Conflict management and "whole of government" : useful tools for U.S. national security strategy? / Volker C. Franke, Robert H. Dorff, editors.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Franke, Volker, 1963-

Dorff, Robert H., 1951-

Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute

Series:

Strategic Studies Institute book ; 2012, April.

Strategic Studies Institute Book ; 2012, April

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interagency coordination--United States--Congresses.

Interagency coordination.

Civil-military relations--United States--Congresses.

Civil-military relations.

National security--United States--Congresses.

National security.

Conflict management--United States--Congresses.

Conflict management.

Förenta staterna.

United States.

Local Subjects:

Förenta staterna.

Genre:

proceedings (reports)

Conference papers and proceedings

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 447 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

Useful tools for US national security strategy

Useful tools for United States national security strategy

Place of Publication:

Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, [2012]

Summary:

Today, America faces security challenges that are exceedingly dynamic and complex, in part because of the ever changing mix and number of actors involved and the pace with which the strategic and operational environments change. To meet these new challenges more effectively, the Obama administration advocated strengthening civilian instruments of national power and enhancing America's whole-of-government (WOG) capabilities. Although the need for comprehensive integration and coordination of civilian and military, governmental and nongovernmental, national and international capabilities to improve efficiency and effectiveness of post-conflict stabilization and peacebuilding efforts is widely recognized, Washington has been criticized for its attempts at creating WOG responses to international crises and conflicts for overcommitment of resources, lack of sufficient funding and personnel, competition between agencies, ambiguous mission objectives, and undermining the military's primary purpose of defending the national interest. Presenting the results of an international Symposium held at Kennesaw State University in February 2011, this volume traces the genesis of WOG, critically examines current WOG practices, and draws lessons from the operational contexts of Iraq and Afghanistan. The first part of the book describes the overall global security context within which peacebuilding and stability operations are currently conducted, examines the merits of WOG approaches, and discusses their efficacy for responding to a range of emerging threats. The second part addresses some of the practical challenges of implementing WOG approaches to international conflict management and specifically to U.S. intervention in fragile states. The third and final part examines WOG efforts in the field and draws lessons learned from operational experiences in Afghanistan and Iraq to potential future interventions.

Contents:

Introduction / Volker C. Franke and Robert H. Dorff

Security sector reform : 12 central questions for responding to the security challenges of the 21st century / Robert Kennedy

The puzzle of national security planning for the whole of government / Mary R. Habeck

Development is destruction, and other things you weren't told at school / Michael Ashkenazi

Where does whole of government meet whole of society? / Lisa Schirch

Security system reform in weak or fragile states : a threefold challenge to the whole of government approach / Fouzieh Melanie Alamir

A whole lot of substance or a whole lot of rhetoric? : a perspective on a whole of government approach to security challenges / Charles J. Dunlap, Jr.

Whole of government in diplomacy and development : whole or hole? / James Stephenson

The national security staff : what's missing in whole of government approaches to national security / Jack A. LeCuyer

Lessons from Iraq and Afghanistan : looking from outside the box / Christopher Holshek

Civil-military teaming : a solution? / William J. Flavin

Ethical lessons of maximizing private contractor value in Afghanistan and Iraq / Doug Brooks and Mackenzie Duelge

Multiethnic conflicts in U.S. military theaters overseas : intercultural imperatives / Gregory Paul P. Meyjes.

Notes:

Title from PDF title page (viewed on April 17, 2012).

"April 2012."

"Strategic studies institute book."

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.

Other Format:

Print version: Conflict management and "whole of government".

OCLC:

785902023

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