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03514aam a2200481Ii 4500 001 58ED50F8DCB911EC8436229451ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220526010039 008 211015s2021 caua b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 9781977407306 020 $a 1977407307 035 $a (OCoLC)1286917838 040 $a RSM $b eng $e rda $c RSM $d YDX $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 14 $a U262 $b .W398 2021 100 1 $a Watts, Stephen $q (Stephen Baldwin), $e rapporteur. 245 10 $a Countering Russia : $b The Role of Special Operations Forces in Strategic Competition / $c Stephen Watts, Sean M. Zeigler, Kimberly Jackson, Caitlin McCulloch, Joseph Cheravitch, Marta Kepe. 264 1 $a Santa Monica, Calif. : $b RAND Corporation, $c [2021] 300 $a xvi, 95 pages : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Rand research report 500 $a Title from PDF document (title page; viewed October 15, 2021) 500 $a "Prepared for the United States Army." 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 87-95). 505 0 $a Chapter One: Introduction -- Chapter Two: ARSOF Capabilities for Strategic Competition -- Chapter Three: The Potential Effectiveness of ARSOF Operations in Strategic Competition -- Chapter Four: Conclusion and Policy Recommendations -- Appendix: Technical Discussion of Statistical Modeling of FID. 520 $a The authors of this report assess the role of U.S. Army special operations forces (ARSOF) in great-power competition, focusing on the types of activities the United States will need to conduct in competition with Russia and ARSOF's effectiveness in conducting them, as well as ARSOF's advantages and disadvantages relative to conventional military forces and the efforts of nonmilitary agencies. The authors find that, under steady-state conditions, ARSOF can help to strengthen the resilience of allies and partners while improving the United States' situational awareness. When the risk of armed conflict is high, ARSOF can help to defend against proxy forces used by U.S. adversaries and can be used to disrupt adversary operations in denied environments or to impose costs on adversaries. However, unconventional warfare intended to overthrow adversary governments has historically had low rates of success. Finally, ARSOF can be used to better target U.S. operations in the information environment and work with local surrogates to strengthen the impact of such efforts. 530 $a Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format 580 $a See also RAND/RR-A412-23, RAND/RR-A412-3 650 0 $a Special forces (Military science) $z United States $x Evaluation. 650 0 $a Great powers. 700 1 $a Zeigler, Sean, $e rapporteur. 700 1 $a Jackson, Kimberly, $e rapporteur. 700 1 $a McCulloch, Caitlin, $e rapporteur. 700 1 $a Cheravitch, Joe, $e rapporteur. 700 1 $a Kepe, Marta, $e rapporteur. 710 2 $a Arroyo Center. $b Strategy, Doctrine, and Resources Program, $e sponsoring body. 710 2 $a Rand Corporation, $e sponsoring body. 710 1 $a United States. $b Army. 787 18 $7 nnam $t Evaluating the Effectiveness of Public Communication Campaigns and Their Implications for Strategic Competition with Russia $r RAND/RR-A412-2 787 18 $7 nnam $t Analysis of Russian Irregular Threats $r RAND/RR-A412-3 830 0 $a Research report (Rand Corporation) 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117013534.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=58ED50F8DCB911EC8436229451ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search