Assessing locally focused stability operations
By: Jan Osburg, Christopher Paul, Lisa Saum-Manning, Dan Madden, Leslie Adrienne Payne
Contributors: Rand Corporation; Arroyo Center; Arroyo Center. Force Development and Technology Program; United States. Army
Series: Research report (Rand Corporation) -- RR-387-A.
Publisher: RAND Corporation
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Santa Monica, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 97
ISBN-13: 9780833085641
Subjects: Integrated operations (Military science); Civil-military relations; Stability operations; Evaluation; Asymmetric warfare; Armed Forces
Description: "This report describes how the Army and other services can better measure and assess the progress and outcomes of locally focused stability operations (LFSO), which are defined as the missions, tasks, and activities that build security, governance, and development by, with, and through the directly affected community, in order to increase stability at the local level. A number of issues related to assessing LFSO are identified, along with foundational challenges that include an inherently complex operational environment, limited doctrinal guidance, competing visions of stability, untested assumptions, and redundant or excessive reporting requirements. The report offers solutions to these and other challenges, and provides concrete recommendations and implementation-related guidance for designing and conducting assessments of LFSO. The report concludes with an assessment plan for a notional African LFSO scenario that illustrates the practical application of those insights."--"Abstract" on web page.
Notes: At head of title: RAND Arroyo Center.

"Prepared for the United States Army."

"This research ... was conducted within RAND Arroyo Center's Force Development and Technology Program."--Page iv.

"RR-387-A"--Cover, page 4.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 93-97).