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Private Security Companiesโ Impact on Military Effectiveness
At peak utilization, private security contractors (PSCs) constituted a larger occupying force in Iraq and Afghanistan than did U.S. troops. Yet, no bo...
Detailed Insurgency Case Studies
This companion volume to Paths to Victory: Lessons from Modern Insurgencies offers in-depth case studies of 41 insurgencies since World War II. Each c...
The Health and Well-Being of Private Contractors Working in Conflict Environments
Private contractors have been deployed extensively around the globe for the past decade and may be exposed to many of the stressors that are known to ...
Lessons from Modern Insurgencies
When a country is threatened by an insurgency, what efforts give its government the best chance of prevailing? Contemporary discourse on this subject ...
Although irregular warfare includes a range of activities in which naval forces have played an integral role, there has been little examination of the...
Creating a Viable Practice of Department of Defense Civilian Deployment
"U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Directive 1404.10 (2009) mandates a reliance on military and civilian capabilities to meet national security require...
Identifying and Leveraging Frameworks for Enabling Army Contributions to Competition
This report supports the U.S. Army's effort to rethink its roles and responsibilities to meet the demands of competition with near peers below the thr...
Could New Forms of Reserve Service Help Alleviate Military Shortfalls?
Changes in employment stability, family structure, and economic pressures have created challenges for the U.S. military reserve component. Modifying a...
Applying Cognitive Maneuver to Russian Private Forces
An adaptation of the RAND-developed military will-to-fight model highlights potential opportunities to use cognitive maneuver to counter Russian-hired...
This report identifies emerging policy lessons regarding the use of, and reforms to, the U.S. Army's Reserve Components (RCs) as an operational reserv...
The authors assess the utility and limitations of "minimalist stabilization"--small-scale interventions designed to stabilize a partner government eng...
Forecasting Future Requirements for Civilian Deployments
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has long turned to its civilian employees to support overseas operations and emergencies. Yet there is no standar...
Creating a Viable Practice of Civilian Deployment Within the U.S. Interagency Community and Among Foreign Defense Organizations
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A Way Ahead for Integrating Readiness Into Civilian Workforce Planning
The authors develop a definition of and model for measuring civilian workforce readiness to inform Army policies and practices using qualitative metho...
Afghanistan in Early 2013 Relative to Insurgencies Since World War II
The RAND report Paths to Victory: Lessons from Modern Insurgencies added 41 new cases to a previously studied set of 30 insurgencies, examining the 71...
This comprehensive review of the U.S. Department of Defense operational contract support (OCS) planning and integration workforce identifies gaps betw...
Concerned about U.S. Department of Defense contracts for private-sector services, Congress mandated development of an inventory of contract activities...
A Review and Analysis of Practices Across U. S. Federal Agencies
This report reviews and analyzes assessments of the practices that U.S. federal agencies use to reintegrate civilians following domestic or overseas d...
The authors identify unmet needs for transitioning reserve component members, assess the Transition Assistance Program (TAP), and recommend ways to im...
Patterns and Drivers
The authors combined quantitative and qualitative modes of analysis to better understand and anticipate flashpoints with Russia....