Threats to peace, violations of security and challenges to world order, which led to the creation of the United Nations (UN) in 1945 will continue. States and state-like entities will continue to approach the UN with their grievances. The...
During 1999, NATO instituted a bombing campaign and other military operations against the former Yugoslavia (Kosovo) in order to restore peace and prevent their humanitarian crisis from causing further conflicts within the Balkans. The...
On 5 November 2002, an armed Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operated Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) launched a lethal missile strike, killing Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi, a high ranking al-Qaeda member and suspected architect of the USS...
The current wide-ranging and complex relations in the international environment demand a comprehensive approach to challenges in world security. Regional organizations play a decisive role in the peaceful settlement of disputes and conflict...
This paper examines the US Army approach to peace support operations. It reviews the trends in Army doctrine and analyzes their historical foundations from the Cold War in order to determine the accuracy and relevance of the Army approach for its...
The complex relationship between the United States (U.S.) and the People's Republic of China (PRC) includes stated desires for increased military-to-military relations. China's increased participation in United Nations (UN) Peacekeeping Operations...
This study attempts to determine how well the IADB has performed it s mission within the inter-American security system. The investigation relies on historical analysis of the Board's performance over the past four decades, application of alliance...
This study examines the deficiencies within the current UN organization for military command and control and their adverse effects on guidance and planning support for commanders conducting peace operations. The thesis proposes structural changes...
Since the disintegration of the Soviet Union, no nation or organization has come forward to become the dominant peacemaker or peacekeeper in Europe. This study discusses the need for a country or a supernational organization to accept: the lead...
This is a ready reference compilation of basic military assistance agreements. Countries include Belgium, Brazil, and Cambodia to Turkey, United Kingdom, and Uruguay, as well as a bibliography of selected international agreements.
This monograph addresses whether current peace enforcement doctrine (the threat or use of force to compel compliance, in order to maintain or restore peace and support political settlement) is inclusive of historical (ancient) principles. By...
The U.S. Army created a new type division in 1983. Christened "light infantry", it was to be different from the regular infantry in the force structure at that time. The new light infantry was designed to be deployable and was to fight across the...
This monograph is a study of whether a standing rapid reaction force is viable for United Nation’s peace operations. Since the end of Cold War, UN peace operations have vastly increased in size, scope and number. There are high expectations for...
Viewing the genocide in Rwanda as a case study, the monograph asks whether an operational planning cell could have provided appropriate tactical direction and strategic-level guidance to the UN decisions-makers. The document provides a synopsis of...
This document, prepared by the Office of the Chief of Transportation, discusses transportation via ocean, rail, highways, and others, along with issues regarding storage. The purpose of this monograph is to outline the operating relationships of...
The 1956 Suez Crisis is the first example of a preemptive strike after World War II. The episode provides lessons about the lengths to which nations will go to secure their interests and the limits of the United Nation 's influence. How the UN...
Significant debate surrounds the concept of “peaceful use of space” as delineated in various international treaties and espoused in the United States (US) Space Policy. The US view allows military space applications. One remaining frontier...
This study describes the evolution of the Bahrain political system, and analyzes its different levels and how they work in concert to respond to critical issues and crises and guide Bahrain’s foreign policy. This study proposes following...
Regional Organizations have played an increasing role of late in resolving intrastate conflicts. The UN, drawn into a plethora of peacekeeping operations in the 1990s, has relied increasingly on regional organizations and alliances to take the lead...