Human interaction and negotiation are relatively simple actions to describe, but consist of complex components. Throughout history, people have negotiated over human and civil rights, personal freedom, land, salaries, and other resources and commodities. Sometimes there is mutual understanding and an agreement is made quickly, but more often there are a series of interactions that require sacrifices and concessions in order to come up with a solution. In this paper I will discuss a situation...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Samuelian,Edward Jr K, AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COLL MAXWELL AFB AL MAXWELL AFB,...
Despite law enforcements best efforts, terrorist groups are expanding at alarming rates. One of the easiest ways to prevent terrorist attacks is to prevent individuals from joining terrorist organizations. Counter-terrorism programs that effectively reduce membership, reduce association and increase desistance to terror groups will undoubtedly reduce terror incidents. This research identifies risk factors that greatly influence an individuals decision to join a terrorist group; policy makers...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Dooley,Daniel A, Naval Postgraduate School Monterey United States, counterterrorism,...
In 2015 Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James directed that members of the Air Force be trained in cross-cultural negotiation skills before deploying. The next step is identifying who needs to receive this training, when the training should be accomplished, and how the course should be delivered. The purpose of this paper is to determine how best to answer these important questions. Using an evaluative framework, this paper carefully examined the best way to determine what ranks and jobs...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Karl,Erin M, AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE, AIR UNIVERSITY MAXWELL AFB United States,...
The Human Terrain System (HTS) is a U.S. Army program that recruits, trains, and deploys mixed military and civilian Human Terrain Teams (HTTs), which embed with military units in Iraq and Afghanistan. These teams conduct social science research about the local population to provide situational awareness to the military and enable culturally astute decision-making, enhance operational effectiveness, and preserve and share socio-cultural institutional knowledge.
Topics: DTIC Archive, McFate,Montgomery, Naval War College Newport United States, military personnel,...
The Army increasingly recognizes the importance of the social systems in the conduct of operations abroad. However, the current standard Army frameworks and practices make no attempt to understand the social power dimensions of the human domain. This report provides an annotated bibliography of a subset of sources identified in the process of reviewing literature for the Vulnerability Assessment Software Toolkit (VAST) project. This literature review identifies articles written by current or...
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Building Partner Capacity (BPC) is a key mission for special operations forces (SOF), yet there is alack of consensus on which variables most significantly impact BPC success.This thesis uses quantitative and qualitative methods to explore the effects of cultural, economic, andsupport conditions on the outcome of BPC programs. It first constructs and analyzes a quantitative modelthat uses several preexisting conflict datasets. It then provides a qualitative case study, the DhofarRebellion...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Hoover,Zachary T, Naval Postgraduate School Monterey United States, culture (social...
Immigration has social, political, economic, and security significance in Sri Lanka. Immigrants bring economic potential to the countries receiving them but also pose many security threats that may include criminal, terrorist, and extremist activities, as well as ethnic tensions and sectarian violence. This study identifies some of the potential threats posed by immigration, both legal and illegal, and examines the underdeveloped framework of Sri Lankan immigration law. A comparative analysis...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Sayakkarage,Subath S, Naval Postgraduate School Monterey United States, Sri Lanka,...
During the past two field seasons, July 1988 and 1999, we have conducted research about the field practices of scientists and engineers at Haughton Crater on Devon Island in the Canadian Arctic, with the objective of determining how people will live and work on Mars. This broad investigation of field life and work practice, part of the Haughton-Mars Project lead by Pascal Lee, spans social and cognitive anthropology, psychology, and computer science. Our approach involves systematic observation...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), MARS (PLANET), HUMAN BEHAVIOR, ETHNIC FACTORS, WORKLOADS...
The knowledge used today is contained in an untold number of technical and managerial handbooks. This knowledge is derived from the known strengths and weaknesses experienced during the execution of programs and projects that are being used today. The purpose is to stir up thought, not on specific experiences, but on implementation of lessons learned from these experiences.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), CULTURE (SOCIAL SCIENCES), HANDBOOKS, MANAGEMENT METHODS,...
