Publication

This report outlines US military operations in Afghanistan, Africa, the Philippines, and Colombia within the context of the US-led global "war on terror". The report states that the operations cover a wide variety of combat and non-combat missions ranging from fighting insurgents to civil affairs, reconstruction operations, and the training of military forces. The author describes a long-term US military strategy in Southeast Asia and Africa, a proposal for NATO to assume command of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, and the management of counternarcotics operations in the region.