The promise and perils of security force assistance
09.01.2009 at 03:23pm
The Stimson Center has published an essay I wrote for it on the future of security force assistance.
Theme: In the wake of the Iraq and Afghanistan campaigns, U.S. policymakers will look for new approaches to implement U.S. national security strategy. Security force assistance will attract a lot of attention and is likely to be a “growth business.” But security force assistance is no panacea. Top U.S. policymakers will have to give their attention to some significant reforms if security forces assistance is to achieve its promise and avoid some of its perils.
Read the whole essay here.
