Assessing security cooperation as a preventive tool / Michael J. McNerney, Angela O’Mahony, Thomas S. Szayna, Derek Eaton, Caroline Baxter, Colin P. Clarke, Emma Cutrufello, Michael McGee, Heather Peterson, Leslie Adrienne Payne, Calin Trenkov-Wermuth.

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McNerney, Michael J [author.]

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Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2014Description: xxiii, 126 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmContent type:

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0833081462 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780833081469 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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UA23 .M254 2014

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Contents:

Introduction -- Security Cooperation, U.S. Strategy, and the Concept of "Prevention" -- Statistical Approach to Assessing the Preventive Hypothesis -- Assessing the Preventive Hypothesis -- Findings from Case Studies -- Findings and Implications -- Appendix A: Army Security Cooperation Programs -- Appendix B: Sensitivity Analyses.

Summary: The report tested the assertion that U.S. security cooperation (SC) can help reduce fragility in partner states. The test used statistical analysis to assess SC data and state fragility scores for 107 countries in 1991–2008. After controlling for a variety of factors, the main finding was that provision of SC by the United States and a reduction in partner state fragility were correlated. The strength of correlation did not increase proportionally with additional funding; most of the effect was concentrated at the low end of SC funding. In addition, the correlation depended on recipient country characteristics. Correlation was stronger in more democratic states and in states with stronger institutions. In especially fragile states, there was only a weak or no correlation of SC with fragility decrease. Of the types of SC provided, the correlation was strongest with education-focused SC. Foreign Military Financing, a type of SC, did not correlate with reductions in fragility.

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"The research was conducted within RAND Arroyo Center's Strategy and Resources Program"--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-126).

The report tested the assertion that U.S. security cooperation (SC) can help reduce fragility in partner states. The test used statistical analysis to assess SC data and state fragility scores for 107 countries in 1991–2008. After controlling for a variety of factors, the main finding was that provision of SC by the United States and a reduction in partner state fragility were correlated. The strength of correlation did not increase proportionally with additional funding; most of the effect was concentrated at the low end of SC funding. In addition, the correlation depended on recipient country characteristics. Correlation was stronger in more democratic states and in states with stronger institutions. In especially fragile states, there was only a weak or no correlation of SC with fragility decrease. Of the types of SC provided, the correlation was strongest with education-focused SC. Foreign Military Financing, a type of SC, did not correlate with reductions in fragility.

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