This publication showcases the value of Strategic Communication / Messaging in Peace and Stability Operations – with lessons from Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Afghanistan, and the Philippines. This product also offers an extensive list of references/reports/articles that can serve…
This Sampler presents 10 lessons dealing with “concepts, principles and applications” of FHA. It offers a comprehensive list of references, handbooks, and websites that should benefit all practitioners – as well as 3 annexes with civil-military partnering lessons. Finally, recommendations…
This Sampler explores the complex issues involved in Foreign Humanitarian Assistance (FHA). It presents a lesson report containing ten lessons from recently conducted FHA operations, an extensive list of references, and three annexes with top observations from operations in Haiti,…
This publications presents lessons from several recent SSR endeavors – including Burundi, Liberia, Afghanistan, the Philippines, Timor-Leste, and Chile. It also includes discussions on the integration of SSR into peace agreements, and the incorporation of Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR)…
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…
This compendium provides a number of lessons learned submitted by U.S. Army War College students while attending elective courses on stability operations. These lessons cover the following topics: improving local governance in Iraq; early reconstruction and security issues in Iraq;…
This SOLLIMS Sampler presents several “enablers” for peacekeeping and stability operations – specific resources, systems, and tools that have worked particularly well in support of recent and ongoing operations, including Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) in Afghanistan and several peacekeeping operations…
In Academic Year 2013, U.S. Army War College students in PKSOI elective courses were given the opportunity to enter a Lesson Learned into the SOLLIMS database. Their Lessons Learned covered a range of operations, including: Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), Operation…
This edition of the SOLLIMS Sampler focuses on “multinational operations” – presenting a number of lessons learned from the SOLLIMS database from recent peacekeeping and stability operations, and developing common threads and recommendations for future operations
Recent stability operations have demonstrated the critical nexus between leadership and “understanding / engaging the people” during stability operations. This publication presents a number of lessons from the SOLLIMS database covering the impacts/influences of leadership through informed engagements with societal groups during…