC STUDIES INST CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Even before the Russian invasion of Georgia in August 2008, U.S.-Russian relations were reaching an impasse. Matters have only grown worse since then as Washington has stopped all bilateral military cooperation with Moscow, and it is difficult to imagine either Washington or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) entering into arms control talks with Russia before the end of the George W. Bush administration. Indeed, as of September 2008, the ... |
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| Integration of Faith and Profession |
Mar-2009 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Dale A Holland; Lee E DeRemer; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Faith and the human spirit are important elements in the profession of arms and worthy of any strategic leader's attention and study. Spiritual readiness, unlike physical or mental readiness, is often ignored for fear of First Amendment violations. America's founding fathers intended to prevent the government from establishing any single denomination or religion, but never intended the absence of religious activity from individuals who serve in government to include the ... |
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| Mentorship: Strategically Leveling the Playing Field for African American Officers |
10-Feb-2009 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
James B Bryant; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| This Strategic Research Paper (SRP) addresses the strategic issues of mentoring African-American officers, fostering more effective mentorship programs, and specifying mentorship responsibilities. It recommends ways to resolve the lack of mentorship for minority Army officers. Lack of proper mentorship could adversely affect our nation's national interests by detracting from our military dominance, reducing our security, and weakening our diplomacy. African-American officers must proactively seek out mentors of any race. Senior ... |
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| A Social Infrastructure for Hometown Security. Evolving the Homeland Security Paradigm |
23-Jan-2009 |
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| Authors:
Robert Bach; David J Kaufman; CENTER FOR NAVAL ANALYSES ALEXANDRIA VA
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| The Nation's homeland security strategy calls on federal, state, and local governments, businesses, communities and individuals across the country to work together to achieve a shared vision of a secure way of life. Yet, for over seven years, through attacks, threats, and disasters, the core ingredient in efforts to achieve that goal remains elusive. The American public has been left out and is largely missing in action. In this paper ... |
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| Long-Range Ballistic Missile Defense in Europe |
21-Jan-2009 |
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| Authors:
Carl Ek; Steven A Hildreth; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Successive U.S. governments have urged the creation of an anti-missile system to protect against long-range ballistic missile threats from adversary states. The Bush Administration believed that North Korea and Iran represent strategic threats, and questioned whether they could be deterred by conventional means. The Bush Administration s position on this issue remained unchanged, even after the intelligence community assessed that the Iranian nuclear weapons program halted in 2003. The Bush ... |
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| The Scenario Analysis Tool Suite: A User's Guide |
Jan-2009 |
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| Authors:
Cigdem Dilek; DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION (AUSTRALIA) JOINT OPERATIONS DIVISION
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| This document is a user guide for the software product, the Scenario Analysis Tool Suite (version 1.5). The tool suite implements several scenario analysis techniques, Morphological analysis, Field Anomaly Relaxation analysis, Battelle approach, Bayesian approach, as well as an extended approach of combining methods. Thus the tool provides the opportunity to compare these techniques using a specific strategic question and provides computer support for the new combined technique. |
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| Training America's Strategic Corporals |
10-Dec-2008 |
33 pages |
| Authors:
David G Bolgiano; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| In the asymmetric environment - from traditional peacekeeping to counterinsurgency (COIN) - American service members are thrust into situations where they must make use of deadly force decisions that are analogous to civilian law enforcement operations. Despite mandatory guidance from the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff that commanders, at all levels, shall ensure that individuals within their respective units understand and are trained on when and how to use force ... |
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| Strategic Implications of Japan Amending Its Constitution |
09-Dec-2008 |
37 pages |
| Authors:
Richard Matton; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| At the end of World War II, Japan adopted a Constitution that forever renounced the threat or use of force as a means of settling international disputes. This Constitution has resulted in Japan fully relying on the United States to preserve peace in the region. On the surface, the notion of Japan removing the no war clause from its Constitution seems to be in the best interests of the United ... |
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| Long-Range Ballistic Missile Defense in Europe |
08-Dec-2008 |
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| Authors:
