Transforming the U.S. Government for Stabilization Operations

The following publications represent the major reform proposals that have recently been put forth, as well as useful background materials. Additional publications and articles may be added during the course of the semester as they are published and as may be suggested during the course of class discussions.

National Defense University Publications

“Harnessing the Interagency for Complex Operations,” Neyla Arnas, Charles Barry, and Robert B. Oakley, Defense and Technology Paper, Center for Technology and National Security Policy. September 2005.

Transforming for Stabilization and Reconstruction Operations, Hans Binnendijk and Stuart E. Johnson, eds. National Defense University Press, 2004.

Other Organizations

The following publications are grouped according to organization, with the organizations listed alphabetically. Publications under each organization are listed chronologically, with the most recent first.

Center for Strategic and International Studies

“Beyond Goldwater-Nichols: U.S. Government and Defense Reform For a New Strategic Era, Phase 2 Report,” Clark A. Murdock, Michele Flournoy, et al. July 2005.

CSIS, in conjunction with the Association of the United States Army:
Winning the Peace, Robert C. Orr, ed. (Washington DC, CSIS Press, 2004).

"Play to Win: Final Report of the Bi-Partisan Commission on Post-Conflict Reconstruction,” CSIS/AUSA, January 2003.

Council on Foreign Relations

“In the Wake of War: Improving U.S. Post-Conflict Capabilities,” Report of an Independent Task Force Sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations, co-chaired by Samuel Berger and Brent Scowcroft, July 2005.

Defense Science Board

“Transition To and From Hostilities,” Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, December 2004.

RAND Corporation

The UN’s Role in Nation-Building: From the Congo to Iraq, James Dobbins et al. (Santa Monica, CA, RAND, 2005).

America’s Role in Nation-Building: From Germany to Iraq, James Dobbins et al. (Santa Monica, CA, RAND, 2003).

Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College

“Reconstructing Iraq: Insights, Challenges, and Missions for Military Forces in a Post-Conflict Scenario,” Conrad C. Crane and W. Andrew Terrill, February 2003.

“Landpower and Crises: Army Roles and Missions in Smaller-Scale Contingencies During the 1990s,” Conrad C. Crane, January 2001.

United States Institute of Peace

The Quest for Viable Peace: International Intervention and Strategies for Conflict Transformation, Jock Covey, Michael J. Dziedzic, and Leonard R. Hawley, eds. (Washington DC, United States Institute of Peace Press, 2005).

Engineering Peace: The Military Role in Post-Conflict Reconstruction, Colonel Garland H. Williams (Washington DC, United States Institute of Peace Press, 2005).

Where is the Lone Ranger When We Need Him? America’s Search for a Post-Conflict Stability Force, Robert M. Perito (Washington DC, United States Institute of Peace Press, 2004).