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Building Partner Capacity (BPC) is ". . . a term that refers to a
broad set of missions, programs, activities, and authorities intended to
improve the ability of other nations to achieve those security-oreinted
goals they share with the United States." 1.
Papers, Reports and Publications about BPC
2017
JFQ, "Learning to Fish in Murky Waters: The Missing Link in
Capacity-Building", Joint Force Quarterly 86, 3rd Quarter, July
2017, June 21, 2017.
http://ndupress.ndu.edu/JFQ/Joint-Force-Quarterly-86/Article/1223974/learning-to-fish-in-murky-waters-the-missing-link-in-capacity-building/
2015
Long, Austin, Building Special Operations Partnerships in
Afghanistan and Beyond (Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2015).
Helmus, Todd, Advising the Command: Best Practices from the
Special Operations Advisory Experience in Afghanistan (Santa
Monica, CA: RAND, 2015).
CRS, What is "Building Partner Capacity?": Issues for Congress,
Congressional Research Service (CRS), CRS Report R44313, December 18,
2015. A 64-page report for Congress - posted on the website of the
Federation of American Scientists (FAS).
www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/R44313.pdf
Yarger, Harry, Building Partner Capacity (Tampa, Joint
Special Operations University, 2015).
2010
Gates, Robert, "Helping Others Defend Themselves", Foreign
Affairs 89, no. 3 (2010), 2-6.
News Articles on BPC
February 6, 2021.
"Building Partner Capacity Is Great Power Competition: The
Future of 333 Funds", by Phil Reynolds, Small Wars Journal.
January 14, 2016.
"Learning From Our Mistakes in Selection and Training of Military
Advisors", SOFREP. Perhaps the time has come to consider a
permanent unit of advisors to conduct Security Force Assistance (SFA).
Endnotes
1. See page 2 of summary in CRS report R443313 What is "Building
Partnership Capacity?": Issues for Congress, December 18, 2015.
www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/R44313.pdf
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