The Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute collaboratively develops and integrates stability and peace capabilities across the US government, international organizations, and the community of interest to achieve national objectives.
The purpose of this paper is to provide a platform for the broader Civil Affairs community to communicate to important opinion leaders in the Executive and Legislative branches, as well as key military commands and institutions, what it thinks the…
This first edition of the United Nations Special Forces Manual provides field commanders and their staffs a guide for planning and conducting UN Special Operations in support of United Nations peacekeeping operations. What is more, the Troop Contributing Countries, United…
This issue of the Peace & Stability Journal features articles on the topics of building peacekeeping training and education centers in Africa, Eastern African Stadby Forces, and comments on the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) report.
This first edition of the United Nations Manual on Military Aviation provides field commanders and their staff a guide for planning and conducting military aviation operations in support of United Nations peacekeeping operations. What is more, United Nations Headquarters and…
This publication presents lessons from peace/stability practitioners on the topic of “Reconstruction and Development.” It also offers an extensive bibliography of publications, references, and links. The eight lessons within this “Sampler” bring out the importance of comprehensive planning for reconstruction…
The United Nations Force Headquarters Handbook aims at providing information that will contribute to the understanding of the functioning of the Force HQ in a United Nations field mission to include organization, management and working of Military Component activities in…
Transportation is the “web of union”, and sustainability of systems relies upon political will. Sustainable transportation is the result of intentional policy at the strategic level and potentiates unified governance and economic growth. This paper proposes that a long term…
This issue of the Peace and Stability Journal features articles on the topics of, Afghan National Security Forces, Women, Peace and Security in Africa, Civil-Military Cooperation, and water security in Senegal.
The author examines the perceptions of victory and failure in counterinsurgencies throughout the 20th and 21st Centuries, and compares those perceptions with the British experience in Northern Ireland and the U.S. experience in Iraq. Most importantly, the monograph addresses the…