Security force assistance and security sector reform / Richard H. Shultz.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Shultz, Richard H., 1947- author.

Contributor:

Joint Special Operations University (U.S.). JSOU Press, publisher.

Series:

JSOU report ; 13-5.

JSOU report ; 13-5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Failed states.

Security, International.

National security--International cooperation.

National security.

Irregular warfare.

Nation-building.

Security sector.

Genre:

Online resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 77 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

MacDill Air Force Base, Florida : The JSOU Press, 2013.

Summary:

In this monograph, the author conducts a study of the coming requirements and likely contexts in confronting future security challenges. Specifically, he argues that weak and failing states will play a central role in coming conflicts. More importantly, the ungoverned/alternatively governed spaces within weak and failing states will provide the opportunity for violent extremist organizations (VEOs) to grow and extend their influence. As such, the author argues that failing states represent a challenge not only locally, but as a threat to international security. How this challenge will be overcome is first by recognizing that future threats, generally, will not be state centric, but rather irregular in nature.

Contents:

Introduction

1. Dimensions of state weakness : a persistent 21st century security challenge

2. Ungoverned/alternatively governed territory

3. Changing patterns of conflicts

4. A strategy for early engagement

5. Security force assistance and defense institution building

6. Conclusion.

Notes:

"September 2013"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-77).

Online resource, PDF version; title from title page (viewed May 25, 2017).

Other Format:

Print version: Shultz, Richard H., 1947- Security force assistance and security sector reform

OCLC:

924286147