From Insurgency to Stability Key Capabilities and Practices

by Rabasa, Angel; Gordon, John, IV; Chalk, Peter; Chivvis, Christopher S.; Grant, Audra K.; McMahon, K. Scott; Miller, Laurel E.; Overhaus, Marco; Pezard, Stephanie

• ISBN13: 9780833052995
• ISBN10: 0833052993
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-09-30
• Publisher: RAND Corporation

Summary

This book identifies the procedures and capabilities that the U.S. Department of Defense, other agencies of the U.S. government, U.S. allies and partners, and international organizations require in order to support the transition from counterinsurgency, when the military takes primary responsibility for security and economic operations, to stability and reconstruction, when police and civilian government agencies take the lead.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. iii
Figures	p. xi
Tables	p. xiii
Summary	p. xv
Acknowledgments	p. xxxiii
Abbreviations	p. xxxv
Introduction	p. 1
The Goals of This Research	p. 1
The Fragile Transition	p. 2
COIN Transition	p. 2
Different Levels of U.S. Involvement in Counterinsurgency	p. 4
Major U.S. Involvement in the Counterinsurgency	p. 6
Limited U.S. Involvement	p. 8
No U.S. Involvement	p. 9
Implications of Different Outcome Scenarios	p. 10
U.S. Interagency Planning and Implementation-Vision and Reality in 2010	p. 13
The Department of State Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization and the Civilian Response Corps	p. 13
Prospects for Improved Approaches to Interagency Planning and Execution of SROs	p. 19
Contractors as Vehicles for Continuity	p. 26
Information Systems	p. 29
Military-to-Civilian Hand-Off of Security and Economic Operations	p. 31
Describing Security and Economic Operations	p. 32
Military Hand-Off of Security Operations	p. 32
Sustaining Military-to-Military Relations	p. 33
Hand-Off of Policing and Public Safety Programs	p. 35
Hand-Off of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Programs	p. 36
Hand-Off of Economic Operations to Civilian Agency Leadership	p. 38
Provincial Reconstruction Teams	p. 39
The United States Agency for International Development	p. 40
The DoD in Economic Operations	p. 41
Economic Operations in Iraq	p. 42
Hand-Off Challenges During Operation Iraqi Freedom	p. 46
Project Coordination, Assessment, and Transfer	p. 46
Civilian Staffing and Continuity of Project Oversight	p. 48
The Evolution of the PRTs After the Transition	p. 49
Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration	p. 51
The Concept of DDR	p. 52
Definition	p. 52
DDR Phases and Prerequisites	p. 53
Eligibility Criteria for Inclusion in DDR Programs	p. 59
Women	p. 62
Child Soldiers	p. 62
DDR and Technical Support	p. 64
The Role of International Police in Post-COIN Environments	p. 65
Coordination and Implementation of the DDR Process	p. 70
Monitoring	p. 75
Police and Justice Functions	p. 81
Introduction	p. 81
Building Police Capabilities	p. 90
The U.S. Experience with Police Assistance	p. 90
Building Justice and Corrections Capabilities	p. 93
The U.S. Experience with Justice and Corrections Assistance	p. 93
Challenges in Building Police, Justice, and Corrections Systems in Transition Environments	p. 96
Gaps in Policing Capabilities	p. 96
Gaps in Justice Capabilities	p. 98
Gaps That Could Be Filled Through New Research	p. 100
Gaps That Could Be Filled Through Improved Planning and Coordination	p. 102
Gaps That May Be Filled by International Partners	p. 103
The Contribution of International Partners	p. 107
Transition-Relevant Capabilities of International Institutions	p. 108
United Nations	p. 109
European Union	p. 110
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe	p. 113
African Union	p. 114
International Police Capabilities	p. 115
United Nations	p. 115
European Union	p. 117
European Gendarmerie Forces	p. 119
NATO Multinational Specialized Units	p. 121
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe	p. 123
African Union Police	p. 123
Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units	p. 125
Rule of Law	p. 125
EU Rule-of-Law Missions	p. 126
United Nations	p. 127
World Bank	p. 128
Regional Development Banks	p. 128
Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration	p. 129
World Bank	p. 129
United Nations	p. 130
International Organization for Migration	p. 131
African Union	p. 131
European Union	p. 132
Post-Crisis Economic Assistance	p. 132
European Union	p. 132
United Nations/United Nations Development Programme	p. 134
World Bank	p. 136
Innovative Bilateral Initiatives: the United Kingdom and the Netherlands	p. 137
Conclusions and Recommendations	p. 139
Hand-Off of Security and Economic Operations from Military to Civilian Agencies	p. 140
Military-Civilian Collaboration	p. 141
SRO Planning and Execution	p. 144
U.S. Government Structural Reforms	p. 144
Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration of Combatants	p. 145
Adequate Resources	p. 145
IT Contribution to DDR	p. 145
Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons	p. 146
Cantonment	p. 146
Police and Justice Functions	p. 147
Establishing or Reestablishing Coverage of the Entire National Territory	p. 147
Constabulary Policing Capabilities	p. 148
Riot and Crowd-Control Capabilities	p. 148
Integrated Police and Judicial System Reconstruction	p. 149
Crosscutting Issues	p. 150
Unity of Effort	p. 150
Accurate Predeployment Intelligence	p. 151
Adequate Intelligence Coordination	p. 151
Contribution of International Partners	p. 151
Limitations of International Contributions	p. 153
Leveraging International Capabilities	p. 154
Technological Solutions	p. 155
Nonlethality	p. 155
Identification Systems and Biometrics	p. 156
Communications	p. 157
Operational Mobility	p. 157
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)	p. 158
Appendixes
U.S. Government Agencies Involved in Implementing or Supporting Policing Capabilities	p. 159
U.S. Government Agencies Involved in Building or Supporting Justice and Corrections Capabilities	p. 187
Key Capabilities of U.S. Government Agencies	p. 203
Bibliography	p. 209
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