Christopher S Chivvis
Biographic Data
| ID | 5637291 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher S Chivvis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher S |
| FAMILY NAME | Chivvis |
| SIGNATURE | CHIVVIS C S |
| AFFILIATIONS | RAND Corporation |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Transatlantic Relations: Is There a Beginning After the End
How Evil? Deconstructing the New Russia–China–Iran–North Korea Axis
America Needs a Realistic Ukraine Debate
A healthy democracy ought to be able to develop and debate its national-security options honestly, openly and vigorously. This has not been the case when it comes to the United States’ policy on Ukraine. The American debate is instead polarised between supporting Ukraine for ‘as long as it takes’ and withdrawing support altogether. To view the war in such binary terms is not good for the United States. Nor is it good for Ukraine. There is obvious…
Rolling Back the Islamic State
The Islamic State has lost substantial amounts of territory but continues to conduct and inspire attacks around the world. This report assesses the threat the Islamic State poses to the United States and examines strategies to counter the group and prevent a resurgence of the Islamic State or other Salafi-jihadist groups
The French War on Al Qa'ida in Africa
In January 2013, France intervened in its former African colony, Mali, to stop an Al Qa'ida advance on the capital. French special forces, warplanes, and army units struck with rapid and unexpected force. Their intervention quickly repelled the jihadist advance and soon the terrorists had been chased from their safe haven in Mali's desolate North - an impressive accomplishment. Although there have been many books on the US wars in Iraq and Afghan…
Countering the Islamic State in Libya
If nothing is done to stop the Islamic State’s expansion in Libya, it could become a problem on a scale similar to that which it poses in Syria – but much closer to Europe
The Elusive “Political” Dimension
It was under these tenuous circumstances, with the bulk of the original jihadist forces chased from Mali's territory, French forces bent on withdrawing as fast they could, and an uncertain transition to a UN peacekeeping force under way, that the focus began to shift back toward Mali's fraught political scene and the daunting state-building task ahead. American officials – especially the State Department – had emphasized the importance of the pol…
Serval
The first two weeks of French operations saved Mali from falling into the hands of al Qa'ida's allies. With the Niger Bend now secure, Hollande was determined to chase the jihadists out altogether, and then withdraw as fast as possible. The sudden French attack seemed to have caught the jihadists by surprise, and the French leadership now sought to exploit this advantage to the maximum. In the Elysée , Hollande pressed the military to speed ahead…
Leading Africa from Behind
The creation of a safe-haven for al Qa'ida–linked Salafi jihadists in northern Mali was a phase shift in the North African terrorist threat to the region and to the West. Uncontested sanctuary gave al Qa'ida's allies the chance to accelerate their recruitment, build training camps, enrich themselves more fully from regional smuggling, enlarge their field of operations along multiple vectors regionwide, and plot attacks on enemies, near and far. I…
The Road Ahead
The French intervention in Mali was unexpected but, if unexpected, it was in many ways unexpectedly successful. This is true despite the challenges that persisted in Mali after France's drawdown. Without the French intervention, the situation in Mali was and would have remained even worse. Serval was thus only the first step in a long-term effort, but it bears close study given the challenge the world faces in coping with the unnerving proliferat…
Al Qa'ida's North African Franchise
On April 30, 2011, a U.S. Navy SEAL team killed Osama Bin Laden in his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The death of America's number-one enemy of more than a decade was lauded by many as the end of an era, which it was. Seasoned analysts, however, pointed out that while Bin Laden's death was a serious blow to core al Qa'ida, it was not a death knell for the organization as a whole. In recent years, al Qa'ida had evolved and grown increasingly d…
Crisis and Opportunity
France's six-month attempt to lead the Africans from behind into a military action against al Qa'ida collapsed in a few short days in early January 2013 when several hundred jihadists breached the Niger Bend in an armed convoy and sped toward Bamako. For three days, French officials had watched anxiously from Paris as hundreds of jihadists assembled in their pickup trucks along the Niger. The French hoped the jihadists would stay in the north, an…
The French War on Al Qaida in Africa
This book investigates France's 2013 military intervention in Mali and its lessons for America's fight against terrorist groups in Africa and worldwide. Its assessment of new anti-terrorist military strategy will be of use to those in the foreign policy and national security communities
Overcoming Obstacles to Peace: Local Factors in Nation-Building
In the past decade, RAND has published a series of studies on nationbuilding. We intend this term to describe operations conducted by external civilian and military authorities that employ armed force alongside other means of influence in the aftermath of conflict to promote enduring peace. Some prefer the term state-building, giving primacy to postconflict activities aimed at constructing state institutions and deemphasizing those activities int…
