Bøger af James Dobbins

This is the first publication of the CSF Process Model which any manager can use to identify his or her Critical Success Factors (CSF), their dependencies, and their measures. This CSF Process Model was developed during the Author's research at George Washington University in Washington DC. A manager using this CSF Process Model can identify their own personal CSF while avoiding many or all of the problems previously reported in the literature by those trying to identify a list of CSF for general use. Identifying a list of CSF was the focus of the research. Since it is the attainment of a list of CSF which is the desired final product of the research; the prior research approaches can thus be described as product focused. In contrast, in this monograph, a process focused approach is used to identify CSF which are activities, are measurable, and are directly usable. The difference between product and process focus is fundamental. It is the process that is generalizable and usable by the manager in any context, not a list of CSF produced by someone other than the manager.

This report analyzes the golden hour--the early phase of a postconflict stability operation--and the actions, organization, and capabilities necessary to seize it and set the conflict-affected country on a path to self-sustaining peace.

What have the peacekeeping missions undertaken by African institutions in Burundi, the Central African Republic, Darfur, the Comoros, Somalia, and the Lake Chad Basin achieved? The authors assess how these missions responded to challenges in the areas of security, humanitarian relief, governance and civil administration, democratization, and economic reconstruction.

Presents a behind the scenes look at 50 years of US diplomacy. From Vietnam in the 1960s to the Afghanistan of this decade, James Dobbins takes the reader behind the scenes at the Vietnam peace talks, the darkest dates of the Cold War, the reunification of Germany, the collapse of the Soviet Union and the US military interventions in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Haiti, Kosovo, and Somalia.

Some time in the coming decade, Iran will probably acquire nuclear weapons or the capacity to quickly produce them. This book provides a midterm strategy for dealing with Iran in light of a variety of policy alternatives.

Following on a series of RAND Corporation studies of nation-building, this monograph analyzes the impediments that local conditions pose to successful outcomes in these interventions. It examines how external actors and local leaders in a variety of societies modified or worked around those conditions to promote enduring peace.

Reviews UN nation-building efforts to transform unstable countries into democratic, peaceful, and prosperous partners, and compares those efforts to U.S. led missions.