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Civil-Military Relations

RAND research on civil-military relations includes studies of how a military employs civilian contractors, how military bases interact with their neighbors, and how a nation's military affects its politics—and vice versa.

Testimony
Getting Better at Strategic Communication
If
Jul 11, 2011
Report
How Does the Conflict in Afghanistan Compare to Counterinsurgencies of the Past 30 Years?
An analysis of 30 insurgencies worldwide between 1978 and 2008 determined what factors were ultimately correlated with success or defeat. Comparing Afghanistan in early 2011 against this scorecard results in an uncertain outcome for the conflict there, but the findings may help provide additional guidance as operations continue.
Jun 27, 2011
Report
Preserving Range and Airspace Access for the Air Force Mission: Striving for a Strategic Vantage Point
Air Force range managers schedule the infrastructure and airspace needed for realistic testing and training activities, which requires adequate information about the proposed maneuvers, the acceptable context, and understanding of the goals.
May 17, 2011
Commentary
Can You Hear Libya Now?
The U.S. and its allies could help Libyans communicate with the outside world by deploying cellphone base stations on aircraft or tethered balloons, write Dan Gonzales and Sarah Harting.
Mar 4, 2011
Commentary
Libya's Terra Incognita: Who and What Will Follow Qaddafi?
The new, post-Qaddafi era is likely to be marked by the emergence of long-suppressed domestic groups jostling for supremacy in what is sure to be a chaotic political scene, writes Frederic Wehrey.
Feb 28, 2011
Commentary
Egypt Faces Rough, Unchartered Road
The most favorable outcome achievable in Egypt might be what we see in Iraq, but without the violence, writes Harold Brown.
Feb 22, 2011
Report
Sustaining Key Skills in the UK Military Aircraft Industry
The UK Ministry of Defence's Fixed Wing Sector Strategy Board commissioned RAND Europe to assist in the development of a strategy and sustainment plan for the military fixed wing sector.
Jan 31, 2011
Research Brief
Sustaining Key Skills in the United Kingdom's Military Aircraft Industry
The UK currently has the industrial skills needed to develop, produce and maintain its military aircraft, but predicted future demand for design engineering activity is insufficient to sustain a number of key skills beyond the 2010-2019 decade.
Jan 31, 2011
Report
Developing a Prototype Handbook for Monitoring and Evaluating Department of Defense Humanitarian Assistance Projects
RAND developed a prototype handbook to provide humanitarian assistance project staff with an introduction to monitoring and evaluation terms, approaches, and best practices and a step-by-step user's guide for project assessment.
Jan 18, 2011
Journal Article
Before Disaster Strikes: Imperatives for Enhancing Defense Support of Civil Authorities
The report of the "Advisory Panel on Department of Defense Capabilities for Support of Civil Authorities After Certain Incidents" provides more than 40 recommendations about how the nation can overcome obstacles that complicate the nation's ability to respond effectively to CBRNE incidents.
Sep 1, 2010
Report
Local Communities in Afghanistan Can Play Crucial Role in Improving Security
The Afghan government and NATO can improve security in Afghanistan by leveraging traditional policing institutions in rural villages and mobilizing the population against insurgents. However, action needs to happen quickly to take advantage of a growing amount of local resistance against the Taliban across Afghanistan.
Jul 9, 2010
Report
Whither Al-Anbar Province? Five Scenarios Through 2011
Presents a discussion of likely scenarios for Iraq's al-Anbar Province over the course of the next three years.
Jun 25, 2010
Report
Victory Has a Thousand Fathers: Sources of Success in Counterinsurgency
Approaches to counterinsurgency from 30 recent resolved campaigns show that good counterinsurgency practices tend to
Jun 18, 2010
Report
Victory Has a Thousand Fathers: Detailed Counterinsurgency Case Studies
Narratives on the 30 most recent resolved insurgencies, covering the period 1978 to 2008, and data on 76 factors hypothesized to be related to the success of counterinsurgency forces supplement analyses of historical and contemporary insurgencies.
Jun 18, 2010
Report
Hired Guns: Views About Armed Contractors in Operation Iraqi Freedom
While most U.S. government officials working in Iraq believe the use of armed private security contractors has been a useful strategy, many worry that the contractors have not always had a positive effect on U.S. foreign policy objectives.
Jun 1, 2010
Report
Bridging the Gap: Developing a Tool to Support Local Civilian and Military Disaster Preparedness
This report describes the current policy context for domestic all-hazards risk-informed capabilities-based planning by local military and civilian authorities and provides a framework for a local planning support tool for their use.
Apr 12, 2010
Commentary
When Generals and Ambassadors Feud
In 2007 in Iraq, Gen. Petraeus and Amb. Crocker set a model for civil-military collaboration: They never let daylight show between their positions. In providing differing advice to Washington over troop levels in Afghanistan, General McChrystal and Ambassador Eikenberry have diverged from this model, writes James Dobbins.
Nov 13, 2009
Report
Integrating Civilian Agencies in Stability Operations
RAND Arroyo Center examined the question of how the Army can help make key civilian agencies more capable partners in stability, security, transition, and reconstruction operations. Even without much action at the national level, the Army can still improve civilian participation in these activities.
Aug 14, 2009
Report
Reconstruction Under Fire: Unifying Civil and Military Counterinsurgency
Effective civilian reconstruction work can help convince people to support their government against insurgency, Therefore, insurgents typically target such work, thereby threatening the civilian population. This too often results in a postponement of reconstruction efforts and/or excessive reliance on force to defeat insurgents.
May 28, 2009
Research Brief
What Are U.S. Policy Options for Dealing with Security in Mexico?
A RAND study identified three U.S. policy options for dealing with Mexico's deteriorating security situation, assessing their impact in terms of four priority areas and likely Mexican responses.
Apr 23, 2009

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RAND Topic:
Civil-Military Relations

Topic Synonyms:
Civil Affairs Activities;
CMR

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Kayla M. Williams

Senior Policy Researcher

Kayla Williams (she/her) is a senior policy researcher at the RAND Corporation; her focus areas include optimizing policies and programs to support veterans and military personnel. She was most recently Assistant Secretary of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs at the Department of Veterans…
Linda Slapakova

Senior Analyst

Linda Slapakova is a senior analyst at the RAND Corporation. Her research focuses chiefly on the defence military and civilian workforce and the Armed Forces community. She also coordinates RAND Europe's body of work focusing on the defence workforce and skills.

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