Author: Melissa G. DaltonPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Shifting the Burden Responsibly: Oversight and Accountability in U.S. Security Sector Assistance
Author: Melissa G. DaltonShifting the Burden Responsibly
Author: Melissa G. DaltonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military assistance, American
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Since the enactment of the FY 2017 NDAA reforms to the SSA enterprise, DoD, and DoS have taken significant strides to improve planning and to establish structures and processes for better prioritization, alignment, management, and workforce development. The next phase of reforms must focus on the integration of oversight and accountability measures across planning, operations, training, and policy and doctrine functions. The scope of this study focused on the execution of SSA via DoD, with fewer ndings and recommendations for DoS. Future study should include a deeper examination of the reforms and integration necessary at DoS and in the broader SSA enterprise, including justice and law enforcement agencies, as well as how U.S. partners incorporate and design their own oversight and accountability for SSA.
Oversight and Accountability in U.S. Security Sector Assistance
Author: Melissa G. DaltonPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1442280581
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
With the range of security challenges confronting the United States in the 21st century, characterized by competition by both state and nonstate actors, the importance of working with allies and partners to address common challenges is paramount. Deeper examination of the relative effectiveness of U.S. security sector assistance and how it must nest in a broader foreign policy strategy, including good governance, human rights, and rule of law principles, is required. Improving oversight and accountability in U.S. security sector assistance with partners are at the core of ongoing security assistance reform efforts to ensure that U.S. foreign policy objectives are met and in accordance with U.S. interests and values. This report examines key areas in security sector programming and oversight where the U.S. Departments of Defense and State employ accountability mechanisms, with the goal of identifying ways to sharpen and knit together mechanisms for improving accountability and professionalism into a coherent approach for partner countries.
Oversight and Accountability in U.S. Security Sector Assistance: Seeking Return on Investment
Author: Melissa G. DaltonSecurity Assistance
Author: United States. Government Accountability OfficePublisher:
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Category : Human rights
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
The U.S. government seeks to advance human rights when it provides security assistance to foreign countries. Such assistance includes DOD– and State–supported human rights and international humanitarian law training for foreign security forces. The NDAA for Fiscal Year 2017 consolidated multiple capacity building authorities, now codified at 10 U.S.C. § 333. DOD implements most U.S. human rights training for foreign security forces. This report, among other objectives, (1) describes the entities through which DOD and State provide such training, (2) assesses the extent to which DOD and State track the provision of and funding for such training, and (3) examines the extent to which DOD and State have evaluated the effectiveness of the training. GAO is making three recommendations, including that the Secretary of Defense establish a process to systematically track mandated human rights training and develop a timeline for implementing monitoring and evaluation. GAO also recommends that the Secretary of State develop a plan with a timeline to monitor and evaluate such training.
Out of Sight
Author: Jacob D. KurtzerPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538140187
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Nigeria represents one of the United States’ most important relationships in Africa. Despite U.S. security sector and humanitarian assistance programs, ten years of violent insurgency in northeast Nigeria have led to massive humanitarian needs for more than seven million people, and the crisis shows no signs of abating. Ongoing restrictions by the government of Nigeria on humanitarian action threaten U.S. policy goals of improved humanitarian outcomes and a reduction in the presence of violent terrorist organizations. This report unpacks the challenges for humanitarian actors, the role of the United States and other donor institutions in meeting humanitarian needs, and the effectiveness of the Nigerian government’s response. Jacob D. Kurtzer provides concrete recommendations for mitigating the civilian impact of the conflict in northeast Nigeria.
Securing Development
Author: Bernard HarbornePublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 1464807671
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Securing Development: Public Finance and the Security Sector highlights the role of public finance in the delivery of security and criminal justice services. This book offers a framework for analyzing public financial management, financial transparency, and oversight, as well as expenditure policy issues that determine how to most appropriately manage security and justice services. The interplay among security, justice, and public finance is still a relatively unexplored area of development. Such a perspective can help security actors provide more professional, effective, and efficient security and justice services for citizens, while also strengthening systems for accountability. The book is the result of a project undertaken jointly by staff from the World Bank and the United Nations, integrating the disciplines where each institution holds a comparative advantage and a core mandate. The primary audience includes government officials bearing both security and financial responsibilities, staff of international organizations working on public expenditure management and security sector issues, academics, and development practitioners working in an advisory capacity.
Reconstructing the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces: Lessons from the U.S. Experience in Afghanistan
Author: Special Inspector for Afghanistan Reconstruction (U.S.)Publisher: U.S. Independent Agencies and Commissions
ISBN: 9780160948312
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
This publication is the second in a series of lessons learned reports which examine how the U.S. government and Departments of Defense, State, and Justice carried out reconstruction programs in Afghanistan. In particular, the report analyzes security sector assistance (SSA) programs to create, train and advise the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) between 2002 and 2016. This publication concludes that the effort to train the ANDSF needs to continue, and provides recommendations for the SSA programs to be improved, based on lessons learned from careful analysis of real reconstruction situations in Afghanistan. The publication states that the United States was never prepared to help create Afghan police and military forces capable of protecting that country from internal and external threats. It is the hope of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), John F. Sopko, that this publication, and other SIGAR reports will create a body of work that can help provide reasonable solutions to help United States agencies and military forces improve reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan. Related items: Counterterrorism publications can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/counterterrorism Counterinsurgency publications can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/counterinsurgency Warfare & Military Strategy publications can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/warfare-military-strategy Afghanistan War publications can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/afghanistan-war
Identifying and Mitigating Risks in Security Sector Assistance for Africa's Fragile States
Author: Stephen Baldwin WattsPublisher: Rand Corporation
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Often those countries most in need of security sector assistance are least able to make good use of it. The author explores the risks of assistance to the fragile states of Africa and how the United States might better anticipate and mitigate them.
Economic Security: Neglected Dimension of National Security ?
Author: National Defense University (U S )Publisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
On August 24-25, 2010, the National Defense University held a conference titled “Economic Security: Neglected Dimension of National Security?” to explore the economic element of national power. This special collection of selected papers from the conference represents the view of several keynote speakers and participants in six panel discussions. It explores the complexity surrounding this subject and examines the major elements that, interacting as a system, define the economic component of national security.