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Peace & Stability Journal, Volume 3, Issue 3 Mister Robert C Browne Peace and Stability Journal by the US Army War College, Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute "The Stability Operations Training and Education Workshop reflects the efforts and dedication from the community of interest focused on ensuring the necessary emphasis and discussion occurs in regard to Peacekeeping, Stability Operations and emerging exercises. These efforts will ensure that, as a group, we will continue to place the resources, time and energy towards Peacekeeping and Stability Operations and the associated exercises to further the discussion, educate and promulgate the ideas, concepts and principles that allow us to work in synergy on furthering the knowledge and efforts in Peacekeeping, and Stability Operations. Many organizations participated. A list of these organizations and their principal points of contact are located at the end of this article."

SOLLIMS Sampler - Leadership in Stability Operations: Understanding / Engaging the People Mister David A Mosinski PKSOI SOLLIMS Sampler by the US Army War College, Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute " 'Understanding / engaging the people' is a vital component of leadership during stability operations. Cultural understanding facilitates informed decision-making. It provides a key baseline of knowledge / awareness for U.S. and international leaders (civilian and military) to successfully operate in the environment of the host nation. Identifying societal groups and networks, and then communicating with, negotiating with, influencing, advising, mentoring, etc. the various groups and their leaders are common – if not essential – engagement activities for U.S. and international leaders during the course of stability operations."

A Reference Guide for Interpreting Statistics and Creating Survey Questions Hai Do, Doctor Karen J. Finkenbinder PKSOI Paper by the US Army War College, Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute, US Army War College Press "The guide is designed for one that is not enamored with statistics but needs to know enough to accurately interpret an academic article or other statistical information. Further, it includes a brief “how to” section on designing survey questions. For some, this information will be just a review; for others, it will be new information. Regardless of which camp you are in, we hope you find it useful."

Peace & Stability Journal, Volume 3, Issue 2 Mister Robert C Browne Peace and Stability Journal by the US Army War College, Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute "The Joint communities need to clearly articulate the practice and integration of stability operations in order for the Army to optimize efficiencies in applying the war-fighting functions across the range of military operations (ROMO) in support of Unified Action. Specifically, stability operations, as part of the Army’s decisive action, lack the clarity of a definitive relationship within the mosaic of building partner capacity, security cooperation, irregular warfare, counterinsurgency, security assistance, security force assistance and foreign internal defense."

SOLLIMS Sampler - Protection of Civilians Mister David A Mosinski PKSOI SOLLIMS Sampler by the US Army War College, Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute "Civilian protection efforts have gained considerable momentum over the course of recent peacekeeping and stability operations. United Nations and African Union peacekeeping forces engaged in missions across Africa, as well as the International Security Assistance Force working to bring stability to Afghanistan, have recognized more and more the importance of civilian protection efforts. Accordingly, these international organizations and international forces have implemented an array of new policies, programs, strategies, and tactics for the sole purpose of improving civilian protection and reducing civilian casualties."

Protection of Civilians Military Reference Guide Professor Dwight Raymond Guides and Handbooks by the US Army War College, Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute "Protection of Civilians (PoC) must be considered and integrated during all military operations, including Peace Support Operations (PSO) and Major Operations during Armed Conflict (MOAC). Civilians are protected persons under international law, and parties to a conflict have a legal obligation to protect civilians from the conflict’s effects. Additionally, PoC is a major objective of many military operations and is frequently included in peace support mandates."

Smart Research, Leveraging Interns and Fellows to Enhance your Research Program Doctor Karen J. Finkenbinder, Richard Parsons PKSOI Paper by the US Army War College, Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute "The success of PKSOI’s program led to requests from other institutions for assistance in establishing a similar internship venture. In response to these repeated requests, authors Karen Finkenbinder and Rick Parsons have captured their collective wisdom to build and sustain a program to leverage the talent available from intelligent and engaged college students."

Ground Truth in Building Human Security Douglas Batson PKSOI Paper by the US Army War College, Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute "Land has been at the center of human conflict throughout recorded history. Although there are now fewer interstate conflicts concerning land, we increasingly see conflict fueled by land tenure issues exacerbated through the inability of failing states to address such fundamental concerns of their populace."

Peace & Stability Journal, Volume 3, Issue 1 Mister Robert C Browne Peace and Stability Journal by the US Army War College, Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute "With a decade of gender mainstreaming under its belt, the United Nations has well documented its efforts and difficulties in achieving gender parity in the Secretariat, and its Departments and Offices. Although it was hoped that UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace, and security would result in a surge of women’s participation at all levels of peace processes and, de facto, at all levels of the UN, the gap between aspiration and action is still wide."