Afghanistan at transition : lessons of the longest war / / Anthony H. Cordesman with Aaron Lin |
Autore | Cordesman Anthony H. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Center for Strategic and International Studies, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 pages) |
Disciplina | 958.1047 |
Collana | CSIS Reports. |
Soggetto topico | Afghan War, 2001-2021 - Peace |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Afghanistan At Transition ; Table of Contents; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; I. THE STRATEGIC VACUUM IN AFGHANISTAN, CENTRAL AND SOUTH ASIA; US STRATEGY WRITES OFF AFGHANISTAN PAKISTAN, AND THE REGION; A QDR That Largely Wrote Off the Region; President Obama's Statement on Afghanistan on May 27, 2014; President Obama's New Strategy Speech at West Point; NO CLEARER LEAD FROM NATO; A CIVIL FAILURE BY USAID, THE UN AND OTHER DONORS; No Real Future Aid Plans or Afghan Deliverables on Reform; The London Conference in December 2014; The Death of the Tokyo Conference Deliverables; President Ghani on Reform
II. UNCERTAIN PRIORITIES FOR US STRATEGYUS "STRATEGIC TRIAGE" IS CRITICAL; THE ISSUE IS NOT RESOURCES, BUT STRATEGIC PRIORITY; THE COST-BENEFITS OF UPPING THE ANTE; III. THE "THREAT" FROM AFGHAN POLITICS, LEADERSHIP, GOVERNANCE, AND PROSPECTS FOR STABILITY; THE SHELL OF DEMOCRACY: THE REALITY OF THE PRESIDENCY, POWER BROKERS, PARALLEL DONOR COUNTRY GOVERNANCE; The Reality of National Versus Local Governance; Parallel Governance by ISAF Regional Commands and National Air Donors; The US Role in Weak and Failed Afghan Governance; A DIVIDED, POOR, AND STRUGGLING NATION FAILED AND CORRUPT 2014 ELECTIONS THAT DID MORE TO DIVIDE THAN UNITEAN AWKWARD AND UNCERTAIN COMPROMISE; A Deeply Uncertain Compromise at the Top; Limited Progress in Signing a Bilateral Security Agreement; UNCERTAIN AFGHAN LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE: TWO YEARS TOO LATE?; THE HERITAGE OF FAILED GOVERNANCE AND CORRUPTION; Corruption and Incompetence; Keeping Corruption in Perspective; THE BUDGET CRISIS IN REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES; The Failure to Win US and Other Outside Domestic Political Support; The Combined Threat from Host Country Politics, Governance, and Budgeting IV. THE ANSF AND THE THREAT FROM AN INTENSIFYING CONFLICTThe President's "Sell by Date": Slashing Advisors and Support Regardless of Conditions in Afghanistan; The Impact of a Late and Erratic Effort to Create Effective Afghan Forces; The US as a Self-Inflicted Threat; A Brief and Largely Ineffective US Surge; Host Country "Threat"; Rushing Force Development beyond Afghan and ISAF Capacity; The Uncertain Threat; The Uncertain Integrity of ISAF and Department of Defense Reporting on the Growing Security Challenges at the Time of Transition The Warnings in UN and SIGAR Casualty Data and Other ReportingThe Final UN Report on Casualties through the End of 2014 Calls ISAF and Department of Defense Reporting into Even More Serious Question; Estimating the Growth of Taliban and Other Insurgent Influence and Control; Mixed Data on Popular Support for the ANSF; V. PROBLEMS IN DEVELOPING AN EFFECTIVE ANSF; THE QUESTION OF SIZE AND COST; UNCERTAIN PROGRESS IN THE ANSF; Grossly Over-classifying Data on Afghan Combat and Police Forces for Political Ends; Issuing Meaningless Metrics on ANSF Capability AN UNREADY AND CORRUPT MINISTRY OF DEFENSE AND MINISTRY OF INTERIOR |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788300303321 |
Cordesman Anthony H.
