Assessing ‘Gray Zone’ Conflicts for the U.S. Security Coordinator (USSC), U.S. European Command (USEUCOM), U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), and U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM)
Abstract
The SMA Cell started a strategic analysis effort at the request of the United States Security Coordinator for Israel and the Palestinian Authority. The effort evaluated strategic risks and identified knowledge gaps to provide an increased understanding of potential security environments and their implications for Palestinian security sector reform. USEUCOM subsequently asked SMA to apply the same methodology to identify emerging Russian threats and opportunities in Eurasia. Building on these efforts, USSOCOM requested that the SMA cell assess how the U.S. Government can diagnose, identify, and assess indirect strategies, and develop response options against associated types of Gray Zone challenges. SMA completed several actor and social media analyses including Virtual Think Tank Assessments (ViTTa) that provided summarized subject matter expert (SME) analyses to USSOCOM. The assessing ‘Gray Zone’ support to USSOCOM concluded in FY 2017.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2019
- Source ID
- 62fffac52a3630be95e1a3074e9f02ba