This issue will focus on articles generated from PKSOI’s annual Peace & Stability Training and Education Workshop or PSOTEW. The PKSOI Director COL Greg Dewitt will also brief you on PKSOI’s activities over the past three months as well as the upcoming major events and activities.
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This edition covers the following Stabilization and Transition topics: Governance, Security, Economic Stabilization, Infrastructure, Rule of Law, FHA / HADR, and Interagency. In this issue, our PKSOI Stability sector experts provide their analysis and thoughts on the submitted lessons. Contact info is provided to continue the dialogue.
This SOLLIMS Sampler spotlights the criticality of Investing in Training for, and during, Peace and Stability Operations. Along with a selection of thought-provoking lessons, this Sampler provides an extensive list of references/ documents/links (see pages 41-42) that can serve as a “toolkit” for trainers, planners, and practitioners.
PKSOI is honored to be designated as a NATO Partnership Training and Education Center in Brussels Belgium. On 5 April 2016 PKSOI was designated as a NATO PTEC. The new PKSOI Director will brief the past three months of PKSOI’s activities and events, the upcoming key events as well as introduce the articles in the journal.
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This publication presents a selection of lessons on “Building Stable Governance” – with examples from Afghanistan, Iraq, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, and other areas. Lessons discuss local understanding, local ownership, security, conflict resolution, decentralization, public servants, state-citizen relations, and ‘steady state’ sustainment. This compendium offers an extensive bibliography and several annexes on governance-related topics.
UN Peacekeeping has recently experienced a number of “firsts” – the return of Europe to peacekeeping in Africa after two decades, an increase in intelligence capabilities in PK missions, the utilization of UAVs, the deployment of a UN ‘offensive’ combat force, and the opening of UN bases to protect civilians. Missions have also suffered from sexual exploitation and benefited from all-female police units. This Sampler provides Lessons on these topics in light of the June 2015 HIPPO Report.
This issue of the Peace and Stability Journal features articles on the theme of “Enhancing Security Cooperation through Aligned Strategic Planning. In the Director’s Corner COL Dan Pinnell will recap PKSOI’s engagements over the past three months as well as inform you of upcoming events.
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This Sampler presents 10 lessons dealing with “concepts, principles and applications” of FHA. It offers a comprehensive list of references, handbooks, and websites that should benefit all practitioners – as well as 3 annexes with civil-military partnering lessons.
This issue of the Peace & Stability Journal features articles generated from the AUSA/PKSOI event, “The Future of Stability Operations”.
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This Sampler explores the complex issues involved in Foreign Humanitarian Assistance (FHA). It presents a lesson report containing ten lessons from recently conducted FHA operations.