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Veteran Disability Compensation and the Army Profession: Good Intentions Gone Awry
February 2, 2021
— Authors: Dr. Leonard Wong, Dr. Stephen J. Gerras Previous studies analyzing disability compensation have decried its $76 billion annual budget or warned of its perverse ability to incentivize veterans not to work. This study focuses on the impact of this moral hazard on the US Army profession. If soldiers continue to capitalize on an extremely...
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After the Spring: Reforming Arab Armies
September 1, 2014
— Author: Dr Florence Gaub View the Executive SummaryAs the Arab Spring has renewed Western interest in the political, as well as military, role of Arab armed forces, reform—rather than mere assistance—is crucial. In this monograph, the author focuses on the structural aspects of reform from which the Arab Spring forces would benefit. Seven features...
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Russian Defense Reform: Current Trends
November 1, 2006
— Author: Dr Irina Isakova Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the topic of Russian defense policy has not received great attention. The rebuilding of Russian military strength is a high priority of President Vladimir Putin, and one to which he and his subordinates have devoted considerable time and resources. Therefore, inattention to Russian...
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Countering Global Terrorism: Developing the Antiterrorist Capabilities of the Central Asian Militaries
February 1, 2004
— Author: Mr Roger N McDermott The author offers a framework for improving the antiterrorist capabilities of the Central Asian militaries, including increased and focused military training with a special emphasis on Special Forces units. The training should take place within a regional train and equip program to increase effectiveness and efficiency...
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Pax NATO: The Opportunities of Enlargement
August 1, 2002
— Author: LTC Raymond A Millen The author examines NATO's extraordinary performance and incisive initiatives during the immediate post-Cold War years. He scrutinizes the impact of enlargement on the Alliance, not only from a military but also a geopolitical perspective. He is quick to point out that, without the needed reforms, new members will bring...
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Organizing for National Security
November 1, 2000
— Editor: Dr Douglas Stuart Over the last decade the United States has been confronted with not just the collapse of the Soviet empire but also with revolutionary scientific breakthroughs, the transformation of the global economy, and the erosion of many of the basic premises of the Westphalian system of international order. The U.S. policy community...
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Reforming NATO’s Military Structures: The Long-Term Study and Its Implications for Land Forces
May 1, 1998
— Author: Dr Thomas-Durell Young The contemporary debate over the expansion of NATO to include Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary has largely overshadowed an important effort on the part of the Alliance to achieve "internal adaptation" through the work of the Long-Term Study. Part of this process has been a tortuous attempt to reform and...
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Russia’s Armed Forces on the Brink of Reform
March 1, 1998
— Author: Dr Stephen J Blank Despite over a dozen years of talk, the Soviet and now Russian military has not undergone a true military reform. What did happen was a form of degeneration and disintegration, but not a methodically planned and directed transformation and/or adaptation to new conditions. Consequently, defense policy, in all of its...
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Reform, Conflict, and Security in Zaire
June 1, 1996
— Author: Dr Steven Metz U.S. foreign policy in Sub-Saharan Africa seeks stability, democracy, and economic development. Despite recent positive trends, it is clear that not all African countries will move in this direction; some will sink into greater violence and misery. In the central part of the continent, Zaire is the linchpin. Because of its...
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Reform and the Revolution in Russian Defense Economics
May 19, 1995
— Author: Dr Stephen J Blank As Russia's invasion of Chechnya shows, the Russian armed forces are suffering from tremendous shortages of capable leaders and soldiers. These problems, among others, relate directly to the shortage of funds for the military. Yet Russia cannot afford to spend more than it is now spending on the armed forces. This is the...
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