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International Cooperation with Partner Air Forces
The U.S. Air Force faces a challenging environment as it devises an approach to managing security cooperation with partner countries. The important mission of countering terrorist and insurgent groups abroad requires working closely with allies and partner countries to strengthen security. Accordingly, current U.S. defense strategy emphasizes that the U.S. armed forces should prepare to do more to work “by, with, and through partners” to accomplish their missions. The U.S. Air Force could benefit from an enhanced process for identifying appropriate capabilities, as well as the ability to match these capabilities to candidate partner air forces and, where appropriate, build these capabilities into capacity through focused security cooperation. It is also important to identify other useful activities from other Services and key allies to enhance capacity-building and synchronize efforts to collectively pursue U.S. objectives. Five focus areas for implementing an enhanced approach to security cooperation are detailed: increased visibility into activities; strengthening processes for planning, evaluation, and resourcing; and creating institutions that treat security cooperation the same as other major Air Force priorities.
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Contents
Chapter One:
Introduction
Chapter Two:
The Air Force's Approach: A Macro-Level Analysis
Chapter Three:
Micro-Level Case Study Analysis
Chapter Four:
Other Capacity-Building Efforts
Chapter Five:
Enhancing the Effectiveness of Air Force Security Cooperation
Chapter Six:
Conclusions and Recommendations
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