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In Iraq and elsewhere, the United States needs a law enforcement capability for stability operations. How should such a force be created and what capabilities should it embody? This report examines the characteristics of such a force and the challenges that must be faced in creating it.

This study considers the creation of a high-end police force for use in stability operations, examining its ideal size, how responsive it needs to be, where in the government to locate it, its needed capabilities, its proper staffing, and its cost. A 6,000-person force created in the U.S. Marshals Service and whose officers are seconded to domestic police agencies when not deployed would be the most effective of the options considered."

The proliferation of anti-access and area denial capabilities threatens to undermine the viability of offensive force projection. Thus, certainty that the United States could decisively defeat any state in all circumstances could be eroding. This research examined trends in military capabilities among potential U.S. adversaries and proposes an alternative way for the United States and its allies to secure their interests.