Doctrinal Deficit - Prevent and Respond to Widespread Against Civilians

For over five years, the Stimson Center’s Future of Peace Operations program has contributed independent research and analysis to efforts to improve international responses to widespread and systematic violence against civilians. In particular, the Center has looked at the role of the military, to understand its prospects and limitations as a tool to protect civilians under threat.

Stimson’s initial research identified various deficits in the authority, political will, capacity, knowledge an...