Recently added articles from DISAM Journal:
The Disam Journal of International Security Assistance Management.
Jun 01, 2008; Reynolds, Ronald H. ... I normally thank you for your readership and support of the Journal as I end my comments in each quarterly edition. However, let me begin with them this time. We do appreciate your support of reading, providing articles to keep our community aware of what is going on in your area and ...
Legislation for fiscal year 2008.
Jun 01, 2008; Martin, Kenneth W. ... Introduction Each year, the DISAM Journal publishes a summary of the legislation that impacts U.S. security assistance and other related international programs. This report is intended to alert all security assistance and security cooperation community members to the collective ...
Remarks on transformational diplomacy.(LEGISLATION AND POLICY)
Jun 01, 2008; Rice, Condoleezza ... [The following are excerpts of a speech presented at Gaston Hall, Georgetown University Washington, D.C., February 12, 2008.] Two years ago, I spoke about how our world is changing and how we must change diplomacy as a result: <Pre>To work in new ways, in new places, ...
Challenges facing our national security apparatus.(LEGISLATION AND POLICY)
Jun 01, 2008; Gates, Robert M. ... [The following are excerpts of the opening remarks presented to the House Armed Services Committee, Washington, D.C., April 15, 2008.] How we can improve and integrate America's instruments of national power to reflect the new realities and requirements of this century? For ...
Building partnership capacity and development of the interagency process.(LEGISLATION AND POLICY)(Excerpt)
Jun 01, 2008; Rice, Condoleezza ... [The following are excerpts of the testimony given to the House Armed Services Committee Washington, D.C., April 15, 2008.] I believe that the House Armed Services Committee has correctly identified the degree to which the challenges of the 21st century require both change ...
Emergency supplemental request for Iraq and Afghanistan.(LEGISLATION AND POLICY)(Excerpt)
Jun 01, 2008; Negroponte, John D. ... [The following are excerpts of the Statement presented to the House Appropriations Committee Washington, D.C., March 6, 2008.] In Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. and allied forces are fighting hot wars that our adversaries would like to spread to Pakistan, for example, and the ...
Afghanistan and the North Atlantic treaty organization: why they both matter.(LEGISLATION AND POLICY)(Excerpt)
Jun 01, 2008; Volker, Kurt ... [The following are excerpts of the remarks presented to the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Washington, D.C., February 4, 2008.] Adenauer's historic achievement, of course, was to consolidate a functioning democracy in a country that had been ruled by evil men and destroyed by ...
Kosovo: the balkans' moment of truth?(LEGISLATION AND POLICY)(Excerpt)(Speech)
Jun 01, 2008; Fried, Daniel ... [The following are excerpts of the testimony presented to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Washington, D.C., March 4, 2008.] We stand today at the end of one of Europe's most tragic episodes: the violent breakup of the former Yugoslavia. Kosovo's declaration of ...
The Western Hemisphere: 2007 in review and looking ahead to 2008.(LEGISLATION AND POLICY)(Thomas A. Shannon)
Jun 01, 2008; Shannon, Thomas A. ... [The following are excerpts of a release from the Foreign Press Center Briefing Washington, D.C., January 22, 2008.] I wanted to talk a bit about what we see as our accomplishments and our America's policy in the year 2007 and then with a view to the future, talk a bit about our ...
With Fidel Castro stepping down, what is next for Cuba and the Western Hemisphere?(LEGISLATION AND POLICY)(Excerpt)(Speech)
Jun 01, 2008 ... [The following are excerpts of the statement presented to the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere of House of Representatives Washington, D.C. March 5, 2008.] We live in a hemisphere characterized by dynamic, positive change. Democracy, free markets, and economic integration have ...
Maintaining a base: trouble in Poland's Defense Industry.(PERSPECTIVES)(Reprint)
Jun 01, 2008; Johnson, Reuben F. ... [The following is a reprint of an article originally appearing in The Weekly Standard. The Weekly Standard is located at http://www.weeklystandard.com. We would like to thank Reuben E Johnson for allowing us to reprint his article.] One of the more capable of the new North ...
Foreign assistance reform in the new administration: challenges and solutions?(PERSPECTIVES)(Howard L. Berman)
Jun 01, 2008; Berman, Howard L. ... [Verbatim, as delivered, April 23, 2008.] I would like to welcome our expert panel of witnesses to the committee today to discuss the daunting task that the next Administration and Congress faces--the reforming and rationalizing of the U.S. foreign assistance system. ...
United States Central Command: a brief history.(SECURITY ASSISTANCE COMMUNITY)
Jun 01, 2008 ... (The following history of the U.S. Central Command was provided courtesy of the command's web site, where numerous articles and information pertinent to that area can be found. The web site URL is: http://www.centcom.mil). The United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) was ...
The United States Southern Command: theater security cooperation.(SECURITY ASSISTANCE COMMUNITY)
Jun 01, 2008 ... [The article below is about security cooperation within the United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) theatre. It is provided courtesy of the USSOUTHCOM web site. Additional information relative to USSOUTHCOM can be found at the following URL: http://www.southcom. mil/AppsSC/index.php.] ...
The establishment, evolution, and accomplishments of the United States European Command.(SECURITY ASSISTANCE COMMUNITY)
Jun 01, 2008 ... [This brief history of the United States European Command is provided courtesy of the command web site. Further topics of interest within the European theatre can be found at: http://www.eucom. rail.] Background to Establishment Although the Headquarters United States ...
Worldwide Warehouse redistribution services' ten year anniversary.(EDUCATION AND TRAINING)
Jun 01, 2008; Heron, Pete ... Ten years ago an article titled, "The Worldwide Warehouse Distribution Program", was featured in the DISAM Journal, Volume 2 No. 3, Spring 1998, pp. 118-124. The article introduced the Worldwide Warehouse Redistribution Services (WWRS) program to the security cooperation community. The ...
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls and the Defense Trade Function.(EDUCATION AND TRAINING)
Jun 01, 2008 ... Getting Started with Defense Trade The information provided in this article is courtesy of the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls' (DDTC) web site: http://pmddtc.state.gov. Do Defense Export Controls Apply to Me? A Quick Action Checklist * Find out if ...
United states department of state directorate of defense trade controls notifications to the 110th Congress.(EDUCATION AND TRAINING)(Table)
Jun 01, 2008 ... <Pre> United States Department of State Directorate of Defense Trade Controls Notifications to the 110th Congress Direct Commercial Sale Licenses Pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act, Sections 36 (c) and (d) Transmittal Date of Letter No. Country ...