Establishing Civil Control: Rule of Law Planning in Future Operations

Abstract

This paper will review national and military strategic policy, Joint and Army doctrine, lessons learned from historical and contemporary stability operations, and other sources. It will assess the importance of establishing the Rule of Law within host-nation governments during post-conflict operations as a strategic precursor to stabilizing the nation state and to facilitate a successful end state for a geo-political withdrawal of US forces. Finally, this paper will seek to identify gaps in current policy and doctrine that, if corrected, can lead to improved planning for implementing the Rule of Law in future operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 24, 2011
Accession Number
ADA553008

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People

  • Tommy G. Thompson

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

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  • Biomedical
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  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Department Of State
  • Doctrine
  • Foreign Aid
  • Foreign Relations
  • Governments
  • International Organizations
  • Judiciary
  • Law
  • Law Enforcement
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Operations
  • National Security
  • Political Systems
  • Stability Operations
  • Students
  • United States
  • War Colleges

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  • Strategic Security Studies