Engagement Networks.pdf

Key Highlights:

- Focus on Civil Affairs (CA) as a vital tool for engagement and conflict prevention.
- Presents five issue papers addressing various aspects of CA, including human network development, international police engagement, case studies in conflict prevention, counter-unconventional warfare, and the role of reserve components.
- Emphasizes the importance of academic freedom in fostering new perspectives on key issues related to peacekeeping and stability operations.
- The publication is available for electronic dissemination and hard copies can be ordered from the PKSOI homepage (https://pksoi.army.mil).

Table of Contents:

1. Foreword by Joseph P. Kirlin III, President of the Civil Affairs Association.
2. Executive Summary providing an overview of the key themes and recommendations.
3. Panel Discussion: "Civil Affairs in Engagement and Conflict Prevention – Current Civil-Military Force Activities and Recommendations on the Way Ahead" featuring insights from Jim Ruf.
4. Five in-depth issue papers:
- Renewed Relevance: CA Develop Human Networks for Effective Engagement (Major Arnel P. David)
- From Green to Blue: U.S. Army Civil Affairs and International Police Engagement (Captain Rob Kobold)
- Civil Engagement as a Tool for Conflict Prevention: A Case Study (Captain Tammy Sloulin & Lieutenant Colonel Steve Lewis)
- The Role of Civil Affairs in Counter-Unconventional Warfare (Major Shafi Saiduddin)
- Civil Affairs Forces, U.S. Army Reserve, National Guard, and the State Partnership Program: Is there Room for Engagement? (Major David E. Leiva & Major John Nonnemaker)