No other country maintains a global military presence comparable to that of the United States. Yet outside the United States, considerable debate exists about what this presence is about and how well it serves national and global interests. Anti–U.S. base protests, played out in parliaments and the streets of host nations, continue to arise in different parts of the world. In a novel approach…
The 2006 symposium's theme, "Security Assistance: U.S. and International Perspectives," was designed to present historical research, analysis and policy recomendations on the topic of Security Assistance and Training Indigenous Forces. While much attention was paid to the U.S. military's historical practice of security assistance operations and policies, discussions of the role of other agencie…