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The Future Can’t Wait: Over-the-Horizon Views on Development
No full textIn Spring of 2011 USAID’s Science and Technology Office and NDU agreed to co-host a symposium on future development challenges. USAID and NDU agreed to collaborate on a follow-up publication to the symposium.https://digitalcommons.ndu.edu/books-and-book-chapters/1013/thumbnail.jp
Russia Still Matters: Strategic Challenges and Opportunities for the Obama Administration
No full textRussia’s institution of a ban on American adoptions of Russian orphans, an appalling response by the Duma to U.S. sanctions against officials involved in the Sergei Magnitsky case,1 was a clear indicator that bilateral relations will assume a lower priority in the next 4 years for both capitals. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the measure despite open misgivings by some of his own key aides and against the opposition of most of Russia’s civil society. The Russian Internet response was scathing, producing an instant winner for best sick joke of 2012: “An educated American family has decided to adopt a developmentally disabled Duma deputy.”https://digitalcommons.ndu.edu/strategic-forums/1032/thumbnail.jp
PRISM Vol. 4, No. 2
No full textThis journal volume consists of featured articles that examine critical global issues, beginning with an analysis of U.S. interests in the aftermath of the Arab Spring and strategies for safeguarding these interests. Additional articles delve into military and interagency readiness. This includes discussions on civilian protection in an evolving military environment, the role of defense in building partner capabilities, and the complex relationship between economics and security. The From the Field section provides a detailed examination of Sri Lanka’s rehabilitation program as an innovative approach to counterterrorism and counterinsurgency. The Lessons Learned section reflects on enduring insights from a decade of warfare and evaluates interagency efforts in Iraq’s Rusafa Political District. An exclusive interview with Maria Otero adds a unique policy perspective on global governance issues. The volume concludes with book reviews that explore the dynamics of jihadist movements and the geopolitical landscape in Central Asia.https://digitalcommons.ndu.edu/prism-full-issue/1013/thumbnail.jp
Some Recent Sensor – Related Army Critical Technology Events
No full textSome Recent Sensor-Related Army Critical Technology Events, James A. Ratches, Richard Chait, and John W. Lyons examined current Critical Technology Events (CTEs) that are new or ongoing in US Army Science and Technology (S&T) community. CTEs are ideas, concepts, models and analyses, including key technical and managerial decisions, which have had a major impact on the development of a specific weapons system. The five on-going projects within the Army S&T portfolio selected for inclusion in the report are the Global Positioning System (GPS)-guided munitions, Excalibur; the persistent surveillance platform, Global Hawk; Unattended Transient Acoustic/Artillery MASINT System (UTAMS); the thermal imaging night sight technology; and 5V Li-ion batteries for battlefield power sources. The authors identified 42 CTEs in the development of the Army sensors; 24 of the 42 reported were uniquely contributed by the in-house Army laboratories; 57 percent of all the CTEs originated in the Army S&T laboratories. Further, the authors draw the following conclusions: that Army laboratories make significant technical and enabling contributions to Army platforms and capabilities; Army S&T laboratories are uniquely suited to represent, defend, and guide the satisfaction of Army requirements; Army laboratories have the people, infrastructure, and determination to satisfy evolving and established needs; and the Army S&T community is the singular force in collaboration with industry and academia that ensures Army needs are optimally met in an effective, efficient, and affordable manner. The report attempts to show that the S&T resources and processes in place continue to generate CTEs in the sensor and power area for the next generation of Army systems. It concludes that it is critical to the Army’s mission to foster and nurture the Army’s in-house S&T tech base.https://digitalcommons.ndu.edu/defense-tech-papers/1008/thumbnail.jp
Crisis Stability and Nuclear Exchange Risks on the Subcontinent: Major Trends and the Iran Factor
No full textCrisis stability—the probability that political tensions and low-level conflict will not erupt into a major war between India and Pakistan—is less certain in 2013 than at any time since their sequential nuclear weapons tests of 1998. India’s vast and growing spending on large conventional military forces, at least in part as a means to dissuade Pakistan’s tolerance of (or support for) insurgent and terrorist activity against India, coupled with Pakistan’s post-2006 accelerated pursuit of tactical nuclear weapons as a means to offset this Indian initiative, have greatly increased the risk of a future Indo-Pakistani military clash or terrorist incident escalating to nuclear exchange.1 America’s limited abilities to prevent the escalation of an Indo-Pakistani crisis toward major war are best served by continuing a significant military and political presence in Afghanistan and diplomatic and military-to-military dialogue with Pakistan well beyond 2014.https://digitalcommons.ndu.edu/inss-strategic-perspectives/1028/thumbnail.jp
Joint Force Quarterly 71 (4th Quarter, October 2013)
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Transitional Justice for Syria
No full textTransitional justice is the provision of justice in the transition from one form of government, often perceived as illegitimate, unjust, and tyrannical, or an anarchic society, to one that observes the rule of law and administers justice. It also is about choices: how to allocate scarce prosecutorial, judicial, police, and prison resources. The goal is to make the rule of law ordinary.https://digitalcommons.ndu.edu/strategic-forums/1030/thumbnail.jp
External Collaboration in Army Science and Technology: The Army’s Research Alliances
No full textIn this study, the authors examine the decision for Army Research Laboratories to engage in external, formal collaborations such as collaborative alliances. They go on to assess ARL Collaborative Technology Alliances (CTAs), Collaborative Research Alliances (CRAs), and Information Technology Alliance (ITAs). The report concludes by examining the effectiveness of the examples given above, and a recommendation for formulating a set of assessment questions for Army managers considering collaboration in the future.https://digitalcommons.ndu.edu/defense-tech-papers/1005/thumbnail.jp
Joint Force Quarterly 68 (1st Quarter, January 2013)
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Joint Force Quarterly 70 (3rd Quarter, July 2013)
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