Operationalizing the Proliferation Security Initiative

Abstract

This paper takes the strategic concepts delineated in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and translates them into operational tasks. It discusses ways for the operational commander to integrate PSI and similar initiatives into the planning process and to prepare to work with partners who may or may not be able to integrate into a traditional U.S. command and control architecture. It provides a history of the PSI, as well as related policies that provide a background for the implementation of the PSI. It then discusses the importance of the PSI at the operational level, especially in the maritime arena, and presents ways to integrate the elements necessary to conduct operations under the PSI into the umbrella of normal operations. It also discusses obstacles to supporting PSI tasking and ways to overcome them.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 10, 2007
Accession Number
ADA470841

Entities

People

  • Antoinette M. Mccann

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan Conflict
  • Command And Control
  • Department Of State
  • Globalization
  • Intelligence Community (United States)
  • International Law
  • Iraqi-War
  • Law
  • Maritime Domain Awareness
  • Military Operations
  • Nato
  • Naval Operations
  • Security
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control