Assessing Security Cooperation as a Preventive Tool
Michael J. McNerney; Angela O'Mahony; Thomas S. Szayna; Derek Eaton; Caroline Baxter; Colin P. Clarke; Emma Cutrufello; Michael McGee; Heather Peterson; Leslie Adrienne Payne; Calin Trenkov-Wermuth
RAND
2014
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The report tested the assertion that U.S. security cooperation (SC) can help reduce fragility in partner states. Based on an analysis of SC data and state fragility scores for 107 countries in 1991 2008, the study found a correlation between provision of SC by the United States and a reduction in partner state fragility, though the presence and degree of correlation depended on partner country characteristics and the type of SC provided."