Conflict Management and Peacebuilding - Pillars of a New American Grand Strategy (2013)

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CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
AND PEACEBUILDING: PILLARS OF A
NEW AMERICAN GRAND STRATEGY
Volker C. Franke
Robert H. Dorff
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October 2013
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CONTENTS
Foreword ..................................................................... vii
1. Conflict Management and Peacebuilding:
Pillars of a New American Grand Strategy ......... 1
Volker C. Franke and Robert H. Dorff
2. New Threats; New Thinking ............................... 15
Frederick W. Smullen
3. The Transatlantic Relationship: A Breaking
or Restorable Pillar of a New American
Grand Strategy? .....................................................29
Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg
4. The Nature and Demands of Smart Power ........41
Robert Kennedy
5. A Future U.S. Grand Strategy:
Conflict Management Forever with Us,
Peacebuilding Not So Much................................. 99
Michael Lekson and Nathaniel L. Wilson
6. The Role of Peacebuilding and Conflict
Management in a Future American Grand
Strategy: Time for an “Off Shore”
Approach? ............................................................133
Charles J. Dunlap, Jr.
7. Always an Outsider: U.S. Military Role in
International Peacebuilding ...............................159
William Flavin
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8. Thinking Globally, Acting Locally:
A Grand Strategic Approach to Civil-Military
Coordination in the 21st Century ..................... 193
Christopher Holshek
9. Peacebuilding and Development:
Challenges for Strategic Thinking .....................241
Fouzieh Melanie Alamir
10. Forces of Order and Disorder: Security
Providers and Conflict Management ................271
Michael Ashkenazi
11. Mass Atrocity Prevention and Response
Options: Addressing the Policy Challenges..... 295
Dwight Raymond
12. The United States, China, and India
in the New World Order: Consequences
for Europe ............................................................ 317
Liselotte Odgaard
13. Negotiating the Pitfalls of Peace and Security
in Africa and a New American Grand
Strategy: African Union Peace and Security
Architecture and the U.S.
Africa Command .................................................339
Kwesi Aning and Festus Aubyn
14. U.S. Grand Strategy and the Search
for Partners: South Africa as a Key
Partner in Africa ................................................. 369
Abel Esterhuyse
About the Contributors ............................................ 399
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FOREWORD
On February 24, 2012, Kennesaw State University
(KSU) and the Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) of the
U.S. Army War College (USAWC), conducted a sym-
posium ent itled “Peacebuilding and Conflict Manage-
ment: Pillars of a New American Grand Strategy.”
The symposium built on the results of the 2011 KSU-
SSI symposium that examined the utility of the U.S.
Government’s whole-of-government (WoG) approach
for responding to the challenging security demands
of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Based on this
earlier evaluation of the benefits and shortcomings of
the WoG approach in the field and the integration of
operational and tactical demands generated by new
security challenges, the 2012 symposium examined
more closely the strategic objectives of interagency
cooperation specifically in the areas of peacebuilding
and conflict management.
In addition to the dual focus on peacebuilding and
conflict management, the symposium was designed to
examine one of the ongoi ng research interests in the
SSI academic engagement series: the role of WoG ef-
forts in addressing contemporary national and inter-
national security challenges and opportunities. In
addition, the topics covered by the panelists created
important synergies with SSI’s 2012 Annual Strategy
Conference, which examined challenges and oppor-
tunities for the future of U.S. grand strategy in an
age of austerity. Four symposium panels addressed
the following topics: “The Role of Peacebuilding and
Conflict Management in a Future American Grand
Strategy,” “More than a Military Tool: Strengthen-
ing Civil-Military Cooperation in Peacebuilding,”
“Peace and Development: Key Elements of a New
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Grand Strategy,” and “Conflict Management, Peace-
building, and a New American Grand Strategy: Views
from Abroad.”
The symposium discussions ranged from the
conceptual to the practical, with a focus on the chal-
lenges and des irability of interagency cooperation in
international interventions. Invited panelists shared
their experie nces and expertise on the need for and
future of an American grand strategy in an era char-
acterized by increasingly complex security challenges
and shrinking budgets. Panelists agreed that tak-
ing the status quo for granted was a major obstacle
to developing a successful grand strategy and that
government, the military, international and nongov-
ernmental organizations, and the private sector are all
called on to contribute their best talents and efforts to
joint global peace and security efforts. The panelists
engaged the audience in a discussion that included
viewpoints from academia, the military, government
agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and indus-
try. Despite the broad range of viewpoints, a num-
ber of overarching themes and tentative agreements
emerged. The reader will find them in the chapters of
this edited volume.
KSU and SSI are pleased to present this book, and
we hope that readers will engage us further in the
kinds of issues and debates that surfaced during the
symposium and that are captured and extended in the
pages that follow. In the interest of both national and
international security, we must continue to debate is-
sues pertinent to strategy and strategic decisionmak-
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