STAR-TIDES and starfish networks
Subtitle: supporting stressed populations with distributed talent
By: by Linton Wells II [and three others]
Contributors: National Defense University. Center for Technology and National Security Policy
Series: Defense horizons -- no. 70
Publisher: Center for Technology and National Security Policy, National Defense University
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, D.C.
Language: eng
Number of pages: 11
Subjects: Humanitarian assistance; Disaster relief; International relief; Postwar reconstruction
Description: The Department of Defense increasingly is involved in postwar stabilization and reconstruction, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief missions, capacity-building of partner nations at home and abroad, and other such complex operations. To provide sustainable support to stressed populations in these environments, an international, networked, knowledge-sharing research project called Sustainable Technologies, Accelerated Research-Transformative Innovation for Development and Emergency Support (STAR-TIDES)1 encourages innovative approaches to public-private collaboration, whole-of-government solutions, and transnational engagement. It leverages a distributed network of people and organizations to conduct research, support real world contingencies, and bridge gaps among disparate communities. The three main goals of STAR-TIDES are to enhance the ability of civilian coalitions (business, government, and civil society) to operate in stressed environments, extend the military's ability to work with civilians in such situations, and economize by identifying cost-effective logistic solutions and rationalizing supply chains.
Notes: Title from caption, PDF title screen (viewed Nov. 7, 2013).

"December 2009."

Includes bibliographical references (page 11).