Strategic Intelligence and Civil Affairs to Understand Legitimacy and Insurgency

Avoiding the Stabilization Trap
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-20976-6
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 72 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 253 g

This book describes the common pitfalls of U.S. military interventions in efforts at stabilization, which supports post-conflict societies by establishing stable governance, rule of law, a safe and secure environment, economic development and social well-being for all members of the population. These efforts are often unsuccessful and can even cause harm when mission teams do not understand both the populations with whom they are engaging and policymakers. The book recommends prioritizing a relational approach to stabilization with a professional and well-resourced Civil Affairs and strategic intelligence approach to engagements over the current preference for transactional, often lethal operations.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chido, Diane E.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Konflikt- und Friedensforschung, Rüstungskontrolle, Abrüstung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Legitimacy and Governance in Stabilization.- 2. The Stabilization Trap.- 3. Contemporary Vulnerabilities To Legitimacy.- 4. Recommendations for Regaining Legitimacy.

Über Autor(innen)

Diane E. Chido is President of DC Analytics, a former Intelligence Studies instructor with Mercyhurst University, and former Intelligence Advisor to the U.S. Army’s Peace Keeping and Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI). Diane has worked in stabilization for over 25 years on socio-cultural issues including legitimacy, alternative governance and ethnic conflict.