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The U.S. Army information operations (IO) community faces an identity crisis. Army IO officers, known by their career field designation of Functional Area 30 (FA30), are the “staff focal point for IO,” and perform a vital function to synchronize, coordinate, and integrate information effects into unit operations. However, the FA30 community lacks a coherent group identity in part because of a widespread misunderstanding of IO stemming from years of constantly changing doctrine, terminology, and theories of execution. As a result, the Army lacks a shared institutional understanding of both...

Rwanda: 1000 hills and a big heart One year on: Nine pledges made by the Government of Rwanda at the Global Refugee Forum on education, livelihoods, protection, energy and environment, and health show progress and promise. By Nayana Bose  |  18 Dec 2020 Mugombwa: Refugee children study the same national curriculum along with host community children in the school close to the camp. ©UNHCR/Eugene Sibomana The one-year mark of the Global Refugee Forum (GRF) held in Geneva, allows us to reflect upon the nine pledges made by the Government of Rwanda to improve the lives of refugees hosted ...

The use of US special operation forces in great power competition: Imposing costs on adversarial gray zone operations Kaley Scholl December 15, 2020 U.S. special operations service members conduct combat operations in support of Operation Resolute Support in Southeast Afghanistan, May 2019. (Sgt. Jaerett Engeseth/Army) A gap identified Since Sept. 11, 2001, the United States has been heavily invested in the counterterrorism operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. This focus has largely distracted the U.S. from the changing nature of geopolitical competition and growing influence of near-...