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Center for Strategic and International Studies, , 2015 | ||
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Afghanistan at transition : lessons of the longest war / / Anthony H. Cordesman with Aaron Lin |
Autore | Cordesman Anthony H. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Center for Strategic and International Studies, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 pages) |
Disciplina | 958.1047 |
Collana | CSIS Reports. |
Soggetto topico | Afghan War, 2001-2021 - Peace |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Afghanistan At Transition ; Table of Contents; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; I. THE STRATEGIC VACUUM IN AFGHANISTAN, CENTRAL AND SOUTH ASIA; US STRATEGY WRITES OFF AFGHANISTAN PAKISTAN, AND THE REGION; A QDR That Largely Wrote Off the Region; President Obama's Statement on Afghanistan on May 27, 2014; President Obama's New Strategy Speech at West Point; NO CLEARER LEAD FROM NATO; A CIVIL FAILURE BY USAID, THE UN AND OTHER DONORS; No Real Future Aid Plans or Afghan Deliverables on Reform; The London Conference in December 2014; The Death of the Tokyo Conference Deliverables; President Ghani on Reform
II. UNCERTAIN PRIORITIES FOR US STRATEGYUS "STRATEGIC TRIAGE" IS CRITICAL; THE ISSUE IS NOT RESOURCES, BUT STRATEGIC PRIORITY; THE COST-BENEFITS OF UPPING THE ANTE; III. THE "THREAT" FROM AFGHAN POLITICS, LEADERSHIP, GOVERNANCE, AND PROSPECTS FOR STABILITY; THE SHELL OF DEMOCRACY: THE REALITY OF THE PRESIDENCY, POWER BROKERS, PARALLEL DONOR COUNTRY GOVERNANCE; The Reality of National Versus Local Governance; Parallel Governance by ISAF Regional Commands and National Air Donors; The US Role in Weak and Failed Afghan Governance; A DIVIDED, POOR, AND STRUGGLING NATION FAILED AND CORRUPT 2014 ELECTIONS THAT DID MORE TO DIVIDE THAN UNITEAN AWKWARD AND UNCERTAIN COMPROMISE; A Deeply Uncertain Compromise at the Top; Limited Progress in Signing a Bilateral Security Agreement; UNCERTAIN AFGHAN LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE: TWO YEARS TOO LATE?; THE HERITAGE OF FAILED GOVERNANCE AND CORRUPTION; Corruption and Incompetence; Keeping Corruption in Perspective; THE BUDGET CRISIS IN REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES; The Failure to Win US and Other Outside Domestic Political Support; The Combined Threat from Host Country Politics, Governance, and Budgeting IV. THE ANSF AND THE THREAT FROM AN INTENSIFYING CONFLICTThe President's "Sell by Date": Slashing Advisors and Support Regardless of Conditions in Afghanistan; The Impact of a Late and Erratic Effort to Create Effective Afghan Forces; The US as a Self-Inflicted Threat; A Brief and Largely Ineffective US Surge; Host Country "Threat"; Rushing Force Development beyond Afghan and ISAF Capacity; The Uncertain Threat; The Uncertain Integrity of ISAF and Department of Defense Reporting on the Growing Security Challenges at the Time of Transition The Warnings in UN and SIGAR Casualty Data and Other ReportingThe Final UN Report on Casualties through the End of 2014 Calls ISAF and Department of Defense Reporting into Even More Serious Question; Estimating the Growth of Taliban and Other Insurgent Influence and Control; Mixed Data on Popular Support for the ANSF; V. PROBLEMS IN DEVELOPING AN EFFECTIVE ANSF; THE QUESTION OF SIZE AND COST; UNCERTAIN PROGRESS IN THE ANSF; Grossly Over-classifying Data on Afghan Combat and Police Forces for Political Ends; Issuing Meaningless Metrics on ANSF Capability AN UNREADY AND CORRUPT MINISTRY OF DEFENSE AND MINISTRY OF INTERIOR |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814007403321 |
Cordesman Anthony H.
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Center for Strategic and International Studies, , 2015 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The changing military balance in the Koreas and Northeast Asia / / authors, Anthony H. Cordesman, Aaron Lin, with Scott Modell, Michael Peacock, and Steven Colley |
Autore | Cordesman Anthony H. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (575 p.) |
Disciplina | 355.03305 |
Collana | A report of the CSIS Burke Chair in Strategy |
Soggetto topico |
Military policy
National security Balance of power |
ISBN | 1-4422-4111-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
The Changing Military Balance In The Koreas And Northeast Asia ; Table of Contents ; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ; SECURITY STRATEGIES ; The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) ; The Republic of Korea (ROK) ; The United States and Japan ; China ; THE ECONOMIC BALANCE ; THE MILITARY SPENDING AND ARMS IMPORT BALANCE
THE MODERNIZATION BALANCE The Focus of DPRK Modernization ; The Focus of ROK Modernization ; The Focus of US Modernization ; The Focus of Chinese Modernization ; I. KOREA AND NORTHEAST ASIA: HISTORY AND SECURITY STRATEGIES ; DPRK ; US Official Assessments A Militarized and Impoverished Nation DPRK Statements on Military Policy ; The Impact of Kim Jong-un ; Kim Jong-un, China, and Other States ; DPRK Views of the US, Japan, and South Korea ; ROK ; The ROK, China, and Russia ; The ROK and Japan ; The ROK and the US The ROK and the DPRK Park Geun-hye and ROK Policy towards the DPRK ; Looking Toward the Future ; US ; The Koreas and the Rebalance of US Interests in Asia ; The Military Aspects of US Rebalancing ; Shaping an Integrated Response ; Focusing on the Koreas An Uncertain Degree of Strategic Patience The Chinese Perspective on US Strategy ; CHINA ; Chinese Policies and White Papers ; Emerging Priorities in Chinese Strategy ; Chinese Efforts at "Denuclearization" ; JAPAN ; Korea and Japanese Defense Policy ; Japan and the DPRK Japan, China, and the ROK |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797553603321 |
Cordesman Anthony H.
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Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The changing military balance in the Koreas and Northeast Asia / / authors, Anthony H. Cordesman, Aaron Lin, with Scott Modell, Michael Peacock, and Steven Colley |
Autore | Cordesman Anthony H. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (575 p.) |
Disciplina | 355.03305 |
Collana | A report of the CSIS Burke Chair in Strategy |
Soggetto topico |
Military policy
National security Balance of power |
ISBN | 1-4422-4111-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
The Changing Military Balance In The Koreas And Northeast Asia ; Table of Contents ; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ; SECURITY STRATEGIES ; The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) ; The Republic of Korea (ROK) ; The United States and Japan ; China ; THE ECONOMIC BALANCE ; THE MILITARY SPENDING AND ARMS IMPORT BALANCE
THE MODERNIZATION BALANCE The Focus of DPRK Modernization ; The Focus of ROK Modernization ; The Focus of US Modernization ; The Focus of Chinese Modernization ; I. KOREA AND NORTHEAST ASIA: HISTORY AND SECURITY STRATEGIES ; DPRK ; US Official Assessments A Militarized and Impoverished Nation DPRK Statements on Military Policy ; The Impact of Kim Jong-un ; Kim Jong-un, China, and Other States ; DPRK Views of the US, Japan, and South Korea ; ROK ; The ROK, China, and Russia ; The ROK and Japan ; The ROK and the US The ROK and the DPRK Park Geun-hye and ROK Policy towards the DPRK ; Looking Toward the Future ; US ; The Koreas and the Rebalance of US Interests in Asia ; The Military Aspects of US Rebalancing ; Shaping an Integrated Response ; Focusing on the Koreas An Uncertain Degree of Strategic Patience The Chinese Perspective on US Strategy ; CHINA ; Chinese Policies and White Papers ; Emerging Priorities in Chinese Strategy ; Chinese Efforts at "Denuclearization" ; JAPAN ; Korea and Japanese Defense Policy ; Japan and the DPRK Japan, China, and the ROK |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814793303321 |
Cordesman Anthony H.
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Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield | ||
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The Iranian sea-air-missile threat to Gulf shipping / / Anthony H. Cordesman, with Aaron Lin |
Autore | Cordesman Anthony H. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Md. : , : Center for Strategic & International Studies : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (145 pages) : color illustrations, maps, charts, graphs |
Disciplina | 359 |
Soggetto topico |
Air power - Iran
Asymmetric warfare - Iran Ballistic missiles - Iran Sea-power - Iran |
ISBN | 1-4422-4077-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The role of energy exports in determining the importance of the Iranian threat -- The strengths and weaknesses of Iran's naval forces -- The Iranian air force : a weak and aging force -- Linkages to Iran's ballistic missile and nuclear programs -- Focusing on the broader threat from asymmetric forces -- "Closing the Gulf" : Iran's real world military options for asymmetric warfare -- US and Arab Gulf options for competing with Iran's asymmetric forces -- The wild cards shaping the Iranian maritime threat. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788004303321 |
Cordesman Anthony H.
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Lanham, Md. : , : Center for Strategic & International Studies : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Iranian sea-air-missile threat to Gulf shipping / / Anthony H. Cordesman, with Aaron Lin |
Autore | Cordesman Anthony H. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Md. : , : Center for Strategic & International Studies : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (145 pages) : color illustrations, maps, charts, graphs |
Disciplina | 359 |
Soggetto topico |
Air power - Iran
Asymmetric warfare - Iran Ballistic missiles - Iran Sea-power - Iran |
ISBN | 1-4422-4077-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The role of energy exports in determining the importance of the Iranian threat -- The strengths and weaknesses of Iran's naval forces -- The Iranian air force : a weak and aging force -- Linkages to Iran's ballistic missile and nuclear programs -- Focusing on the broader threat from asymmetric forces -- "Closing the Gulf" : Iran's real world military options for asymmetric warfare -- US and Arab Gulf options for competing with Iran's asymmetric forces -- The wild cards shaping the Iranian maritime threat. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828988303321 |
Cordesman Anthony H.
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Lanham, Md. : , : Center for Strategic & International Studies : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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