Arroyo Center Publications

May 16, 2023

Cover: Countering Violent Nonstate Actor Financing

Countering Violent Nonstate Actor Financing: Revenue Sources, Financing Strategies, and Tools of Disruption

Disrupting the financing that violent nonstate actors require is critical for degrading such groups. This report examines the methods used to disrupt this financing and how the Army can contribute to the effort.

Trevor Johnston, Erik E. Mueller, Irina A. Chindea, Hannah Jane Byrne, Nathan Vest, Colin P. Clarke, Anusree Garg, Howard J. Shatz

May 5, 2023

Cover: The Backbone of U.S. Joint Operations

The Backbone of U.S. Joint Operations: Army Roles in the Indo-Pacific

The authors of this report seek to provide an engaging and structured illustrated narrative to more clearly describe the U.S. Army's role throughout the Indo-Pacific region in the present day and into 2035.

Abby Doll, Yvonne K. Crane, Gian Gentile, D. Sean Barnett, John Gordon IV, Timothy R. Heath, Jeffrey W. Hornung, Mark Hvizda, Sale Lilly, Bradley Martin, David A. Ochmanek, Stephanie Anne Pillion, Barry Wilson, Emily Yoder

May 2, 2023

Gaining the Edge: Identifying and Leveraging Frameworks for Enabling Army Contributions to Competition

This report supports the U.S. Army's effort to rethink its roles and responsibilities to meet the demands of competition with near peers below the threshold of armed conflict.

Molly Dunigan, Michelle Grisé, Kimberly Jackson, John J. Drennan, Sandra Kay Evans, Ashley L. Rhoades, Eric Robinson, Meagan L. Smith, Jonathan Welch

Apr 26, 2023

Army Full-Time Support Processes: Considerations for Enhancing Common Understanding, Transparency, and Unity of Purpose

The Full-Time Support program's purpose is often misunderstood or mischaracterized in terms of how it relates to strategic guidance. The Army should work on developing a more productive and useful way of thinking about and assessing this program.

Michael E. Linick, Joshua Klimas

Mar 27, 2023

Cover: Optimizing Portfolio-Level Modernization Investment

Optimizing Portfolio-Level Modernization Investment: An Overview of the Aim Point Investment Model (APIM)

This report introduces the Aim Point Investment Model, which helps decisionmakers allocate portfolio-level resources based on existing Army data sources, subject to constraints on the U.S. Army's ability to employ those resources productively.

Katharina Ley Best, Jeremy M. Eckhause, M. Wade Markel, Nathaniel Edenfield, Duncan Long, Lauren A. Mayer, Tony Nuber, Liam Regan, Michael J. D. Vermeer, Dulani Woods, Emily Yoder

Mar 9, 2023

Cover: Proxy Warfare in Strategic Competition

Proxy Warfare in Strategic Competition: State Motivations and Future Trends

The authors used quantitative analysis and case studies of China, Iran, and Russia to examine the causes and likely future trends in proxy wars: civil wars in which at least one local warring party receives material support from an external state.

Stephen Watts, Bryan Frederick, Nathan Chandler, Mark Toukan, Christian Curriden, Erik E. Mueller, Edward Geist, Ariane M. Tabatabai, Sara Plana, Brandon Corbin, Jeffrey Martini

Mar 9, 2023

Proxy Warfare in Strategic Competition: Overarching Findings and Recommendations

This report synthesizes the findings and recommendations from two companion reports on intrastate proxy wars: civil wars in which at least one local warring party receives material support from an external state.

Stephen Watts, Bryan Frederick, Nathan Chandler, Mark Toukan, Christian Curriden, Erik E. Mueller, Edward Geist, Ariane M. Tabatabai, Sara Plana, Brandon Corbin, Jeffrey Martini

Mar 9, 2023

Proxy Warfare in Strategic Competition: Military Implications

The authors examine the military implications of intrastate proxy wars (civil wars in which at least one local warring party receives material support from an external state) via a literature review and four case studies.

Stephen Watts, Bryan Frederick, Nathan Chandler, Mark Toukan, Christian Curriden, Erik E. Mueller, Edward Geist, Ariane M. Tabatabai, Sara Plana, Brandon Corbin, Jeffrey Martini

Mar 7, 2023

The Impact of Army JROTC Participation on School and Career Outcomes

To understand the relationship between participating in the U.S. Army Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (AJROTC) program and longer-term outcomes, the authors analyzed longitudinal student data and Army service member records.

Melanie A. Zaber, Matthew W. Lewis, Stephani L. Wrabel, Brian Phillips, Meghan Franco, Alicia Revitsky Locker, Elicia M. John

Feb 24, 2023

Types of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the Active-Duty Army

This report describes results of analyses that identify different types of sexual assault and sexual harassment experiences and assess how common each type is in the Army. It uses data from the 2018 Workplace and Gender Relations Survey.

Terry L. Schell, Sarah O. Meadows, Avery Calkins, Matthew Cefalu, Linda Cottrell, Rebecca L. Collins

Feb 22, 2023

Quantifying Potential Cost Avoidance Implications of Outcomes Reported in Behavioral and Social Science Research

This report summarizes and develops utility functions for a series of behavioral and social science studies to help senior leaders translate the research results into estimates of cost avoidance or other desired benefits.

Bruce R. Orvis, Heather Krull, Michael G. Shanley

Jan 25, 2023

Expanding Army Cooperation Between the United States and France in the Indo-Pacific

This report explores the commonalities between the U.S. and French strategies in the Indo-Pacific and suggests ways that the U.S. Army can further engage France in developing mutually beneficial military and security activities in the region.

Stephanie Pezard

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Improving Access to Early Childhood Education

Arroyo Center Publications

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Countering Violent Nonstate Actor Financing: Revenue Sources, Financing Strategies, and Tools of Disruption

The Backbone of U.S. Joint Operations: Army Roles in the Indo-Pacific

Gaining the Edge: Identifying and Leveraging Frameworks for Enabling Army Contributions to Competition

Army Full-Time Support Processes: Considerations for Enhancing Common Understanding, Transparency, and Unity of Purpose

Optimizing Portfolio-Level Modernization Investment: An Overview of the Aim Point Investment Model (APIM)

Proxy Warfare in Strategic Competition: State Motivations and Future Trends

Proxy Warfare in Strategic Competition: Overarching Findings and Recommendations

Proxy Warfare in Strategic Competition: Military Implications

The Impact of Army JROTC Participation on School and Career Outcomes

Types of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the Active-Duty Army

Quantifying Potential Cost Avoidance Implications of Outcomes Reported in Behavioral and Social Science Research

Expanding Army Cooperation Between the United States and France in the Indo-Pacific

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