Carl Ek; Steven A Hildreth; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Successive administrations have urged the creation of an anti-missile system to protect against long-range ballistic missile threats from rogue states. The Bush Administration believes that North Korea and Iran are strategic threats, and questions whether they can be deterred by conventional means. The Administration's position on this issue remains unchanged after a recent reassessment that the Iranian nuclear weapons program- was halted in 2003. The Administration has built long-range missile ... |
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| Impediments to the Creation of a Specialized Force for Stability Operations |
03-Dec-2008 |
44 pages |
| Authors:
Phillip D Sounia; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| This study is an assessment of the Department of Defense's response to the call to create specialized forces to address the exigent strategic requirement for stability and reconstruction operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. To make an assessment it was necessary first to understand the reason for the call by analyzing the different proposals and the analogy made with the Vietnam-era CORDS program. That analysis revealed that the passage of time ... |
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| Bureaucracies at War: Organizing for Strategic Success in Afghanistan |
13-Nov-2008 |
44 pages |
| Authors:
Donald C Bolduc; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The collapse of the Taliban and al Qaeda in Afghanistan in 2001 led to the challenges of creating and then maintaining a stable, safe, and secure environment for the people of that nation. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) and the International Security Assistance Force's (ISAF) failure to organize and establish the unity of command and unity of purpose needed to implement under an effective counterinsurgency (COIN) strategy has resulted ... |
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| Operational Failures Caused by Arrogant Leaders |
31-Oct-2008 |
26 pages |
| Authors:
James R Parrington; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| The Japanese defeat at Midway and the U.S. occupational failure in Iraq resulted from operational blindness on the part of arrogant strategic leaders. The failures of the Japanese and U.S. militaries directly resulted from the professional arrogance exhibited by Admiral Yamamoto and Secretary Rumsfeld as they deliberately limited the scope of their strategic thinking to how their own forces would be employed, exclusive of the combat potential available to their ... |
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| Stability Operations |
06-Oct-2008 |
209 pages |
| Authors:
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY WASHINGTON DC
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| Field Manual (FM) 3-07 is the Army's keystone doctrinal publication for stability operations. FM 3-07 presents overarching doctrinal guidance and direction for conducting stability operations, setting the foundation for developing other fundamentals and tactics, techniques, and procedures detailed in subordinate field manuals. It also provides operational guidance for commanders and trainers at all echelons and forms the foundation for Army Training System curricula. The six chapters that make up this ... |
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| Counterfactual Reasoning: A Basic Guide for Analysts, Strategists, and Decision Makers (The Proteus Monograph Series, Volume 2, Issue 5, October 2008) |
Oct-2008 |
83 pages |
| Authors:
Noel Hendrickson; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA CENTER FOR STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
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| Counterfactual reasoning is the process of evaluating conditional claims about alternate possibilities and their consequences (i.e., What If statements). These alternatives can be either past possibilities (e.g., If the United States had not abolished the Iraqi army in 2003, then the Iraqi insurgency would have been significantly smaller in 2005) or future possibilities (e.g., If Iran had nuclear weapons, then it would provide this technology to Hezbollah). Counterfactuals are essential ... |
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| Long-Range Ballistic Missile Defense in Europe |
03-Sep-2008 |
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| Authors:
Carl Ek; Steven A Hildreth; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Successive administrations have urged the creation of an anti-missile system to protect against long-range ballistic missile threats from rogue states. The Bush Administration believes that North Korea and Iran are strategic threats, and questions whether they can be deterred by conventional means. The Administration's position on this issue remains unchanged after a recent reassessment that the Iranian nuclear weapons program was halted in 2003. The Administration has built long-range missile ... |
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| What Does Syria Want? A Presentation by Raymond Hinnebusch for the Center for Naval Analyses and the Forum du Futur (France) |
01-Sep-2008 |
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| Authors:
Raymond Hinnebusch; CENTER FOR NAVAL ANALYSES ALEXANDRIA VA
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| The distinguished American academic Raymond Hinnebusch, Director of the Centre for Syrian Studies and Professor of International Relations and Middle East Politics at the University of St. Andrews (UK), recently spoke at a France/U.S. dialogue in Paris co-sponsored by CNA and the Forum da Futur. Dr. Hinnebusch agreed to update his very thoughtful and salient presentation, "What Does Syria Want?" so that we might make it available to a wider ... |
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| NOAA's Integrated Observations and Data Management and Strategic Portfolio Tools |
Sep-2008 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
Eric Miller; Martin Yapur; NATIONAL OCEANIC ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION/NESDIS SILVER SPRING MD
