National Guard State Partnership Program: A Means for Statecraft

Abstract

The United States must re-emphasize engagement operations in the world by building and cultivating the sources of its strength and influence to enhance partnership capacity to maintain international order and balance. The challenge is to fulfill persistent requirements for engagement forces with a range of military and civilian skills, local knowledge, and relationships that are sustainable and affordable over time. This paper discusses a little known program, the National Guard State Partnership Program (NG-SPP), that is tailored to meet this challenge and to assist the United States in achieving a favorable system of order (ends) through phase zero "engagement" operations (ways) to create a "Woven System of Order" (means). The paper also points out that the NG-SPP is sustainable, cost effective, capable, and connected. Lastly, the paper will evaluate and compare phase zero operation enablers and suggest networking, commonality theory, and connectedness as new means of statecraft and instruments of national power.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 24, 2011
Accession Number
ADA560100

Entities

People

  • Christopher F. Lawson

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combatant Commanders
  • Department Of State
  • Geographic Regions
  • Governments
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Military History
  • Military Science
  • Military Training
  • National Guard
  • National Security
  • Recreation
  • Students
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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