Break point? Iraq and America's military forces

Article Abstract:

The United States military has undergone transformation as a result of war in Iraq, with the army, which is carrying the principal load among the military services, having adopted counter insurgency as one of its primary missions. The new emphasis on counter-insurgency is however largely disconnected from the Defense Department's previously established spending priorities and personnel policy as there is lack of enough forces to effectively carry out counter-insurgency operations in Iraq and Afghanistan while maintaining a strategic reserve for other threats.

Armed Forces, Iraqi foreign relations, Iraq War, 2003-

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The problem of uncertainty in strategic planning

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Uncertainty in strategic planning has assumed significance since the end of the Cold War, however recognition of uncertainty poses all dilemma for strategists. A balanced approach would address a wide range of potential threats and security challenges, but would also incorporate explicit, transparent, probabilistic reasoning into planning processes, the main benefit of which, would be the application of greater clarity and discipline to the difficult judgments about the future upon which strategy depends.

Military planning

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Preparing for nation-building

Article Abstract:

The inadequacy of America's Department of Defense to manage the rebuilding effort in Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein indicates a lack of coordination among the political leaders responsible for the military intervention, regional experts and experienced nation-builders. Nation-building goals must be implemented in terms of the available military manpower and the likely economic assistance, since a mismatch between objectives and commitments leads to the failure of the nation-building exercise.

Postwar reconstruction

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