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    Improving Decisionmaking in a Turbulent World (2016)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833094537 , 0833094351 , 083309453X , 9780833094353
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 57 pages)
    Series Statement: Perspectives PE-192-RC
    Keywords: Terrorism Risk assessment 21st century ; Intelligence service Methodology ; Terrorism Prevention 21st century ; Civil-military relations ; National security 21st century ; Terrorism ; Intelligence service ; Terrorism ; Civil-military relations ; National security ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; Administrative agencies ; Reorganization ; Executive advisory bodies ; Interagency coordination ; Military readiness ; Decision making ; National security ; Decision making ; United States ; Electronic book
    Abstract: "Every president needs a decisionmaking system that harnesses the full capabilities and accumulated wisdom of the U.S. government and the nation's many stakeholders. Yet national security professionals--the officials who must advise the president on the most-difficult decisions -- cite a range of structural problems that hinder effective policymaking. While a more focused and timely decisionmaking process will not necessarily improve outcomes for the United States, poor choices could be calamitous. This Perspective analyzes a range of management challenges in the national security system and presents eight recommendations for strengthening U.S. decisionmaking and oversight of policy implementation. Among the conclusions: The National Security Council staff size should be reduced to better focus on high-priority areas. Civil-military operations should be planned by a new joint office at the State Department with a military general officer as deputy. Red-team and lessons-learned efforts would help ensure that the system is adaptive and responsive. Better integration of intelligence insights and secondments of senior officials across agencies can improve the quality and coherence of decisionmaking. And the use of special envoys, or "czars," should be limited"--Publisher's description
    Description / Table of Contents: Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Evolution of Strategies and Systems -- Chapter 2: Why Process Matters -- Chapter 3: How Did the National Security System Evolve? -- How Do Other Nations Make Decisions? -- Chapter 4: Previous Attempts at Reform -- Chapter 5: Changing Environment -- Chapter 6: Recommendations for the National Security Decision Structure -- NSC Staff Size -- Civil-Military Cooperation and Resource Sharing -- Decline of Disciplined, Organizational Messaging Systems -- Including the Right Agencies -- Integrating Intelligence Insights -- Groupthink and Embedded Assumptions -- Continuity, Integration, and Professional Staff Development -- Overuse of Czars -- Chapter 7: Conclusion: Strategizing, Decisionmaking, and Policy Implementation -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- About the Author.
    Note: "April 5, 2016"--Table of contents page , Includes bibliographical references (pages 51-56)
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    Counterinsurgency scorecard update : Afghanistan in early 2015 relative to insurgencies since World War II (2016)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833092625 , 0833093835 , 0833092626 , 9780833093837
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 38 pages)
    Series Statement: Research report RR-1273-OSD
    Keywords: Counterinsurgency ; Asymmetric warfare ; Low-intensity conflicts (Military science) ; Peacekeeping forces ; Insurgency History 21st century ; Counterinsurgency Case studies ; Counterinsurgency ; Asymmetric warfare ; Low-intensity conflicts (Military science) ; Peacekeeping forces ; Insurgency ; Counterinsurgency ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; Asymmetric warfare ; Counterinsurgency ; Insurgency ; Low-intensity conflicts (Military science) ; Peacekeeping forces ; Afghanistan ; Case studies ; History ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Previous RAND research examined 71 insurgencies begun and completed worldwide between World War II and 2010 to analyze correlates of success in counterinsurgency (COIN). A key finding was that a case's score on a scorecard of 15 equally weighted good and 11 equally weighted bad COIN factors and practices corresponded perfectly with the outcomes of the cases analyzed. That is, the balance of good and bad factors and practices was always positive when the outcome was a COIN win (insurgent loss) and always negative when the outcome was a COIN loss (insurgent win). Using the scorecard approach as its foundation, a RAND study sought to apply the findings to the case of Afghanistan in 