Libya and the Future of Liberal Intervention
If Iraq and Afghanistan were instructive lessons in the limits of military intervention, Libya demonstrates what intervention, given the right conditions and limited objectives, may accomplish. Notes Robert Gates, speech at the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, 25 February 2011, http://www.defense.gov/speeches/speech.aspx?speechid=1539. See also Gates's subsequent comments at a hearing of the Defense Subcommittee of the House Approp…
America, the Ambivalent Leader
Global governance still requires leadership that articulates a constructive, practical vision for international cooperation
Building a More Resilient Haitian State
On January 12, 2010, an earthquake devastated Port-au-Prince, Leogane, and other cities and settlements in the south of Haiti, leaving 300,000 people dead, another 300,000 injured, and 1.3 million homeless. The Haitian government and the international community moved rapidly to address the immediate humanitarian crisis. The homeless are now sheltered in tents and provided with food and water. The airport was quickly reopened, and the port of Port…
Getting Back on Track in Bosnia-Herzegovina
Back to the Brink in Bosnia
In the last few years concerns about stability of Bosnia–Herzegovina has increased. Could Bosnia go back to war? What would it take? How likely is it? Not highly likely, but far from impossible. Much turns on the behaviour of Milorad Dodik, the current Bosnian Serb Prime Minister. Nevertheless, it is too soon for the international community to close up shop and get out. The Office of the High Representative needs to stay on, at least until Dodik …
The Dayton Dilemma
Fifteen years after the Dayton Accords, Bosnia is still at peace. In some ways, Bosnia was an easier case than Afghanistan and Iraq, and is a sobering lesson in both the promise and inherent limitations of contemporary military interventions and state-building operations. While the international community proved adept at stopping the violence, generating self-sustaining peace has been much more difficult. Dayton posed an inherent dilemma: on the …
The Roots of Germany's Russia Policy
In the aftermath of the Cold War, many American observers expected that the new Germany would more or less follow in the strong Atlanticist tradition of the old West Germany and its Conservative leadership in particular. A rejuvenated, reunited Germany is now seeking a more prominent role in international affairs, but its foreign policy is evolving away from the staunch Atlanticism that predominated during the Cold War. Two decades after the fall…
The Making of Macedonia
In 2001 Macedonia's large ethnic Albanian minority revolted against the country's Slav–dominated state. In a victory for transatlantic relations, Europe and the United States worked together to defuse the crisis and avert what could easily have become another Balkan disaster. Since then, there has been progress in rebuilding Macedonia, and the EU deserves credit. This success, however, was predicated on strong US backing and the promise of NATO a…
Preserving Hope in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Charles de Gaulle, Jacques Rueff and French International Monetary Policy under Bretton Woods
This article examines conservative French economist Jacques Rueff's arguments for a return to the gold standard in the 1960s. It explains the intellectual background out of which his belief in the importance of 'real money' arose, assesses his influence on the international monetary policy pursued by President de Gaulle in the mid-1960s, and sketches the relationship of his views to broader French and international debates about the international…
ESDP and the future of the Atlantic Alliance: Political and geopolitical considerations
Charles de Gaulle, Jacques Rueff and French International Monetary Policy under Bretton Woods
This article examines conservative French economist Jacques Rueff's arguments for a return to the gold standard in the 1960s. It explains the intellectual background out of which his belief in the importance of 'real money' arose, assesses his influence on the international monetary policy pursued by President de Gaulle in the mid-1960s, and sketches the relationship of his views to broader French and international debates about the international…
Countering the Islamic State in Libya
If nothing is done to stop the Islamic State’s expansion in Libya, it could become a problem on a scale similar to that which it poses in Syria – but much closer to Europe
The Dayton Dilemma
Fifteen years after the Dayton Accords, Bosnia is still at peace. In some ways, Bosnia was an easier case than Afghanistan and Iraq, and is a sobering lesson in both the promise and inherent limitations of contemporary military interventions and state-building operations. While the international community proved adept at stopping the violence, generating self-sustaining peace has been much more difficult. Dayton posed an inherent dilemma: on the …
The Roots of Germany's Russia Policy
