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  The U.S. Department of Defense's Planning Process: Components and Challenges 2019

  Michael J. Mazarr, Katharina Ley Best, Burgess Laird, Eric V. Larson, Michael E. Linick, Dan Madden

  This report — Phase Two of a three-phase project — explores the current defense planning process used by the U.S. Department of Defense, with a focus on how scenarios are developed and employed to support defense planning. The authors examine and critique how scenarios are used in current planning processes, based on an assessment of unclassified documents and dialogues with current and former participants in the process.

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  Russia's Hostile Measures in Europe: Understanding the Threat 2019

  Raphael S. Cohen, Andrew Radin

  This report examines current Russian hostile measures in Europe and forecasts how Russia might threaten Europe using these measures over the next few years. This report observes that Russia has the most strategic interest in influencing western Europe, but it has the most leverage over countries of eastern Europe, and offers a range of recommendations for the U.S. government and for the U.S. Army on countering hostile measures.

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  Four Problems on the Korean Peninsula: North Korea's Expanding Nuclear Capabilities Drive a Complex Set of Problems 2019

  Gian Gentile, Yvonne K. Crane, Dan Madden, Timothy M. Bonds, Bruce W. Bennett, Michael J. Mazarr, Andrew Scobell

  North Korea's ongoing development of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles increases the possibility of their use against regional states, furthering instability across the region and beyond. This toolkit provides visualizations illuminating four Korea-related problems: North Korea's nuclear arsenal, North Korean artillery systems, evacuating South Korean population centers, and securing North Korean nuclear weapons and facilities.

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  Planning an Army for the 21st Century: Principles to Guide U.S. Army Force Size, Mix, and Component Distribution 2018

  Joshua Klimas, Gian Gentile

  In this Perspective, the authors seek to provide criteria for an effective and efficient Army for the 21st century. To do so, they review how the United States has adapted principles guiding Army force planning to meet strategic needs, examine the major missions that the Army must be able to perform to meet today's defense strategy, and lay out principles to help guide leaders in making contemporary force-planning decisions.

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  Quality of Life at Contingency Bases: Managing Sustainment Community Support Requirements 2018

  John E. Peters, Elvira N. Loredo, Mary E. Chenoweth, Jeff Broughton, Andrea A. Golay

  Quality-of-life goods and services for soldiers operating from contingency bases are key for morale and physical and emotional well-being but also a substantial logistics burden, especially in austere theaters, such as Afghanistan, where roads are few and the terrain is difficult. This report evaluates factors that contribute to and detract from soldier quality of life and recommends improvements in the face of a range of constraints.

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