In 2003, the United States led a Coalition force into Iraq to depose Saddam Hussein 's repressive Ba 19ath Party regime. Under the provisions of the Hague Regulation of 1907, the Coalition became an occupying power with all of the attendant rights...
Non-Governmental Organizations, research and academic institutions, charities, and international organization efforts to track and monitor activities and conditions in high-risk settings provide uniquely useful indicators and warning of possible...
With Russia’s inability to improve conditions in Chechnya and the international community’s failed attempts to negotiate a diplomatic resolution to the conflict, Islamic extremism in Chechnya is growing precipitously and risks spilling over...
In July 1979, the Sandinista-led revolutionary junta pledged to the people of Nicaragua and the Organization of American States that it would fully respect human rights. The Sandinistas have systematically violated this pledge, trampling on the...
During Operation IRAQI FREEDOM I (OIF I), U.S. soldiers waged a desperate war against a growing insurgency. Mounting U.S. casualties became the catalyst for a hidden "war within the war." Arrayed on one side of this secret conflict were leaders who...
The African continent is one of the most unstable places in the world and it will likely remain so for at least the next 20 years. One can expect civil wars, coups d'etat, resource exploitation, natural disasters and disease to keep the continent...
Presidential Study Directive-10 directed executive agencies to improve efforts in preventing human atrocities. Conflict analysis has identified that internal conflict has significant adverse impacts on civilian populations. Apart from increased...
The FBI has a long history and established culture as the pre-eminent law enforcement agency in the world. Beginning in the late 1930s, the FBI assumed responsibility for espionage and domestic intelligence investigations. Abuses of domestic...
We have in the military what we like to call the "CNN Effect", in other worlds everything we do could potentially end up on the evening news. We cannot allow our subordinates or our senior leadership to be the lead story on the evening news or the...
The U.S. military has successfully utilized civilian contractors since the Revolutionary war. Their contributions have been invaluable, and their placement with specific support tasks has allowed military commanders to focus more of their personnel...
This Ethics Thought paper is to provide my feelings and views on the Abu Ghriab Prison detainee abuse scandal. J will present the legal aspect of this ethical dilemma per the Geneva Convention and the Army. J will also present how the environment...
The underlying assumption and perhaps bias of this paper is that the innocence of childhood is worthy of preservation and protection regardless of cultural or socio-economic conditions. The framework of international and national legal statutes and...
After the 11 September attack, the United States and the international community helped to create an Afghan government that can serve its people. 10 years later there are significant shortfalls in the performance of the Afghan government. As the...
This study investigates the use of native forces in counterinsurgency (CI) operations in order to determine effective and ineffective employment roles. This study reviews the effective employment and the effective use of native forces in CI...
The study addresses a few selected instances of the use of liaison by French, German and American forces as a foundation for the expression of the writer's opinion and discussion of certain recommendations.
This research studied the effectiveness of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' (ASEAN) policy of "constructive engagement" toward Myanmar (Burma), with the aim of recommending appropriate improvements to this policy. Myanmar is one of the...
The Army tells us that ethics are an integral part of our values system. Leaders need to set the example by living our professional lives in an ethical manner. Many ethical dilemmas face our Soldiers today. None is more prevalent than the...
Abu Ghraib Prison, Iraq, did the 3 nnd Military Police (MP) Company lack the proper training or was the unauthorized treatment of detainees tolerated? The questions create implications, but who is the implicated; the jr. enlisted, jr....
The objective of this Personal Experience Paper is to briefly explain my Iraq deployment experience during Operation Iraqi Freedom from March 2003 through March 2004, in various locations throughout Iraq. My Personal Experience Paper will touch on...
This study analyzes the counterinsurgency efforts of the Peruvian government to defeat the Maoist Shining Path movement. An examination of the government response within the context of the Peruvian environment reveals the government's failure to...