Central & South Asia

Following are all current, recent, and past IFPA projects, publications, conferences, workshops, articles, and presentations about Central and/or South Asia.

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Strengthening Forces for Democracy in the Middle East: Lessons from the Past and Strategies for the Future
This project was completed in 2006 as part of IFPA's ongoing work on democratization. The project's focus was democratic transformation in the Middle East and Central Asia.
project report (249 KB) || project details
Planning for Long-term U.S. Military Engagement in Central Asia
This project, completed in 2004, examined the military and operational requirements that could be anticipated to drive U.S. security planning for operations in Central Asia and adjacent regions over the next ten to twenty years.
monograph (2.53 MB)
Nuclear Stability in South Asia
This study, completed in 2001, examined ways to enhance nuclear stability on the subcontinent.
monograph (1.59 MB)
The U.S. Approach to Peacebuilding: From a Whole-of-Government to a Whole-of-Alliance Approach with Japan
Weston S. Konishi and Charles T. McClean
June 2011, 14 pp
Description
This paper was first presented at a one-day bilateral workshop on April 29, 2011, held in conjunction with the Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP) in Washington, D.C. In the papers, authors aim to assess each government's “whole-of-government” or interagency coordination of peacebuilding policies and to identify priorities, assets, and expertise as applied to Afghanistan and Sudan. The goal of the project is to explore the strengths and weaknesses of both the United States and Japan’s respective initiatives with an eye toward how the two allies can best cooperate and work synergistically in a “whole of alliance” approach to peacebuilding operations in vulnerable or failing states.
peacebuilding paper (164 KB) || workshop agenda || project details
Rethinking the War on Terror: Developing a Strategy to Counter Extremist Ideologies
Jacquelyn K. Davis and Charles M. Perry
March 2007, 32 pp
Description
IFPA completed and distributed this summary report on a January 2007 workshop organized in support of U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM).The focus of the workshop was a discussion of the ideological roots of Islamist extremism as a basis for countering such ideology. In addition, it identified and assessed the elements of a national strategy to defeat radical Islamist threats and addressed measures to promote democratization in the region. Attendees at the workshop ncluded experts and scholars specializing in various aspects of Islamic extremism, as well as USCENTCOM Deputy Commander VADM Dave Nichols, other senior command representatives, and high- ranking U.S. officials.
report (1.86 MB)
Radical Islamist Ideologies and the Long War: Implications for U.S. Strategic Planning and U.S. Central Command's Operations
Jacquelyn K. Davis
January 2007, 73 pp
Description
IFPA completed this report as part of an ongoing study of radical Islam and its implications for the Long War against terrorism. It provides a comprehensive assessment of the ideological underpinnings of radical Islam and how these ideologies seem to be fueling terrorist and insurgent activities, including suicide bombing operations and other asymmetric strategies. Emphasis is placed on the effect of these activities in U.S. Central Command’s (USCENTCOM’s) area of responsibility, especially in Iraq and Afghanistan. This study also includes updated analyses and recommendations derived from a workshop on suicide bombers held in support of USCENTCOM earlier in 2006.
report (14.4 MB)
Central Asia in U.S. Strategy and Operational Planning: Where Do We Go from Here?
Jacquelyn K. Davis and Michael J. Sweeney
January 2004
Description
This monograph, the result of a project completed in 2004, examines the military and operational requirements that could be anticipated to drive U.S. security planning for operations in Central Asia and adjacent regions over the next ten to twenty years.
monograph (2.53 MB)
Nuclear Stability in South Asia
Andrew Winner and Toshi Yoshinara
January 2002, 122 pp
report (1.59 MB)
Preventing A Nuclear Iran: Current Challenges and Future Opportunities
October 19, 2010, Washington, D.C., an IFPA-DTRA workshop
Re-Calibrating Security Force Assistance as a Critical Component of Waging Irregular Warfare within the Context of the Global War on Terror
November 20, 2008, Washington, D.C., in support of U.S. Special Operations Command
Dissuading, Deterring, or Defeating the Suicide Bomber Threat
June 28, 2006, Washington, D.C., in support of U.S. Central Command
Increasing the Effectiveness of US Security Cooperation Efforts in the Caucasus
July 22, 2004, Washington, D.C., in support of U.S. European Command
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