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should be commissioned as a joint venture of
the three lead agencies’ policy bureaus; or by
State/F and a DOD-affiliated knowledge center,
such as the Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI) or Center for Complex
Operations (CCO). The AAR should include a
well-respected U.S. academic institution that
can contribute objective outside expertise, as
well as serve as a repository of collected lessons
learned documentation. This academic partnership will insure materials remain available for
study in the event that USG entities involved in
R&S get defunded, as has happened in the past.
4. Civilian agency leaders should weigh in on the
current legislative efforts at military reform tied
to the 30th anniversary of the 1986 GoldwaterNichols Act, given that some of the proposed
efforts to change the DOD’s global posture and
organizational structures would affect diplomacy and development work as well as defense.77 For example, the outcome of decisions78
related to combining USAFRICOM and the
U.S. European Command (USEUCOM), and
the U.S. Northern and Southern Commands
(USNORTHCOM
and
USSOUTHCOM),
would impact the work of DOS and USAID in
Africa and Latin America, just as the creation
of USAFRICOM a decade ago rippled through
the region and influenced the relationships
between U.S. civilian agencies and their host
nation counterparts. Civilian agencies should
join forces with the DOD to seek congressional
action to improve the alignment of authorities
and resources among them, with the aim of re-

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