Since the 1980s, the political culture concept experienced important theoretical advances that stressed durable patterns of behavior over time. Since these theories can be applied to conflict settings and unstable states, the potential value of culture within risk analysis has emerged. Risk analysis has tended to treat political culture more as an afterthought, but the integration of several theoretical contributions allows it to be considered a starting point. Examining the contemporary cases...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Fox,M J, M.J. Fox Quantico United States, Africa, Libya, Tunisia, Somalia, terrorism,...
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Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), GEOLOGY, IMAGERY, LANDSAT 1, MAPPING, NEW YORK,...
NASA Langley Research Center and Christopher Newport University (CNU) provide, free to the public, distance learning programs that focus on math, science, and/or technology over a spectrum of education levels from K-adult. The effort started in 1997, and we currently have a suite of five distance-learning programs. We have around 450,000 registered educators and 12.5 million registered students in 60 countries. Partners and affiliates include the American Institute of Aeronautics and...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), EDUCATION, NASA PROGRAMS, TECHNOLOGIES, INFORMATION SYSTEMS,...
Many members of the United States government seem to misunderstand one of the most important concepts of social competition and politicsthe interpretation of ideology. This qualitative study provides an explanation of how ideologies go to war armed with unique profiles for social movements. In a connected world, which includes prisons and other grievance breeding grounds, the spectrum of strategic to grassroots ideological warfare will never go away. Knowing how to fight influentially in the...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Bowns,Gabriel R, Naval Postgraduate School Monterey United States, culture (social...
The recent increase in American oil supply due to innovative extraction techniques will not reduce American international security commitments. Those oil-related commitments will remain regardless of Americas import status because oil is fundamental to the American-led international order. The international order depends on institutions that rely on security and economic regimes to maintain stability, confidence and certainty. These concepts translate into economic transparency and trade. The...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Belle,Matthew M, Air University Maxwell Air Force Base United States, international...
This research identifies and characterizes a U.S.-centric counter nuclear smuggling network in Europe, and recommends ways to improve its cooperation and effectiveness. The purpose is to provide USSOCOM, NSHQ, and the larger counter proliferation (CP) community with an understanding of how the current network functions, its strengths and weaknesses, and how it can be improved. The research starts by examining prominent theories of international relations to understand cooperation within the...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Estrada,Ricardo, Naval Postgraduate School Monterey United States, international...
Within the US there is deep dissatisfaction with the outcome of the last 15 years of war. Policy makers, and leaders at all levels see an establishment that never lost a battle, but never won the peace. Technology and tactics were used as a substitute for knowledge about the object of war people. The backdrop for these conflicts was a world that had changed. Globalization has transformed the world into a multipolar, transregional, and globalized mix of state and non-state actors using advanced...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Crum,Kaveri T, AIR UNIVERSITY,SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES MAXWELL AIR...
The present curriculum covers successful strategies and best practices for building and sustaining foreign organizations. In particular, the curriculum addresses intercultural dynamics and strategies that work in collectivist cultures where U.S. military advisors and other senior U.S. government leaders are likely to be assigned. Based on the review of literature and interviews with subject matter experts, a strengths-based method of inquiry is employed as a centerpiece of the curriculum. This...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Key-Roberts,Melinda, ARMY RESEARCH INST FOR THE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES FORT...
Informed by an empirical analytical framework based on Clausewitzs theory of war, this study investigates al-Qaedas strategy to highlight potentially targetable vulnerabilities along the critical links of ends, ways and means. The thesis depicts the points of vulnerability with the greatest potential to sever the critical nodes between al-Qaedas ideology, actions, messages, and audience. The examination begins with a brief survey of theory, applied methodology, and key definitions. This is...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Bockstette,Carsten, Air University School of Advanced Air and Space Studies Maxwell...
This monograph is a case analysis of the current US Army leadership doctrine for building and maintaining trust, using the 442nd Regimental Combat Team as the means of evaluation. The 442nd Regimental Combat Team was a segregated organization comprised of Japanese-Americans from Hawaii and internment camps across the mid-west during World War II. The 442nd Regimental Combat Team provides a unique opportunity to explore trust-building measures in a situation where the United States, as a whole,...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Morinaga, Shigenobu T, ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLLEGE FORT LEAVENWORTH KS...
