A Road Map from Conflict to Peace
A Discussion on the Army’s New Doctrine for Stability
Operations and the Implications for Foreign Policy
A public event co-sponsored with The International Security Program of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and The US Army Combined Arms Center (CAC)
Date and Time
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
1:00 PM 3:00 PM
Note Location:
Center for Strategic and International Studies
B1B Conference Room
1800 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
On Tuesday, October 7th the US Army will introduce a significant change to
pre-existing doctrine with Field Manual 3-07 Stability Operations. Like the
counterinsurgency manual before it, this first piece of major doctrine dedicated
exclusively to stabilization and reconstruction again raises the visibility of
irregular challenges, underscoring their increased prominence in contemporary
national security decisionmaking and planning.
Earlier this year, the Army revised and reissued its capstone doctrine - Field
Manual 3-0 Operations, where for the first time stability operations were
elevated to a level on par with traditional warfighting. The Army’s new stability
operations doctrine goes further calling for a comprehensive approach to
stabilization efforts that envisions integration of a variety of stakeholders not
traditionally combined as full partners in complex contingencies. It represents a
ground breaking effort in doctrine development, as it emerges from a year of
detailed collaboration between the Army and an unprecedented community of
practice including the wider US military, civilian USG practitioners, think tanks,
and a collection of international, non-governmental, and private voluntary
organizations.
The release of the new doctrine provokes key policy questions on the use of
military forces in the future. Not the least of which are when, where, to what
extent, for what purpose, and toward what end will the United States engage in
stabilization efforts in the future? Further, to what extent should U.S. land forces
optimize for stability operations? This event seeks to begin framing the new
Army doctrine for stability operations in this wider policy context.
Speakers
- Lieutenant General William B. Caldwell, USA
Commanding General, United States Army Combined Arms Center and Ft. Leavenworth
- Ambassador John Herbst
Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization, United States Department of State
- Ambassador Richard H. Solomon
President, United States Institute of Peace
- Ambassador James Bishop
Vice President, InterAction
- Mr. Michael Hess
Assistant Administrator of the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance, United States Agency for International Development
- Nathan Freier, Comments
Senior Fellow, International Security Program, CSIS
- Rick Barton, Comments
Co-Director, Post-Conflict Reconstruction Project, CSIS
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