August 05, 2015
Security Cooperation and Assistance: Rethinking the Return on Investment
Dr. Dafna H. Rand and Dr. Stephen Tankel argue that despite the growth of new programs and authorities to build partnership capacity in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and many other countries facing similar threats, the success of these efforts is often limited by structural and strategic deficiencies. The report makes 10 recommendations for how the United States can better realize its national security interests, including consolidating the many new security assistance authorities and focusing on the specific objectives of a particular program in order to synthesize military and non-military goals.
Authors
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Dafna Rand
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Stephen Tankel
Adjunct Senior Fellow, Asia-Pacific Security Program
Stephen Tankel is an Adjunct Senior Fellow in the Asia-Pacific Security Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). He is also an Associate Professor at American...