In the aftermath of the Cold War, many American observers expected that the new Germany would more or less follow in the strong Atlanticist tradition of the old West Germany and its Conservative leadership in particular. A rejuvenated, reunited Germany is now seeking a more prominent role in international affairs, but its foreign policy is evolving away from the staunch Atlanticism that predominated during the Cold War. Two decades after the fall…
Preserving Hope in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Back to the Brink in Bosnia
In the last few years concerns about stability of Bosnia–Herzegovina has increased. Could Bosnia go back to war? What would it take? How likely is it? Not highly likely, but far from impossible. Much turns on the behaviour of Milorad Dodik, the current Bosnian Serb Prime Minister. Nevertheless, it is too soon for the international community to close up shop and get out. The Office of the High Representative needs to stay on, at least until Dodik …
The Making of Macedonia
In 2001 Macedonia's large ethnic Albanian minority revolted against the country's Slav–dominated state. In a victory for transatlantic relations, Europe and the United States worked together to defuse the crisis and avert what could easily have become another Balkan disaster. Since then, there has been progress in rebuilding Macedonia, and the EU deserves credit. This success, however, was predicated on strong US backing and the promise of NATO a…
A Liberal History of European Integration
John Gillingham's voluminous new book chronicles the course of European integration from the 1950s to the present. It contains interesting accounts of a variety of important events, and has the merit of drawing attention to the European Union as a subject for serious historical scholarship. Some readers, however, may find certain of Gillingham's major arguments controversial, especially his insistence that integration has been and will always be …
ESDP and the future of the Atlantic Alliance: Political and geopolitical considerations
Charles de Gaulle, Jacques Rueff and French International Monetary Policy under Bretton Woods
This article examines conservative French economist Jacques Rueff's arguments for a return to the gold standard in the 1960s. It explains the intellectual background out of which his belief in the importance of 'real money' arose, assesses his influence on the international monetary policy pursued by President de Gaulle in the mid-1960s, and sketches the relationship of his views to broader French and international debates about the international…
Preserving Hope in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Making of Macedonia
In 2001 Macedonia's large ethnic Albanian minority revolted against the country's Slav–dominated state. In a victory for transatlantic relations, Europe and the United States worked together to defuse the crisis and avert what could easily have become another Balkan disaster. Since then, there has been progress in rebuilding Macedonia, and the EU deserves credit. This success, however, was predicated on strong US backing and the promise of NATO a…
The Roots of Germany's Russia Policy
In the aftermath of the Cold War, many American observers expected that the new Germany would more or less follow in the strong Atlanticist tradition of the old West Germany and its Conservative leadership in particular. A rejuvenated, reunited Germany is now seeking a more prominent role in international affairs, but its foreign policy is evolving away from the staunch Atlanticism that predominated during the Cold War. Two decades after the fall…
America, the Ambivalent Leader
Global governance still requires leadership that articulates a constructive, practical vision for international cooperation
Building a More Resilient Haitian State
On January 12, 2010, an earthquake devastated Port-au-Prince, Leogane, and other cities and settlements in the south of Haiti, leaving 300,000 people dead, another 300,000 injured, and 1.3 million homeless. The Haitian government and the international community moved rapidly to address the immediate humanitarian crisis. The homeless are now sheltered in tents and provided with food and water. The airport was quickly reopened, and the port of Port…
Getting Back on Track in Bosnia-Herzegovina
Back to the Brink in Bosnia
In the last few years concerns about stability of Bosnia–Herzegovina has increased. Could Bosnia go back to war? What would it take? How likely is it? Not highly likely, but far from impossible. Much turns on the behaviour of Milorad Dodik, the current Bosnian Serb Prime Minister. Nevertheless, it is too soon for the international community to close up shop and get out. The Office of the High Representative needs to stay on, at least until Dodik …
The Dayton Dilemma
Fifteen years after the Dayton Accords, Bosnia is still at peace. In some ways, Bosnia was an easier case than Afghanistan and Iraq, and is a sobering lesson in both the promise and inherent limitations of contemporary military interventions and state-building operations. While the international community proved adept at stopping the violence, generating self-sustaining peace has been much more difficult. Dayton posed an inherent dilemma: on the …
Libya and the Future of Liberal Intervention
If Iraq and Afghanistan were instructive lessons in the limits of military intervention, Libya demonstrates what intervention, given the right conditions and limited objectives, may accomplish. Notes Robert Gates, speech at the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, 25 February 2011, http://www.defense.gov/speeches/speech.aspx?speechid=1539. See also Gates's subsequent comments at a hearing of the Defense Subcommittee of the House Approp…
