Exporting Security : International Engagement, Security Cooperation, and the Changing Face of the U.S. Military

Given U.S. focus on the continuing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is easy to miss that the military does much more than engage in combat. On any given day, military engineers dig wells in East Africa, medical personnel provide vaccinations in Latin America, and special forces mentor militaries in southeast Asia. To address today's security challenges, the military partners with civilian agencies, NGOs, and the private sector both at home and abroad. By doing so, the United States seeks to improve its international image, strengthen the state sovereignty system by training and equipping partners' security forces, prevent localized violence from escalating into regional crises, and protect U.S. national security by addressing underlying conditions that inspire and sustain violent extremism. In Exporting Security, Derek Reveron provides a comprehensive analysis of the shift in U.S. foreign policy from coercive diplomacy to cooperative military engagement, examines how and why the U.S. military is an effective tool of foreign policy, and explores the methods used to reduce security deficits around the world. Given U.S. focus on the continuing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is easy to miss that the military does much more than engage in combat. On any day, military engineers dig wells in East Africa, medical personnel provide vaccinations in Latin America, and special forces mentor militaries in southeast Asia. To address today's security challenges, the military partners with civilian agencies, NGOs, and the private sector both at home and abroad. By doing so, United States seeks to improve its international image, strengthen the state sovereignty system by training and equipping partners' security forces, prevent localized violence from escalating into regional crises, and protect U.S. national security by addressing underlying conditions that inspire and sustain violent extremism. In Exporting Security, Derek Reveron provides a comprehensive analysis of the shift in U.S. foreign policy from coercive diplomacy to cooperative military engagement, examines how and why the U.S. military is an effective tool of foreign policy, and explores the methods used to reduce security deficits around the world--Publisher's description Contents......Page 8 List of Illustrations......Page 10 Preface......Page 12 Acknowledgments......Page 16 List of Acronyms and Abbreviations......Page 18 Introduction......Page 20 1 Beyond Warfare......Page 30 2 Military Engagement, Strategy, and Policy......Page 50 3 Resistance to Military Engagement......Page 74 4 Demilitarizing Combatant Commands......Page 98 5 Security Cooperation......Page 120 6 Promoting Maritime Security......Page 142 7 Implications for the Force......Page 164 8 From Confrontation to Cooperation......Page 188 A......Page 204 B......Page 205 C......Page 206 D......Page 208 F......Page 209 G......Page 210 I......Page 211 J......Page 212 M......Page 213 N......Page 214 P......Page 215 R......Page 216 S......Page 217 T......Page 220 U......Page 221 Y......Page 222 Z......Page 223 About the Author......Page 224 "Derek Reveron boldly challenges the conventional wisdom on the militarization of U.S. foreign policy by contending that all the goodness of development and diplomacy around the world simply won't happen without better security-and that means better partner militaries. He argues persuasively that the 'next' U.S. military will be one less fixated on preparing for high-tech future fights than a force centrally engaged in security cooperation abroad: quietly deploying advice, assistance, and the power of the democratic example... This is a realistic vision of our future global military footprintùone that's already beginning to play out today."-David W. Barno, lieutenant general, U.S. Army (Ret.); former U.S. commander in Afghanistan; and senior advisor and senior fellow, Center for a New American Security --.. Contents 8 List of Illustrations 10 Preface 12 Acknowledgments 16 List of Acronyms and Abbreviations 18 Introduction 20 1 Beyond Warfare 30 2 Military Engagement, Strategy, and Policy 50 3 Resistance to Military Engagement 74 4 Demilitarizing Combatant Commands 98 5 Security Cooperation 120 6 Promoting Maritime Security 142 7 Implications for the Force 164 8 From Confrontation to Cooperation 188 Index 204 A 204 B 205 C 206 D 208 E 209 F 209 G 210 H 211 I 211 J 212 K 213 L 213 M 213 N 214 O 215 P 215 Q 216 R 216 S 217 T 220 U 221 V 222 W 222 Y 222 Z 223 About the Author 224 1589017080,9781589017085 To address today's security challenges, the military partners with civilian agencies, NGOs, and the private sector both at home and abroad. By doing so, the United States seeks to improve its international image, strengthen the state sovereignty system by training and equipping partnersÆ security forces, prevent localized violence from escalating into regional crises, and protect U.S. national security by addressing underlying conditions that inspire and sustain violent extremism. --.. Analyzes the shift in U.S. foreign policy from coercive diplomacy to cooperative military engagement, examining how and why the U.S. military is an effective tool of foreign policy and exploring the methods used to reduce security deficits around the world. By the editor of America's Viceroys: The Military and U.S. Foreign Policy. Original. In Exporting Security, Derek Reveron provides a comprehensive analysis of the shift in U.S. foreign policy from coercive diplomacy to cooperative military engagement examines how and why the U.S. military is an effective tool of foreign policy and explores the methods used to reduce security deficits around the world. --Book Jacket Beyond warfare The rationale for military engagement Overcoming resistance to military engagement Demilitarizing combatant commands Security cooperation Building maritime security Implications for the force.