Since 1966, the United States and Indonesia have developed a friendly and cooperative relationship based on a pagmatic appreciation of mutual interest. Although there are disturbing questions about future Indonesian internal stability, US interests are such that a continued American positive response to Indonesian security requirements, particularly in terms of military assistance, is desirable.
Topics: DTIC Archive, Weatherbee,Donald E, ARMY WAR COLL STRATEGIC STUDIES INST CARLISLE BARRACKS PA,...
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE RESEARCH WERE TO EXAMINE THE MANNER IN WHICH THE DEFENSE PROCUREMENT PROCESS HAS BEEN MODIFIED OVER A PERIOD OF TIME BY THE PROVISION OF UNIQUE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO ACCOMMODATE FMS procurements, to explore the evolution of the FMS program and to ascertain the procurement problems associated therewith, and to assess the implications of the evolving FMS program with respect to defense procurement policies and procedures. The inquiry was limited to FMS of major...
Topics: DTIC Archive, McChesney,Jack Lester, AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO, *CONTRACT...
This report analyzes the Soviet concept of the correlation of forces. It attempts from review of historical and contemporary Soviet literature (1) to illuminate the various factors subsumed under the concept, (2) to indicate the extent to which the concept represents a systematic approach to foreign policy, and (3) to assess the Soviet leadership's current evaluation of the international balance between the United States and the USSR.
Topics: DTIC Archive, Deane, Michael J, STANFORD RESEARCH INST ARLINGTON VA STRATEGIC STUDIES CENTER,...
The study derives doctrinal and operational lessons from the US experience with pacification in South Vietnam to guide US policymakers in providing technical assistance and advice in the future to a friendly government facing an internal security problem. Volume I presents a synthesis of the study's findings and Volume III opens with an account of the Malayan and Philippine insurgencies and the lessons learned there and then traces in detail the evolution of pacification plans and programs in...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Cooper, Chester L., Corson, Judith E., Legere, Laurence J., Lockwood, David E.,...
This report outlines the development and organization of the Project Manager's Office for the modernization of the Saudi Arabian National Guard. It lays out the managing of the program through FMS sales cases to include materials, construction and contract training of the National Guard Units by a U. S. contractor. Examples are given of the modernized units organization and of equipment and costs associated with the program. A pattern is described for a new type of military assistance through...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Smith, James D., ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA, *NATIONAL GUARD, *SAUDI ARABIA,...
Guidelines for generating forecasts and simulations are also presented in this Technical Appendix to enable Department of Defense personnel to become better acquainted with the approaches to generating meaningful, interesting, alternative futures for comparing the strategic implications of contrasting developments. Finally, the Appendix contains several annexes that identify the nations used in the study, the years and sources of all data, the model parameters, the computer forecasting program...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Weil, Herman M, McIlroy, John J, CACI INC-FEDERAL ARLINGTON VA, *COMPUTER...
The primary goal of the current project is to enhance long-range forecasting capability in the defense community by developing and introducing new methodologies that add a simulation capability. A second, but no less important, purpose is to provide the defense community with high quality forecasting models for the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa in support of the JLRSS. In this connection, JCS/J-5 has operational current models for the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa that can be...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Weil, Herman M, McIlroy, John J, CACI INC-FEDERAL ARLINGTON VA, *COMPUTER...
This report describes the development of long-range forecasting models for the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa. Volume 1, the Executive Summary, summarizes the work on all tasks in non-technical language. Volume II, Research Findings, describes the long-range forecasts and simulations and their implications for strategic policy and planning. Volume III, the Technical Appendix, describes in detail all phases of the study. These include the identification of key concepts and their...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Weil, Herman M, McIlroy, John J, CACI INC-FEDERAL ARLINGTON VA, *COMPUTER...
The report presents operational definitions for selected international military commitment indicators. It also describes the empirical components of a procedure for measuring international commitments and identifies sources of commitment data and lists the national actors and targets for which commitment data are being collected.
Topics: DTIC Archive, Martin, Wayne R, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES DEPT OF INTERNATIONAL...
Contents: The Rise and Fall of 'Counterinsurgency'; Revolutionary Conflict and U.S. Interests; U.S. Military Experience with Revolutionary Conflict; U.S. Assistance--Imperatives and Constraints; Possibilities for Institutional Reform.
Topics: DTIC Archive, Heymann, H., Jr., Whitson, W. W., RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA, *POLICIES,...