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| The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is developing tools to support the analysis and acquisition of architectures for integrated observations and data management strategic portfolios. One of these tools is the CasaNOSA Analysis Tool (CASRT), a desktop software tool that retrieves and matches observing requirements and capabilities, and uses a variety of algorithms to measure the degree of fit or performance between systems and requirements at the attribute level. This ... |
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| Strategic Technical Baselines for UK Nuclear Clean-up Programmes |
Sep-2008 |
15 pages |
| Authors:
Brian Ensor; NUCLEAR DECOMMISSIONING AUTHORITY CUMBRIA (UNITED KINGDOM)
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| OUTLINE: Background to NDA and our responsibilities * Context of issues and challenges * NDA approach to Technical Underpinning (Technical Baselines; Technology Readiness Levels; R&D needs, risks, opportunities) Progress to date and way forward. BACKGROUND: NDA established by Government in April 2005 to: (1) Safely clean up the UK civil public sector nuclear legacy with due regard to the environment and socio-economic issues (2) Ensure that current commercial operations are ... |
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| Strategic Planning for Irwin Army Community Hospital: The Assessment and Implementation of Services, in Order to Meet Fort Riley's Increasing Population |
05-Jul-2008 |
84 pages |
| Authors:
Christopher S Besser; ARMY MEDICAL DEPT CENTER AND SCHOOL FORT SAM HOUSTON TX
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| At this time, no published information has been identified by the author that would support the research of increasing a military healthcare facility's services to support a beneficiary population that is significantly increasing in size yet with the same physical support structure. The purpose of this research is to develop a strategic plan to determine an optimal mix of services for Irwin Army Community Hospital (IACH). A comparison of services ... |
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| Task Group on Strengthening the DoD Enterprise Governance |
Jul-2008 |
41 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE BUSINESS BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| The Deputy Secretary of Defense tasked the Defense Business Board (DBB) to form a Task Group with support from the Defense Policy Board (DPB) to review the existing governance bodies at the senior governance levels of the Department. The Task Group was asked to examine the various governance models for overlaps or redundancies and to consider alternative approaches that would better facilitate accomplishment of the Department's goals. The Task group ... |
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| Blueprint for Acquisition Reform, Version 3.0 |
Jul-2008 |
81 pages |
| Authors:
Gary T Blore; Thad W Allen; COAST GUARD WASHINGTON DC ACQUISITION DIRECTORATE
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| This document contains the Blueprint for Acquisition Reform in the form of a whitepaper and Power Point presentation suitable for delivery to groups both familiar and unfamiliar with the Coast Guard acquisition structure and processes. This package is designed to layout the current state of planning for the Coast Guard's overarching schema for acquisition reform. Integral, but not all-inclusive, to this effort is the consolidation of the Acquisition Directorate, IDS ... |
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| Task Group on a Strategic Relationship Model Between the Department of Defense and the Industrial Base |
Jul-2008 |
37 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| The Deputy Secretary of Defense tasked the Defense Business Board (DBB) to form a Task Group with the support of the Defense Science Board (DSB) to evaluate and make recommendations to the Department of Defense (DoD) regarding actions that could improve the strategic relationship between the Department and its manufacturer and service suppliers. Specifically, the Task Group was asked to deliver actionable recommendations for how the Department could better align ... |
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| Enterprise Risk Management Solutions: A Case Study |
01-Jun-2008 |
55 pages |
| Authors:
Douglas C Hays; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| In recent years, financial risk management has received increasing attention from managers in both private and public enterprises, regulatory agencies, and elected officials. The purpose of this research is to prepare a case study of a firm that seeks to provide a risk management solution for organizations. The case study resulted in a business plan, which was strategic in scope with a significant portion of the analysis concentrating on the ... |
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| Cognitive Collapse: Recognizing and Addressing the Hidden Threat in Collaborative Technologies |
21-May-2008 |
25 pages |
| Authors:
H V Parunak; T C Belding; R Hilscher; S Brueckner; NEW VECTORS LLC ANN ARBOR MI
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| The growing application of collaborative technologies to C4ISR greatly increases communication and coordination, but poses a hidden threat. When the same set of people interact frequently with one another, they grow to think more and more along the same lines, a phenomenon we call collective cognitive convergence (C3). The higher the collaborative bandwidth, the faster this convergence, and the greater the danger that the group will collapse prematurely to a ... |
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| Adaptability of Land Forces to 21st Century Security Challenges |
MAY 2008 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
Bernard F. Griffard; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA CENTER FOR STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
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| Over the past 45 years changes in the strategic environment require land forces capable of more than just attacking and defending. Today combat power entails the simultaneous and continuous implementation of offense, defense, stability, and civil support operations. Shaping the civil situation to accomplish the strategic endstate is just as important as combat success. This changed environment increases the importance of land forces and their contribution. In this full-spectrum environment, ... |
