In Army Field Manual 3-07, the service warns that transitioning stability and reconstruction operations (SROs) from military to civilian leadership “involves inherent risks.”¹ Allied planners ...apparently understood the risks during World War II: Planning for the postwar occupation of Germany began two years before Germany surrendered. Before Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) commenced, researchers at the U.S. Army War College studied past conflicts and warned, “no part of postconflict operations has been more problematic for American military forces than the handover to civilian agencies.”²
The Reconstruction and Stabilization Civilian Management Act (RSCMA) of 2008 charges the Department of State’s Office of
The central issue in a successful COIN transition is the hand-off of security and economic operations from military to civilian agencies. We are concerned here primarily with the hand-off from DoD to ...other U.S. agencies and to supported nation organizations. The process is similar in cases of limited U.S. involvement, where the hand-off is from the local military to local civilian agencies, with the U.S. playing an advisory role. This chapter assesses the existing and potential gaps in U.S. capabilities and processes related to the military-to-civilian agency hand-off of security and economic lines of operation in a postconflict environment. As
Police and Justice Functions Angel Rabasa; John Gordon; Peter Chalk ...
From Insurgency to Stability,
09/2011
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Police and justice functions are at the core of political and social order and play a key role in the daily life of populations to whom they provide basic security services.¹ Policing and justice ...capabilities are particularly important in the transitional stage of COIN. During the period when the government appears to be on the path to winning and levels of violence have been consistently decreasing, a strong and legitimate security sector can ensure that this trend continues. This chapter first discusses how police and justice sector reform can support the transition, what capabilities are required to implement reform in
The vast majority of COIN transition operations since the end of the Cold War have taken place in a multilateral context. Even in cases where the United States provides the bulk of the military ...forces for COIN operations, other countries and international organizations have worked alongside the United States toward the same end. In Iraq, the UN and the EU are both engaged, as are the armed forces and civilian staff of a wide range of countries. In Afghanistan, 28 NATO member states are involved, directly or indirectly, in COIN and stabilization operations. Malaysia has provided a 40-person medical team,
Introduction Angel Rabasa; John Gordon; Peter Chalk ...
From Insurgency to Stability,
09/2011
Book Chapter
Odprti dostop
This monograph is one part of a two-phase project. The second part is a series of case studies that examine past and ongoing insurgencies. That study looked for lessons on what is required to bring ...counterinsurgency to a successful end and begin the transition process. This study focuses on what capabilities the United States needs in order to help nations successfully conduct transition from counterinsurgency (COIN) to stability, and the extent to which these capabilities are available to the U.S. government, allies, coalition partners, and international organizations. Most of the insights in this study are applicable to the Department of