What are the impacts of airstrikes on civilian sentiment and political violence? With increased air campaigns and technology proliferation in the Middle East and Africa, there exists a significant gap exploring airstrike associations within irregular warfare. In response, this thesis uses new geospatial measurements to map civilian sentiment in Yemen. Then, spatiotemporal windows are utilized to assess associations between airstrikes, sentiments, and political violence. The findings imply that...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Capra,James L, Naval Postgraduate School Monterey United States, unconventional...
The ROK-U.S. alliance is facing a new security circumstance due to the rise of China and the deepening nuclear ambition of the DPRK, along with U.S. military spending reduction by the sequestration. The research question of this thesis is this: How has U.S. military spending affected the cohesion of the ROK-U.S. alliance since 1953? No studies have researched the cohesion of the ROK-U.S. alliance through robust empirical analysis. To answer this question empirically, this thesis examines three...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Kim,Dongwoo, Naval Postgraduate School Monterey United States, SOUTH KOREA,...
In the 1990s Russia embraced liberal democratic principles, collaborated internationally, and granted its citizens unprecedented freedoms. More recently, the Russian government has engaged in provocative military actions in rejection of Western ideals while simultaneously reversing its transparency, repressing its people, controlling the media, acting aggressively toward former Soviet states, and seeking to usurp world order while propagating its own nefarious narrative. The Russian government...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Olsa,Aaron C, NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV NORFOLK VA NORFOLK United States, russia,...
Studies on the future of warfare tend to focus on technology and place but largely overlook the actors. Warfare in 2050 will be predominantly urban, utilizing robotics and other advanced technologies, but at the core will remain an inherently human and political struggle. Military services will not fight armed conflicts alone in 2050, but will require joint, interagency, international, and multinational collaboration for success. Despite the appeal of advanced technology, the U.S. Army could...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Wood,Colin D, ERDC-CERL Champaign United States, army personnel, international...
Security professionals and academics generally agree that many of the challenges faced in Iraq and Afghanistan after 2001 were the result of a failure by national policy and strategic decision-makers to understand the political, cultural, physical, social and other human aspects of the operational environments. The human aspects of conflict stand in contrast to the traditional physical aspects of war and pose unique and complex challenges for the US national security community and military...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Williams,Sean C, US Army School for Advanced Military Studies Fort Leavenworth United...
Much has been written about Chinese enterprise in sub-Saharan Africa, most bad and some good, which is mainly due to the profit-driven approach, where aid distribution is tied to trade, directly or indirectly. The United States relationship to the region is fundamentally different, following a Western model of conditional aid attached to structural and social reform. The U.S. trade relationships with sub-Saharan Africa are separate from its aid levers, representing only 1% of total foreign...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Furman,James Jr H, Naval Postgraduate School Monterey United States, INTERNATIONAL...
This report provides a qualitative analysis of 380 articles to identify indicators of family readiness in the contemporary research evidence related to military families (2007-2017). We identify 16 indicators of family readiness related to the health and well-being of Service members, spouses, and children. Later, we present a portrait of military family readiness by reviewing the literature from the last 10 years related to each indicator.
Topics: DTIC Archive, Hawkins,Stacy A, OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY OF THE ARMY MONTEREY CA...
This thesis focuses on examining the enemy during the 20132014 Ukraine Crisis and providing context to the headlines regarding the politics of the conflict. It examines both the external enemy and the internal enemy, as characterized by the Russian press. The external enemy chapter focuses on NATO and five key propagandized myths that were popularized around the time of the Ukraine Crisis. The internal enemy chapter focuses on gender, examining the roles masculinity, femininity, and sexual...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Hough,James T, NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA MONTEREY United States, Russia,...
