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Synopsis
During February 13-15, 2008, the Strategic Studies Institute and Austin Peay State University conducted an academic colloquium titled, “Stability Operations and State-Building: Continuities and Contingencies.” The event took place on the campus of Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, TN. The purpose of this academic colloquium was to identify principles and supporting policies of state-building that will enhance America’s ability“ to win the peace” while stabilizing chaotic regions. Basic to the concept of the colloquium was the idea that just as there are acknowledged principles of war that enhance the possibility of victory on the battlefield, there should be principles that, if applied during the state-building process, will enhance the chances of “winning the peace.” The idea that principles should comprise the foundation of state-building and that supporting policies and procedures then flow from those principles was fundamental to the colloquium’s process. The participants included scholars from a wide range of academic disciplines, active duty military personnel, nongovernmental organization staff, and governmental administrators. The list of participants found at Appendix VI documents their interdisciplinary composition. The colloquium’s sponsors endeavored to blend the expertise of civilian academics and military professionals. Each speaker was asked to nominate several principles of peace that represent parallel ideas to the principles of war. (See Appendix II.) As expected, some duplication in naming the principles occurred. The speakers addressed their respective lists of principles during their presentations. After all scheduled presentations, six independent breakout groups distilled the consolidated list of principles to a common core for each group (see Appendix III). Next, a plenary session considered the resulting six lists of principles for further consolidation into a core list of six principles (see Appendix IV). Those principles are: (1) rule of law, (2) security (military, economic, and civil), (3) legitimacy, (4) development (the encouragement thereof), (5) self empowerment/self-sufficiency, and(6) communications (intergovernmental and international). The proposed principles that were discarded were often categorized as policies or procedures that could prove useful in the state building process. These were then subjected to a redactive process to capture their meanings in encompassing terms (see Appendix V).
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Colonel Greg Kaufmann concluded a 30-year career in the U.S. Army in 2005 as a Colonel in Army Aviation focused on Strategic Plans and Policy. Upon retirement, he became Director and established the Institute for Global Security Studies at Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN, where he was also named to the Board of Advisors of the Tennessee Homeland Security Consortium, Oak Ridge, TN.
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