Thomas S. Szayna

Brooke Stearns Lawson

Terrence K. Kelly

Derek Eaton

James E. II Barnett

How can the Army help make key civilian agencies more capable partners in stability, security, transition, and reconstruction (SSTR) operations? The authors identify the civilian agencies that should be involved in such operations, then locate the necessary skill sets. They then assess the capacity of the civilian agencies to participate in SSTR operations and analyze the recurring structural problems that have plagued their attempts to do so.

Integrating Civilian Agencies in Stability Operations

Gregory F. Treverton

David C. Gompert

Marla C. Haims

Insecurity in the 21st century appears to come less from the collisions of powerful states than from the debris of imploding ones. This paper aims to improve the understanding and treatment of failed states by focusing on critical challenges at the intersections between security, economics, and politics and on the guiding goal of lifting local populations from the status of victims of failure to agents of recovery.

Breaking the Failed-State Cycle

Robert Carl Davis

To examine how best to design the Liberian National Police oversight construct, the authors evaluate the likely effectiveness of different oversight options against three criteria--manageability, permanent professionalism, and public confidence--and study concepts used in other African countries. They recommend creation of a government-chaired, mixed-membership, multi-tiered system that incorporates both government and independent members.

Oversight of the Liberian National Police

Brooke Stearns Lawson

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