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Assessing Isaf

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Author : Scott Cameron
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007

Assessing Isaf written by Scott Cameron and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Afghan War, 2001- categories.

The UN-mandated, NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) has a limited but essential role to play in Afghanistan. Although the Afghan government faces numerous obstacles including corruption, growing opium cultivation and insufficient reconstruction and development projects, the immediate problem of insurgent-fostered insecurity requires urgent redress to facilitate progress on the other problems afflicting Afghanistan. NATO member states must make good on their promises to assist the Afghan government in establishing conditions of security and help develop the capabilities for national security forces to assume responsibility for Afghanistan's lasting security.

Worst Case Scenario

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Author : Alec Worsnop
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021

Worst Case Scenario written by Alec Worsnop and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with Afghan War, 2001- categories.

As the U.S. begins implementing an expected 2014 drawdown in Afghanistan, speculation abounds about what Afghanistan will look like if left in the hands of its national security forces (ANSF). Many analysts have argued that the Taliban will easily take control of their Pashtun homeland in southern Afghanistan. This result is attributed to the Taliban’s provision of shadow governance, its support from Pakistan, its relative success versus ISAF forces in the south, and the general weakness of the Afghan government, both politically and militarily. Though this result may not be so straightforward, there is a significant question of what a conflict would look like following such an outcome. In short, would the Taliban be able to take the rest of the country, or would the ANSF be able to hold off an advance?

Initial United States Afghanistan Usfor A Assessment

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Author : Stanley McChrystal
language : en
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Release Date : 2010-10

Initial United States Afghanistan Usfor A Assessment written by Stanley McChrystal and has been published by DIANE Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10 with categories.

How Can The Nato International Security Assistance Force Isaf In Afghanistan Best Assess The Effectiveness Of Stability Operations

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Author : Adam Cooper
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010

How Can The Nato International Security Assistance Force Isaf In Afghanistan Best Assess The Effectiveness Of Stability Operations written by Adam Cooper and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with categories.

Campaign Assessment In Counterinsurgency

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Author : U. S. Military
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-02-25

Campaign Assessment In Counterinsurgency written by U. S. Military and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-25 with categories.

Strategic and political leaders have determined that the US and ISAF campaign assessments were neither useful nor accurate. The DOD 1230 biannual report titled the Report on Progress toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan provides comprehensive information to strategic and political leaders regarding the progress of the United States' strategy in Afghanistan. The report, however, has largely provided indicators of progress based off a single variable-enemy initiated ambushes. As attention drew to the failure of ISAF to provide accurate reporting, a degree of mistrust grew between strategic and political leaders and the military leaders in Afghanistan. In turn, strategic leaders made only partially informed decisions that did not reflect accurately the progress on the ground. The July 2013 DOD 1230 report touted a change in metrics, placing a greater emphasis on variables such as security force development and economic growth. The announcement of new metrics raised an obvious question, were the new measures of performance in Afghanistan actually better, and why had change taken so long? Answering this research question required four steps. First, it was necessary to determine the importance of assessments and measures of performance in the development of strategy in the COIN environment. Second, it was necessary to examine how ISAF initially developed its assessment plan. Next, it was necessary to examine a historical instance of campaign assessments in COIN. The US and MACV in Vietnam experienced similar complications throughout the Vietnam War. Initially accused of intentionally bloating casualty figures, MACV made a concentrated effort to develop a more accurate assessment model to inform progress. The improved model, the Hamlet Evaluation System, analyzed a host of variables across South Vietnam to assess progress over time. Lastly, by comparing the efforts in Vietnam with those in Afghanistan it was possible to identify assessment concepts that would have been applicable in Afghanistan. The evidence ultimately shows that as the US and ISAF sought to develop assessment measures, they replicated the errors made in Vietnam. Additionally, despite advances in technology, ISAF's assessment plan did not reach the level of sophistication that MACV achieved in Vietnam. Although the HES was criticized during the Vietnam War, the iterative attempts by MACV to improve its assessment plan provided useful lessons for the US and ISAF in Afghanistan.

Assessing War

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Author : Leo J. Blanken
language : en
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Release Date : 2015-12-15

Assessing War written by Leo J. Blanken and has been published by Georgetown University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-15 with Political Science categories.

Today's protracted asymmetrical conflicts confuse efforts to measure progress, often inviting politics and wishful thinking to replace objective evaluation. In Assessing War, military historians, social scientists, and military officers explore how observers have analyzed the trajectory of war in American conflicts from the Seven Years’ War through the war in Afghanistan. Drawing on decades of acquired expertise, the contributors examine wartime assessment in both theory and practice and, through alternative dimensions of assessment such as justice and proportionality, the war of ideas and economics. This group of distinguished authors grapples with both conventional and irregular wars and emerging aspects of conflict—such as cyberwar and nation building—that add to the complexities of the modern threat environment. The volume ends with recommendations for practitioners on best approaches while offering sobering conclusions about the challenges of assessing war without politicization or self-delusion. Covering conflicts from the eighteenth century to today, Assessing War blends focused advice and a uniquely broad set of case studies to ponder vital questions about warfare's past—and its future. The book includes a foreword by Gen. George W. Casey Jr. (USA, Ret.), former chief of staff of the US Army and former commander, Multi-National Force–Iraq.

Afghan National Security Forces

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Author : John F. Sopko
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-04-06

Afghan National Security Forces written by John F. Sopko and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-06 with categories.

Since 2005, Congress has appropriated almost $53 billion for the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund to train, equip, and sustain the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF). The process of transferring security responsibility to the Afghans is expected to be completed by the end of 2014, which will coincide with the completion of the current drawdown of U.S. and coalition forces. This audit report assessed the extent to which (1) the International Security Assistance Force's (ISAF's) tool for evaluating the manning, training, and equipping capacity of the ANSF -- the Commander's Unit Assessment Tool (CUAT) -- was consistently applied to assess ANSF units; and (2) ISAF is taking steps to plan for the continued collection, validation, analysis, and reporting of ANSF capacity assessments during the military drawdown and the transition of security responsibility to the Afghan government. Figures. This is a print on demand report.

Embracing The Fog Of War

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Author : Ben Connable
language : en
Publisher: Rand Corporation
Release Date : 2012-04-06

Embracing The Fog Of War written by Ben Connable and has been published by Rand Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-06 with Political Science categories.

The unpredictable counterinsurgency environment challenges centralized, quantitative campaign assessment. A comprehensive examination of the centralized, quantitative approach to assessment, as described in the literature and doctrine and applied in two primary case studies (Vietnam and Afghanistan), reveals weaknesses and gaps and proposes an alternative process: contextual assessment.

Assessing The Transition In Afghanistan

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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014

Assessing The Transition In Afghanistan written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Afghan War, 2001- categories.

Measuring Peace

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Author : Richard Caplan
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2019

Measuring Peace written by Richard Caplan and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Political Science categories.

An essential and accessible guide to the assessment of the effectiveness of peace-building policies for all those working in, or studying, the area.