A strong economy is the pillar of an effective national security strategy and an instrument of national power. Mongolia's geographic position between two political and economic powers (China and Russia) provides both opportunities and disadvantages for Mongolia's economy. Mongolia's economy is currently sustained through exports of raw minerals to its neighboring countries, which means Mongolia is vulnerable to the mineral market values of those countries. Moreover, highly ambitious natural...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Munkh-Orgil, Tuvdendarjaa, US Army Command and General Staff College Fort Leavenworth...
Think tanks have proliferated in number in the United States in the last century, and with that growth has come an increase in the potential influence that they have on foreign policy and national security strategy. The modern era of think tanks, encapsulating their evolution in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, has witnessed a community of non-partisan and non-profit public policy research organizations, become a source of increasing influence, often of a partisan nature. This study...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Little,Peter M, US Army School for Advanced Military Studies Fort Leavenworth United...
To address unwanted gender-related issues in the military, each of the Services and DoD has implemented and expanded sexual assault and sexual harassment programs to spearhead prevention efforts and to provide reporting options and survivor care procedures. Continuing evaluation of these programs through cross-component surveys is important for reducing instances of sexual assault and sexual harassment of military members. This report presents findings from the 2017 Workplace and Gender...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Grifka,Amanda, Office of People Analytics Alexandria United States, sexual assault,...
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Rainfall production is the fundamental variable within the Earth's hydrological cycle because it is both the principal forcing term in surface water budgets and its energetics corollary, latent heating, is the principal source of atmospheric diabatic heating. Latent heat release itself is a consequence of phase changes between the vapor, liquid, and frozen states of water. The properties of the vertical distribution of latent heat release modulate large-scale meridional and zonal circulations...
Topics: AIRCRAFT NOISE, AIR TRAFFIC, NOISE POLLUTION, SOCIAL FACTORS, CIVIL AVIATION, AIRPORTS, BRAZIL,...
Aircraft noise perception is related to several variables that are tangible and objective, such as the number of operations, flight schedules. Other variables, instead, are more subjective, such as preferences. However, although their elusiveness, they contribute to determine the individuals' perception of this type of externality. Despite the fact that the complaints related to aeronautical noise have been registered since the decade of 50, it has been observed that the perception of noise...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), AIRCRAFT NOISE, AIR TRAFFIC, NOISE POLLUTION, SOCIAL FACTORS,...
The lessons learned from the space program in showing how fragile the environment is on earth are discussed. Examples are cited of the reactions of the astronauts to the unique features of earth. The reactions of the populace in seeking better living conditions and their concern with improving the environment are given as two outgrowths of the program.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), MANNED SPACE FLIGHT, NASA PROGRAMS, SPACE PROGRAMS,...
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Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), APOLLO 13 FLIGHT, CHALLENGER (ORBITER), COLUMBIA (ORBITER),...
The purpose of this paper is to describe the approach and lessons learned by the Office of Space Flight (OSF), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), in its introduction of quality. In particular, the experience of OSF Headquarters is discussed as an example of an organization within NASA that is considering both the business and human elements of the change and the opportunities the quality focus presents to improve continuously. It is hoped that the insights shared will be of...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), CULTURE (SOCIAL SCIENCES), MANAGEMENT PLANNING, NASA...
Karl Mannheim's definition of social generations is used to analyze the current Peoples Liberation Army Navy's (PLAN) Officer Corps. Using a combination of existing quantitative and qualitative information, three social generations are distinguished based on the officer's approximate date of entry into the PLAN. Although this thesis is rooted in social science, several chapters are necessarily a selective historical survey of the PLAN focused upon those events that are expected to be impactful...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Juskiewicz, Brian C, US Army Command and General Staff College Fort Leavenworth...
This thesis examines the establishment of plurinationalism in Bolivia and its relationship with a rentier economy based in extractive energy resources. In the early 2000s, Bolivia became part of a Leftist shift in governments across South America. With the election of Bolivias first indigenous president, Evo Morales, Bolivia cast aside neo-liberal economic policies and nationalized many of its industries, the largest being the hydrocarbon and oil industry. Utilizing strong cultural and...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Euans,Christopher W, NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA MONTEREY United States,...
