Building Security Forces & Stabilizing Nations
The Problem of Agency
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9685210 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephen Biddle (0009-0000-8137-3201, National Defense University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 146 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 126-138 |
| Publication date | 2017-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Daedalus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0011-5266 • E-ISSN: 1548-6192 |
| Publisher | MIT Press - Journals (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1162/daed_a_00464 |
| OpenAlex | W2756927829 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 1 |
After fifteen years of war in Afghanistan and Iraq, many now see “small-footprint” security force assistance (SFA)–training, advising, and equipping allied militaries–as an alternative to large U.S. ground-force commitments to stabilize weak states. SFA, however, confronts challenges of interest misalignment between the United States and its typical partners. The resulting agency losses often limit SFA's real ability to improve partners' military effectiveness. For SFA, small footprints usually mean small payoffs
Agency (philosophy · Business · Footprint · Geography · International law · Limit (mathematics · Political science · Sociology · Use of force · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies · Law · Military and Defense Studies · Military History and Strategy
Balancing Act
Why Allies Rebel
Civil Military Relations in a Post-Colonial State
Rival principals and shrewd agents
Falling Short or Rising above the Fray? Rising Powers and Security Force Assistance to Africa
Tackling Terrorism in Africa
Remote warfare as “security of being”
Remote warfare and the legitimacy of military capabilities
Security Assistance and the Crisis of the Liberal International Order
Security assistance, securitization, security systems, and insecurity in the Mediterranean mashriq and maghreb
Lethal aid and human security
What Explains Counterterrorism Effectiveness? Evidence from the U.S. Drone War in Pakistan
Building the Somali National Army
Issue linkage in security assistance
Patron problems
Why Some Persistent Problems Persist
Doomed to fail? The United States and the Afghan statebuilding project, 2001–2021
Train the World
| Citations per year | 2.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |