The Potentiality for State Failure via Organized Crime. Actions of the Joint Interagency Coordination Group (JIACG) in Mitigating Risk for the Combatant Commander
Abstract
In the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) organized crime has virtually taken control of the State. The resultant impact has been the paralysis of democratic development alienation of ordinary citizens and correspondingly the failure and distrust of the state legal and security services in a region that is already extremely unstable. The degradation of state institutions (especially police and judiciary) a breakdown in law and order and a loss public confidence in the government are symptomatic of conditions we have seen in other parts of the region and the world that have lead to state failure. As the events of 11 September 2001 and subsequent actions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom have shown the U.S. and consequently the geographic combatant commander can ill afford to ignore distressed or tailing states. For the combatant commander a new staff organization called the Joint Interagency Coordination Group (JIACG) provides him with an additional tool or means to influence actions not normally associated with traditional military functions. Designed to establish operational connections between civilian and military departments and agencies in order to improve planning and coordination primarily to combat terrorism, the make-up and focus of the JIACG is optimally positioned to address the issue of organized crime's destabilizing influence on FYROM. This paper examines the role of the US European Command (USEUCOM) JIACG in mitigating the risk for the commander of potential state failure in FYROM as a result of the destabilizing influence of organized crime on its government and society.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 16, 2003
- Accession Number
- ADA420407
Entities
People
- John A. Nicholson
Organizations
- Naval War College