2015. The effort involved an expert elicitation in which experts were asked to make "worst-case" assessments of the factors to complete the scorecard for ongoing operations in Afghanistan. It was the third Afghanistan-focused exercise conducted with the scorecard, allowing rough comparisons with scores assigned by expert panels in 2011 and 2013. The 2015 consensus results indicated that Afghanistan continues to have a positive score, though its score is tied with the lowest-scoring historical wins. Two factors remained absent in Afghanistan in 2015 but essential to success in historical COIN campaigns: disrupting flows of tangible support to the insurgents and a demonstration (and improvement) of commitment and motivation on the part of the Afghan National Security Forces, the primary COIN force since the coalition drawdown. Despite some potentially positive developments resulting from the 2014 election of a new government in Afghanistan, it appears that the most promising end to the conflict will be a negotiated settlement in which the Afghan government makes some concessions to the insurgents and in which external powers, including the United States and Pakistan, help broker a satisfactory power-sharing agreement that brings greater stability to the country"--Publisher's description
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Figure and Tables -- Summary -- Counterinsurgency Scorecard Update: Afghanistan in Early 2015 Relative to Insurgencies Since World War II -- Findings from Previous Research on Insurgency: Findings from Previous Research on Insurgency -- The Counterinsurgency Scorecard -- Endgames for Insurgencies: Getting to Negotiated Settlements -- Scoring the Ongoing Conflict in Afghanistan: Using the Delphi Method -- Building on Previous Scorecards -- 2015 Scorecard Results: Specific Factors in the Current Case -- Notes on Factors Present or Absent in 2015 but Tenuous in the Future -- 2015 Results Compared with Previous Results and Analyses: What Improved? -- What Declined? -- What Stayed the Same? -- Scorecard and Duration of Conflict -- Summary of Scorecard Analyses -- Prospects for a Negotiated Settlement -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- APPENDIX -- References.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 37-38)
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    The European Security and Defense Policy : NATO's companion - or competitor? (2002)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833031174 , 0833032283 , 0833031171 , 9780833032287
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 179 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Hunter, Robert Edwards, 1940- European Security and Defense Policy
    Keywords: North Atlantic Treaty Organization ; North Atlantic Treaty Organization ; Armies ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Europe ; United States ; HISTORY ; Military ; Other ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; Military policy ; Military readiness ; North Atlantic Treaty Organization ; Military relations ; United States Military relations ; Europe Defenses ; Europe Military relations ; Europe Military policy ; United States ; Europe ; Europe ; Europe ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The Grand Bargain of Berlin and Brussels -- Beyond Berlin: Devil in the Details (I) -- St. Malo and Beyond -- The Three Ds, and a Fourth -- Defense Capabilities and the Defense Capabilities Initiative -- From Washington to Cologne -- Congress Responds -- The Helsinki Watershed -- After Helsinki: Getting the NATO-EU Relationship Right -- Practical Arrangements: Devil in the Details (II) -- Parallel Tracks -- U.S. Concerns Crystallize -- Nice and Beyond -- The New U.S. Administration -- Sorting It Out -- Striking the Balance: A U.S. View -- Practical Steps: Building a Transatlantic Bridge, Not a Barrier -- Looking to the Future
    Abstract: The Grand Bargain of Berlin and Brussels -- Beyond Berlin: Devil in the Details (I) -- St. Malo and Beyond -- The Three Ds, and a Fourth -- Defense Capabilities and the Defense Capabilities Initiative -- From Washington to Cologne -- Congress Responds -- The Helsinki Watershed -- After Helsinki: Getting the NATO-EU Relationship Right -- Practical Arrangements: Devil in the Details (II) -- Parallel Tracks -- U.S. Concerns Crystallize -- Nice and Beyond -- The New U.S. Administration -- Sorting It Out -- Striking the Balance: A U.S. View -- Practical Steps: Building a Transatlantic Bridge, Not a Barrier -- Looking to the Future
    Note: "Research conducted jointly by RAND Europe and the International Security and Defense Policy Center of RAND's National Defense Research Institute ..."--Page vi , "MR-1463-NDRI/RE , Includes bibliographical references
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