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| Summary of Echoes Across the Pond: Understanding EU-US Defense Industrial Relationships |
23-Apr-2008 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Bernard Udis; Raymond Franck; Ira A Lewis; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC POLICY
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| This report represents the authors' efforts to provide a useful, albeit partial, understanding of the international defense marketplace which we view as growing increasingly complex. In pursuit of that objective, we provide a brief overview of international defense markets in the context of both changes in military affairs and the various defense industrial bases. In analyzing the defense market, we essay multiple analytical frameworks (along the lines of Essence of ... |
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| The Defense Science Board Permanent Task Force on Nuclear Weapons Surety. Report on the Unauthorized Movement of Nuclear Weapons (Revised) |
APR 2008 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
Larry D. Welch; Harold M. Agnew; Lyle G. Bien; John C. Crawford; Jr. Foster John S.; Sydell P. Gold; James P. McCarthy; Richard W. Mies; Thomas H. Neary; Robert L. Selden; DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| The Defense Science Board (DSB) Task Force on Nuclear Weapons Surety was tasked by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (USD [AT&L]) and the Commander, U.S. Strategic Command to conduct an independent investigation of the unauthorized transfer of nuclear warheads between Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, and Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana on 30 August 2007. The task is to identify root and systemic causes ... |
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| Prospects from Korean Reunification |
29 MAR 2008 |
45 pages |
| Authors:
David Coghlan; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Throughout the 1990s predictions of Korean reunification were rife. Since then, enthusiasm for such predictions have faded and, although the underlying assumption of reunification remains, forecasts of when and how this will occur have been more subdued. Reunification poses two distinct yet interdependent conundrums: reunification itself, which is the immediate challenge; and the strategic landscape that emerges from reunification which has the potential to fundamentally transform strategic relationships in Northeast ... |
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| NATO Logistics Reform: Central to NATO Response Force (NRF) Success |
28 MAR 2008 |
35 pages |
| Authors:
Edward M. Daly; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The period after the end of the Cold War marked significant changes for NATO, as formally recognized by both the 1999 NATO Strategic Alliance and the 2002 NATO Summit in Prague. Although the alliance remains primarily a unified defense accord, the current strategic and operational environment has necessitated the creation of a NATO Response Force (NRF) capability for crisis response expeditionary missions throughout the world. NRF Logistics is the most ... |
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| What Should Be America's Next Post 9-11 Grand Strategy? |
26-Mar-2008 |
127 pages |
| Authors:
Jose E Cepeda; FLETCHER SCHOOL OF LAW AND DIPLOMACY MEDFORD MA
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| Some people believe that America has had no real grand strategy since the end of the Cold War. Critics argue that the Bush Doctrine and America's War on Terrorism is not a true grand strategy because it lacks a coherent unifying framework, is highly resource intensive, and is unsustainable over the long term. America is at the pinnacle of its global power and influence, but it will not last forever. ... |
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| Detection Technology in the 21st Century: The Case of Nuclear Weapons of Mass Destruction |
26-Mar-2008 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
Thomas J Kallman; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| From the time of the first nuclear detonation by the Soviets after World War II until the fall of the USSR and the declaration of victory in the Cold War, it has been nuclear WMD that have held the spotlight in American foreign policy WMD were briefly placed on the back burner as the nation enjoyed its peace dividend at the end of the century The events of September II, ... |
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| Strategic Collaboration Beyond a String and Two Cans |
19 MAR 2008 |
29 pages |
| Authors:
Stephen C. Sobotta; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Why is there a need to improve upon strategic collaboration especially in the military and Department of Defense? This new strategic environment in which leaders at all levels especially at the strategic level find themselves drives the need to make decisions more quickly and with more input from outside their own organizations. Gone are the days of strictly military service-specific collaboration. Today's new strategic environment requires military leaders to work ... |
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| Paying for the War on Terror: Process and Budget Impacts |
15 MAR 2008 |
33 pages |
| Authors:
Denise Atkins; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The United States is engaged in a long war against terror as a top national security priority. While initial response to the unexpected on September 2001 (9/11), terror attacks was clearly unfunded, the U.S. is still using "emergency" appropriations to fund ongoing operations as well as other non-emergency defense requirements. Since 2001 over $500B has been infused into defense programs and operations through supplemental appropriations, separate from funds provided through ... |
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