Building Partner Country Capacity for Stability Operations

Abstract

Counterterrorist operations, along with the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, have highlighted the important roles for the United States in stability operations, i.e., maintaining security, providing humanitarian aid, beginning reconstruction, and bolstering local governments. The Department of Defense has emphasized that a sustainable counterterrorism strategy should ideally allow the United States to work by, with, and through its allies and partners and, when necessary, bolster the capacity of their governments and security forces to conduct stability operations. The U.S. government thus needs to build its own interagency capacity for conducting stability operations while simultaneously helping build partner capacity (BPC) for stability operations across a wide range of nations. To support this objective, RAND Arroyo Center recently conducted an exploratory analysis of key strategic elements necessary to align U.S. government security cooperation efforts with the goal of BPC for stability operations in a security environment without major overseas contingencies.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA554296

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  • RAND Corporation

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cooperation
  • Corporations
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Governments
  • Health Care
  • Homeland Security
  • Intellectual Property
  • Law
  • Local Governments
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Public Safety
  • Security
  • Stability Operations
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States

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