Jeffrey Martini Livres

This report provides a summary of the risks, proliferation, costs of man-portable air defense system attacks against commercial aviation targets. It also presents mitigation options against such an attack.

The report explores the unifying and divisive factors among the Gulf Cooperation Council states, including Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. It analyzes their current dynamics and provides insights into the future evolution of the GCC over the next decade, highlighting key challenges and opportunities that may shape its trajectory.

Scholars and policymakers have sought to understand what drives sectarianism in the Middle East and its relationship to multiple conflicts, but far less attention has been focused on the factors that make a community more resilient to sectarianism. This report provides a better understanding of how communities inoculate themselves from sectarianism or recover from it and draws lessons on how to promote resilience and cross-sectarian cooperation.

The authors identify insights relevant to Air Force technical training from how colleges and universities size their instructor corps, best practices associated with supply chain management, and approaches for developing a flexible instructor pool.