This book examines six case studies of insurgencies from around the world to determine the key factors necessary for a successful transition from counterinsurgency to a more stable situation. The authors review the causes of each insurgency and the key players involved, and examine what the government did right or wrong to bring the insurgency to an end and to transition to greater stability.

From Insurgency to Stability: Insights from Selected Case Studies

History

Rabasa, Angel

Pezard, Stephanie

Chalk, Peter

Grant, Audra K.

Ucko, David

McMahon, K. Scott

Zimmerman, S. Rebecca

Gordon IV, John

Reilly, Caroline

Military

RAND Corporation

Daunting challenges lie ahead for Arab countries where revolutions have upended longstanding authoritarian regimes. This monograph aims to help policymakers understand the challenges ahead, formwell-founded expectations, shape diplomatic approaches, and take practical steps to foster positive change.

Democratization in the Arab World: Prospects and Lessons from Around the Globe (Rand Corporation Monograph)

Taylor, Julie E.

Martini, Jeffrey

Miller, Laurel E.

Larrabee, F. Stephen

Mengistu, Tewodaj

Reference

Following on a series of RAND Corporation studies of nation-building, this monograph analyzes the impediments that local conditions pose to successful outcomes in these interventions. It examines how external actors and local leaders in a variety of societies modified or worked around those conditions to promote enduring peace.

Overcoming Obstacles to Peace: Local Factors in Natin-Building

Chivvis, Christopher S.

Crane, Keith

Dobbins Former Special Envoy for Afghanistan Kosovo Bosnia Haiti and Somalia, James

Trenkov-Wermuth, Calin

Americas

This report presents an analysis of a range of defense institution building (DIB) programs and activities, recommends a set of goals and objectives for achieving them, identifies partner nation and DIB activity selection criteria, develops a strategy for coordinating DIB activities, and recommends procedures for achieving accountability and assessment.

Defense Institution Building: An Assessment

Perry, Walter L.

Stebbins, David

Johnson, Stuart E.

Oak, Gillian S.

Feng, Chaoling

Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea has challenged the integrity of Europe’s territorial borders and had a broader negative impact on the European security environment. This report analyzes how Europeans perceive the Russian threat—whether European states regard Russia’s policy in eastern and northern Europe as a security priority, how they have responded to Russian behavior, and how officials see the future of Russo-European relations.

European Relations with Russia: Threat Perceptions, Responses, and Strategies in the Wake of the Ukrainian Crisis

Radin, Andrew

Szayna, Thomas S.

Europe

This report provides a preliminary evaluation effort of the implementation of the physical tests and standards being adopted by the U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Control Party and Air Liaison Officer career fields. This work provides the foundation for ongoing review and evaluation of fitness tests and standards.

Evaluating an Operator Physical Fitness Test Prototype for Tactical Air Control Party and Air Liaison Officers: A Preliminary Analysis of Test Implementation

Business & Money

Robson, Sean

Cerully, Jennifer L.

Raaen, Laura

McCausland, Tracy C.

Beyene, Nahom M.

Job Hunting & Careers

Security cooperation is an important mission of the U.S. Air Force. This report reviews two core Air Force decisionmaking processes--the strategy, planning, and programming process and the concept development and acquisition process--to determine the extent to which decisionmakers consider security cooperation impact and to recommend ways to make such considerations systematic and explicit.

Factoring Security Cooperation into Core U.S. Air Force Decisionmaking Processes: Incorporating Impact in Planning, Programming, and Capability Development

Grill, Beth

Thaler, David E.

Marquis, Jefferson P.

P. Moroney, Jennifer D.

The challenge of deterring territorial aggression is taking on renewed importance, yet discussion of it has lagged in U.S. military and strategy circles. The authors aim to provide a fresh look, with two primary purposes: to review established concepts about deterrence, and to provide a framework for evaluating the strength of deterrent relationships. They focus on a specific type of deterrence: extended deterrence of interstate aggression.

What Deters and Why: Exploring Requirements for Effective Deterrence of Interstate Aggression

Demus, Alyssa

Mazarr, Michael J.

Frederick, Bryan

Chan, Arthur

Treyger, Elina

Nader, Alireza

Thompson, Julia A.

Gaining Competitive Advantage in the Gray Zon: Response Options for Coercive Aggression Below the Threshold of Major War

Hornung, Jeffrey W.

Morris, Lyle J.

Binnendijk, Anika

Kepe, Marta

Asia

The authors examine scalable analytics to detect malign or subversive information efforts, using the 2018 World Cup as a case study. The report has operational relevance to the U.S. government. It may benefit both researchers interested in going beyond post hoc recognition of malign or subversive information campaigns to in-time detection and social media companies interested in preventing their platforms from being co-opted by malign actors.

Detecting Malign or Subversive Information Efforts over Social Media: Scalable Analytics for Early Warning

Computers & Technology

Marcellino, William

Matthews, Miriam

Marcinek, Krystyna

Networking & Cloud Computing

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