Overcoming Obstacles to Peace: Local Factors in Nation-Building
In the past decade, RAND has published a series of studies on nationbuilding. We intend this term to describe operations conducted by external civilian and military authorities that employ armed force alongside other means of influence in the aftermath of conflict to promote enduring peace. Some prefer the term state-building, giving primacy to postconflict activities aimed at constructing state institutions and deemphasizing those activities int…
The Elusive “Political” Dimension
It was under these tenuous circumstances, with the bulk of the original jihadist forces chased from Mali's territory, French forces bent on withdrawing as fast they could, and an uncertain transition to a UN peacekeeping force under way, that the focus began to shift back toward Mali's fraught political scene and the daunting state-building task ahead. American officials – especially the State Department – had emphasized the importance of the pol…
Serval
The first two weeks of French operations saved Mali from falling into the hands of al Qa'ida's allies. With the Niger Bend now secure, Hollande was determined to chase the jihadists out altogether, and then withdraw as fast as possible. The sudden French attack seemed to have caught the jihadists by surprise, and the French leadership now sought to exploit this advantage to the maximum. In the Elysée , Hollande pressed the military to speed ahead…
Leading Africa from Behind
The creation of a safe-haven for al Qa'ida–linked Salafi jihadists in northern Mali was a phase shift in the North African terrorist threat to the region and to the West. Uncontested sanctuary gave al Qa'ida's allies the chance to accelerate their recruitment, build training camps, enrich themselves more fully from regional smuggling, enlarge their field of operations along multiple vectors regionwide, and plot attacks on enemies, near and far. I…
The Road Ahead
The French intervention in Mali was unexpected but, if unexpected, it was in many ways unexpectedly successful. This is true despite the challenges that persisted in Mali after France's drawdown. Without the French intervention, the situation in Mali was and would have remained even worse. Serval was thus only the first step in a long-term effort, but it bears close study given the challenge the world faces in coping with the unnerving proliferat…
Al Qa'ida's North African Franchise
On April 30, 2011, a U.S. Navy SEAL team killed Osama Bin Laden in his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The death of America's number-one enemy of more than a decade was lauded by many as the end of an era, which it was. Seasoned analysts, however, pointed out that while Bin Laden's death was a serious blow to core al Qa'ida, it was not a death knell for the organization as a whole. In recent years, al Qa'ida had evolved and grown increasingly d…
Crisis and Opportunity
France's six-month attempt to lead the Africans from behind into a military action against al Qa'ida collapsed in a few short days in early January 2013 when several hundred jihadists breached the Niger Bend in an armed convoy and sped toward Bamako. For three days, French officials had watched anxiously from Paris as hundreds of jihadists assembled in their pickup trucks along the Niger. The French hoped the jihadists would stay in the north, an…
The French War on Al Qaida in Africa
This book investigates France's 2013 military intervention in Mali and its lessons for America's fight against terrorist groups in Africa and worldwide. Its assessment of new anti-terrorist military strategy will be of use to those in the foreign policy and national security communities
The French War on Al Qa'ida in Africa
In January 2013, France intervened in its former African colony, Mali, to stop an Al Qa'ida advance on the capital. French special forces, warplanes, and army units struck with rapid and unexpected force. Their intervention quickly repelled the jihadist advance and soon the terrorists had been chased from their safe haven in Mali's desolate North - an impressive accomplishment. Although there have been many books on the US wars in Iraq and Afghan…
Countering the Islamic State in Libya
If nothing is done to stop the Islamic State’s expansion in Libya, it could become a problem on a scale similar to that which it poses in Syria – but much closer to Europe
Rolling Back the Islamic State
The Islamic State has lost substantial amounts of territory but continues to conduct and inspire attacks around the world. This report assesses the threat the Islamic State poses to the United States and examines strategies to counter the group and prevent a resurgence of the Islamic State or other Salafi-jihadist groups
How Evil? Deconstructing the New Russia–China–Iran–North Korea Axis
America Needs a Realistic Ukraine Debate
A healthy democracy ought to be able to develop and debate its national-security options honestly, openly and vigorously. This has not been the case when it comes to the United States’ policy on Ukraine. The American debate is instead polarised between supporting Ukraine for ‘as long as it takes’ and withdrawing support altogether. To view the war in such binary terms is not good for the United States. Nor is it good for Ukraine. There is obvious…
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