A Capabilities-Based Strategy for Army Security Cooperation
U.S. Army planners working on the problem of multinational force compatibility require a planning framework to guide and focus the service’s long-term compatibility investments with partner armies of varying capabilities. This report defines and describes such a framework, called the Niche Capability Planning Framework. It provides a conceptual template for integrating the various considerations, ranging from U.S. Army capability gaps, to the politics of collaborating with foreign armies, to the coordination of Army and Department of Defense security cooperation activities, implicit in a strategy for cultivating compatible niche capabilities in non-core partner armies, which lack a stable, long-term, collaborative program of assistance with the U.S. Army. The report concludes with specific recommendations for implementing the Niche Capability Planning framework, which should, at a minimum, incorporate analyses of projected Army capability gaps, key partner characteristics, and the resources required to match capabilities with partners in a systematic way.
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- Copyright: RAND Corporation
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- Pages: 112
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- ISBN/EAN: 978-0-8330-4199-9
- Document Number: MG-563-A
- Year: 2007
- Series: Monographs
Contents
Chapter One
Introduction
Chapter Two
Conceptualizing Multinational Force Compatibility
Chapter Three
Identifying Candidate Niche Capabilities
Chapter Four
Identifying Candidate Partners
Chapter Five
Cultivating Niche Capabilities
Chapter Six
Focusing Army Security Cooperation Activities to Cultivate Niche Capabilities
Chapter Seven
Conclusions and Recommendations
Appendix
Defining Security Cooperation Terminology
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