The breakup of the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s was accompanied by internecine strife and civil war, particularly in Bosnia and Herzegovina. RAND has explored the role of allied forces in helping to end the fighting, and that of NATO and the UN in running peacekeeping and stability operations in the country and its neighbors.
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The long-term objective of a train-and-equip program for the Libyan revolutionary government would be to create a professional military force in a post-Qaddafi Libya that could support democratic institutions free of extremist elements, writes Angel Rabasa.
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What the United States did in Bosnia might hold the key for an effective response to the crisis in Libya, writes Angel Rabasa.
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The question, then, is whether stopping the fighting—which could also require forcibly removing Qaddafi—is worth the price of deep military engagement and responsibility for Libya's postwar future, writes Robert E. Hunter.
REPORT
Over the past few years, the European Union has demonstrated the capacity to deploy and employ armed force outside its borders in support of broader common policy objectives, creating a new player in nation-building operations.
REPORT
The relative roles of U.S. ground and air power in major operations and campaigns have shifted since the end of the Cold War. To assess this shift (i.e., between the Army and Air Force, respectively), the author of this report analyzed post–Cold War conflicts in Iraq (1991), Bosnia (1995), Kosovo (1999), Afghanistan (2001), and Iraq (2003). This revised edition includes updates and an index.
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