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This research merges complex issues and concepts and offers several recommendations for integrating U.S. military into solutions to the challenges to national security posed by illegal immigration. The broad overview of global migration was covered as background to develop the idea that migration through Central America is a leading U.S. national security issue. As a national security issue, there is a military component naturally associated with immigration. The U.S. military alone is not the...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Baker,Brett T, National Defense University Norfolk United States, culture (social...
The post Desert Storm conflicts have shown the enemy has adapted the means of engaging the United States in conflict. These conflicts have not centered on engaging and destroying a military force but rather securing political victories. United States Special Forces will continue to conduct their unique primary missions and collateral activities within this environment and the training of the Special Forces officer should best equip him to operate accordingly. Special Forces officer education...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Harrower,Heath, Air Command and Staff College Maxwell Air Force Base United States,...
The 2008 Economist article titled Small Country, Big Ideas accurately stated that ...the emirate [of Qatar] has assiduously wooed the United States, inviting its Central Command to set up its forward headquarters at al-Udeid, an airbase near Doha, in time for the invasion of Iraq in 2003. [Today], the base has one of the biggest stocks of American military supplies anywhere in the world.1 In June of 2010, I will deploy for one year to al-Udeid Air Base (AUAB) in Qatar as the 379th Composite...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Chine,, AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE, AIR UNIVERSITY MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE United...
This study examines the role of sociological intelligence in strategy development. It proposes a methodological approach to examining the socio-cultural dynamics at work within an adversary society and makes recommendations to improve sociological intelligence collecting to enhance United States strategy. Strategy in ancient Rome and U.S. policy in Iraq are used as case studies to illustrate successful and unsuccessful techniques. By providing a scholarly and analytical framework for...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Sgarlata,Jeffrey R, Air University School of Advanced Air and Space Studies Maxwell...
Human Trafficking (HT) is the modern day form of slavery. In 2000, the United States joined the worldwide efforts and made the commitment to combat HT with passing of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA). In 2003, they adopted the world approach to combating HT through the 3P paradigm of prevention, protection, and prosecution. Since being established, the TVPA has undergone revisions to expand the authority, punishments, and scope for law enforcement to enforce the laws of the TVPA....
Topics: DTIC Archive, Vargas,Michael, US Army Command and General Staff College Fort Leavenworth United...
Despite four decades of astonishing economic growth, Chinas authoritarian government remains firmly entrenched in power. This fact challenges modernization theory, which anticipates that as countries become wealthier they will also become more democratic. This thesis proposes that middle-class consumption is a missing variable in the causal chain for democratization in Northeast Asian countries under authoritarian control. The study examines the effects of consumption in a cross-country...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Marmino,Marc E, Naval Postgraduate School Monterey United States, international...
The concept of soft power came to prominence in Chinese political and academic discourse in the mid-2000s, and is now arguably a deliberate and integral part of Chinese foreign policy, facilitating China's rise by shaping the external environment. Examples of Chinese soft power include economic diplomacy with the global South, the Beijing Consensus, public diplomacy initiatives like Confucius Institutes, and even tourism. This study expands on the existing body of scholarly literature on...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Kalimuddin, Mikail, US Army Command and General Staff College Fort Leavenworth United...
Culture is defined as a social domain that emphasizes the practices, discourses, and material expressions, which, over time, express the continuities and discontinuities of social meaning of a life held in common (James, 2014, p. 53).Groups define themselves in part through shared culture and understand others through perceived similarities and differences. Culture is a pervasive part of our everyday lives, and yet its influence often goes without notice. This oversight is also true for the...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Meyer,Eric II G, UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIV OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES BETHESDA MD BETHESDA,...
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Space industrialization is confronting space law with problems that are changing old and shaping new legal principles. The return to the Moon, the next logical step beyond the space station, will establish a permanent human presence there. Science and engineering, manufacturing and mining will involve the astronauts in the settlement of the solar system. These pioneers, from many nations, will need a legal, political, and social framework to structure their lives and interactions. International...
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