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      Ground Combat

      Ben Connable

      A challenge to common assumptions about the future of land warfare

      Ground Combat reveals the gritty details of land warfare at the tactical level and challenges today's overly subjective and…

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      Ground Combat

      Ben Connable

      A challenge to common assumptions about the future of land warfare

      Ground Combat reveals the gritty details of land warfare at the tactical level and challenges today's overly subjective and…

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      Embracing the Fog of War: Assessment and Metrics in Counterinsurgency

      Ben Connable

      The unpredictable counterinsurgency environment challenges centralized, quantitative campaign assessment. In this book, an examination of the approach used through early 2011 reveals weaknesses and gaps and proposes an alternative, bottom-up…

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      From Negative to Positive Stability: How the Syrian Refugee Crisis Can Improve Jordan’s Outlook

      Ben Connable

      This report’s analytic forecasts should help the United States determine how to improve its support to Jordan as it faces the Syrian refugee crisis.

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      Iraqi Army Will to Fight: A Will-To-Fight Case Study with Lessons for Western Security Force Assistance

      Ben Connable

      This is a study of Iraqi Army will to fight. It applies the RAND military will-to-fight model and assessment tool to three cases and recommends changes to U.S. security force…

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      The Information Warfighter Exercise Wargame

      Christopher Paul, Jonathan Welch, Ben Connable, Nate Rosenblatt, Jim McNeive

      This document presents the updated, second edition ruleset for the Information Warfighter Exercise Wargame, which is used by the Marine Corps to provide training on information capabilities and activities.

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      How Insurgencies End

      Ben Connable,Martin C. Libicki

      Compares a quantitative and qualitative analysis of insurgency case studies with lessons from insurgency and counterinsurgency literature. While no two insurgencies are the same, the authors find that modern insurgencies…

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      The Future of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces

      Daniel Egel, Trevor Johnston, Ben Connable

      The Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) represent a threat to both Iraqi sovereignty and U.S. policy interests because several PMF militias retain ties to Iran and many PMF fighters remain…

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      Stretching and Exploiting Thresholds for High-Order War: How Russia, China, and Iran are Eroding American Influence Using Time-Tested Measures Short of War

      Ben Connable,Jason H. Campbell,Dan Madden

      Russia, China, and Iran use measures short of war to exploit and stretch U.S. thresholds for war to further their strategic ends. This report describes those measures, how nation-states use…

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      Comprehensive Deterrence Forum: Proceedings and Commissioned Papers

      On October 30, 2015, U.S. Army Special Operations Command facilitated a forum to explore the concept of comprehensive deterrence. Part I of this report delivers a summary of the forum…

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      Assessing Freedom of Movement for Counterinsurgency Campaigns

      Bryce Loidolt,Ben Connable,Gail Fisher,Jason J. Campbell

      Freedom of movement (FoM) is the actual or perceived degree to which individuals or groups can move from place to place within a given environment or into and out of…

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      The Information Warfighter Exercise Wargame: Rulebook

      Christopher Paul,Ben Connable,Jonathan Welch,Nate Rosenblatt,Jim McNeive

      This document presents the full ruleset for the Information Warfighter Exercise Wargame, which is used by the Marine Corps to provide training for aspects of operations in the information environment.

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      Modeling, Simulation, and Operations Analysis in Afghanistan and Iraq: Operational Vignettes, Lessons Learned, and a Survey of Selected Efforts

      Ben Connable,Walter L. Perry,Abby Doll,Natasha Lander,Dan Madden

      RAND conducted an examination of operations analysis, modeling, and simulation support to decisionmaking in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom to illustrate how these tools can support decisionmaking in…

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      Sectarianism in the Middle East: Implications for the United States

      Heather M Robinson,Ben Connable,David E Thaler,Ali G Scotten

      Many view unrest in the Middle East in the context of religious sectarianism, focusing on the Sunni-Shi'a split. The authors analyze sectarianism in the region and suggest a different interpretation…

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      Implications of the Security Cooperation Office Transition in Afghanistan for Special Operations Forces: An Abbreviated Report of the Study’s Primary Findings

      Jason H Campbell,Richard S Girven,Ben Connable,Jonah Blank,Raphael S Cohen

      Presents findings from six historical case studies in which the mission of special operations forces in each of the six countries transitioned over time to include some level of inclusion…

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      Russia’s Hostile Measures: Combating Russian Gray Zone Aggression Against NATO in the Contact, Blunt, and Surge Layers of Competition

      Ben Connable,Stephanie Young,Stephanie Pezard,Andrew Radin,Raphael S Cohen

      This research was conducted within RAND Arroyo Center’s Strategy, Doctrine, and Resources Program –Preface (page iii).

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      Russia’s Limit of Advance: Analysis of Russian Ground Force Deployment Capabilities and Limitations

      Ben Connable,Abby Doll,Alyssa Demus,Dara Massicot,Clint Reach

      Analysis of Russian military capabilities reveals stark limitations in Russia’s ability to safely and effectively deploy and sustain ground forces around the world.

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      Russia’s Limit of Advance: Scenarios

      Ben Connable,Abby Doll,Alyssa Demus,Dara Massicot,Clint Reach

      Russia’s ability to deploy military forces around the world is significantly depleted from the Soviet era. This report describes the strengths and weaknesses of Russia’s ground force deployment capacity.

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      Investing in the Fight: Assessing the Use of the Commander’s Emergency Response Program in Afghanistan

      Daniel Egel,Charles P. Ries,Ben Connable,Todd C. Helmus,Eric Robinson

      This report examines the use of the Commander’s Emergency Response Program (CERP) in Afghanistan. It explores the effectiveness of CERP in supporting tactical operations in Afghanistan during the counterinsurgency-focused 2010-2013…

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      Ending the U.S. War in Iraq: The Final Transition, Operational Maneuver, and Disestablishment of United States Forces-Iraq

      Richard R. Brennan,Charles P. Ries,Larry Hanauer,Ben Connable,Terrence K. Kelly

      This book looks at the planning and execution of the U.S. military’s exit from Iraq and the transition of responsibilities to the Iraqi government, U.S. embassy, Office of Security Cooperation…

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      Ending the U.S. War in Iraq: The Final Transition, Operational Maneuver, and Disestablishment of the United States Forces–Iraq

      Richard Brennan,Charles P. Ries,Larry Hanauer,Ben Connable,Terrence K. Kelly

      Documents the planning and execution of the U.S. military’s exit from Iraq, the transition of responsibilities to the Iraqi government and other U.S. departments and agencies, and lessons for future…

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      Will to Fight: Analyzing, Modeling, and Simulating the Will to Fight of Military Units

      Ben Connable,Michael J McNerney,William Marcellino,Aaron Frank,Henry Hargrove

      This report defines and describes will to fight and provides a model of unit will to fight that can be applied to ground combat units of any scale. It also…

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      National Will to Fight: Why Some States Keep Fighting and Others Don’t

      Michael J McNerney,Ben Connable,S Rebecca Zimmerman,Natasha Lander,Marek N Posard

      In this report, RAND researchers propose an exploratory model of 15 variables that shape a national government’s decision to continue or end military and other operations during a conflict (i.e…

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      Rolling Back the Islamic State

      Seth G Jones (Rand Corporation),James Dobbins,Daniel Byman,Christopher S Chivvis (RAND Corporation, California),Ben Connable

      This report assesses the threat the Islamic State poses to the United States and examines strategies to counter the group.

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