From the crucible of more than a decade of continuous combat operations, Special Operations Forces (SOF) have emerged as one of the most cost-effective “weapons systems” in the U.S. military arsenal and a major source of strategic advantage for the nation. How can the United States capitalize on such development and extend the...
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From the crucible of more than a decade of continuous combat operations, Special Operations Forces (SOF) have emerged as one of the most cost-effective “weapons systems” in the U.S. military arsenal and a major source of strategic advantage for the nation. How can the United States capitalize on such development and extend the SOF’s strategic advantage well into the future? This study reviews the key elements of SOF’s transformation since 9/11, outlines the key national security challenges and relates them to the future of the SOF mission. It also offers specific recommendations for reshaping SOF and identifies new capabilities which require immediate investment and prioritization in the upcoming QDR.
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Carrier Strike: The 2012
reversion decision
REPORT BY THE
COMPTROLLER AND
AUDITOR GENERAL
HC 63
SESSION 2013-14
10 MAY 2013
Ministry of Defence
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L’Institut Rideau et le Centre canadien de politiques alternatives publient un nouveau rapport sur le projet du gouvernement canadien de construire des navires de patrouille extracôtiers / de l'Arctique.
Titanic Blunder: Arctic/Offshore Patrol Ships on course for disaster (Erreur Titanic : le navire de patrouille extracôtier / de...
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L’Institut Rideau et le Centre canadien de politiques alternatives publient un nouveau rapport sur le projet du gouvernement canadien de construire des navires de patrouille extracôtiers / de l'Arctique. Titanic Blunder: Arctic/Offshore Patrol Ships on course for disaster (Erreur Titanic : le navire de patrouille extracôtier / de l'Arctique met le cap sur le désastre) est le fruit des recherches de Michael Byers, professeur de sciences politiques à l’Université de la Colombie-Britannique, et Stewart Webb,chargé de recherche invité à l’Institut Rideau et associé de recherche au Salt Spring Forum. L’acquisition de six à huit navires de patrouille extracôtiers / de l'Arctique a été annoncée en 2007, avec un budget de 3,1 G$, avec une projection de 4,3 G$ de dépense pour l’exploitation et la maintenance pour une durée de vie de 25 ans.
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EUROPOL PUBLIC INFORMATION
SOCTA 2013
Public Version
March 2013
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F-35 JOINT STRIKE
FIGHTER
Current Outlook Is
Improved, but LongTerm Affordability Is a
Major Concern
Report to Congressional Committees
March 2013
GAO-13-309
United States Government Accountability Office
GAO
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By CAPT Henry J.
Hendrix, USN (Ph.
D.
)
At What Cost a Carrier?
M A R C H 2 0 1 3
DISRUPTIVE
DEFENSE PAPERS
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CRS Report for Congress
Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress
Department of Defense Trends in
Overseas Contract Obligations
Moshe Schwartz
Specialist in Defense Acquisition
Wendy Ginsberg
Analyst in American National Government
March 1, 2013
Congressional Research Service
7-5700
www.
crs.
gov
R41820
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Policy Briefing
Europe Briefing N°70
Sarajevo/Brussels, 26 February 2013
Bosnia’s Dangerous Tango:
Islam and Nationalism
I.
Overview
The Bosniak community is deeply frustrated with the dysfunctional government,
flawed constitution and economic stagnation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), as
well as renewed Croat and Serb challenges...
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Policy Briefing Europe Briefing N°70 Sarajevo/Brussels, 26 February 2013 Bosnia’s Dangerous Tango: Islam and Nationalism I. Overview The Bosniak community is deeply frustrated with the dysfunctional government, flawed constitution and economic stagnation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), as well as renewed Croat and Serb challenges to the state’s territorial integrity. The Islamic community has taken a leading role in channelling popular anger, filling a vacuum left by Bosniak political parties, whose leadership seems adrift. Political Islam is a novelty in Bosnia, and its rise is seen as threatening to secular parties and non-Muslims. On the margins of society, a plethora of non-traditional Salafi and other Islamist groups have appeared, raising fears of terrorism. They are small, divided and largely non-violent, however, and the state and the Islamic community should work to integrate them further into society. Real instability and violence are more likely to come from clashing
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Mr.
rainwater is a senior honors student studying
political science and international relations at Pepperdine University, where he expects to graduate in
spring 2013.
after graduating, he plans to pursue his
interest in international trade issues by obtaining a
law degree in international law as well as a master’s
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Mr. rainwater is a senior honors student studying political science and international relations at Pepperdine University, where he expects to graduate in spring 2013. after graduating, he plans to pursue his interest in international trade issues by obtaining a law degree in international law as well as a master’s degree in international relations. He has conducted extensive research projects for various organizations, including policy analysis of democratic movements in the Middle east for Pepperdine’s communication Division and research into the geopolitical and logistical implications of operating nonprofits abroad. © 2012 shiloh rainwater naval war college review, Spring 2013, vol. 66, no. 2 China’s arctic Strategy and Its Implications Shiloh rainwater RaCE TO ThE NORTh the arctic, during the Cold War a locus of intense military competition between the United states and the Union of soviet socialist republics, is rapidly reemerging as a geostrategic flash point. as accelerat
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Transnational Organized
Crime in West Africa:
A Threat Assessment
February 2013
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RESEARCHwww.
policyalternatives.
ca ANALYSIS SOLUTIONS
“The Worst Procurement
in the History of Canada”
Solving the Maritime Helicopter Crisis
Michael Byers and Stewart Webb
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
February 2013
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ENDNOTES
GLOBALIZING TORTURE
CIA SECRET DETENTION
AND EXTRAORDINARY RENDITION
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HC 9
Published on 5 February 2013
by authority of the House of Commons
London: The Stationery Office Limited
House of Commons
Defence Committee
Defence Acquisition
Seventh Report of Session 2012–13
Volume I: Report, together with formal
minutes, oral and written evidence
Additional written evidence is contained in
Volume II,...
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HC 9 Published on 5 February 2013 by authority of the House of Commons London: The Stationery Office Limited House of Commons Defence Committee Defence Acquisition Seventh Report of Session 2012–13 Volume I: Report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence Additional written evidence is contained in Volume II, available on the Committee website at www. parliament. uk/defcom Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 29 January 2013 £17. 50
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The Major Projects
Report 2012
REPORT BY THE
COMPTROLLER AND
AUDITOR GENERAL
HC 684-I
SESSION 2012-13
10 JANUARY 2013
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NIDS China Security Report
2012
National Institute for Defense Studies, Japan
N I D S C h i n a S e c u r i t y R e p o r t 2 0 1 2
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