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A Clash of Mindsets? An Insider's Account of Provincial Reconstruction Teams
International Peacekeeping, 2007Previous analyses have provided extensive and in-depth insights into the external relations of Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) in Afghanistan, particularly the division of labour between them and the humanitarian assistance community.1 This article broadens and deepens this literature by focusing on the internal relations of PRTs, particularly ...
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2016
Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) became to the development-security nexus what light bulbs were to electricity. Before Edison’s invention, many people would have heard of electricity, but few would have understood its meaning. Only by direct application of the abstract phenomenon to practice was the utility of electricity illuminated and ...
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Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) became to the development-security nexus what light bulbs were to electricity. Before Edison’s invention, many people would have heard of electricity, but few would have understood its meaning. Only by direct application of the abstract phenomenon to practice was the utility of electricity illuminated and ...
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The Role of Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Stabilization
The RUSI Journal, 2006Roger Lane, Emma Sky
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Provincial Reconstruction Teams' Performance Measurement Process Has Improved
2009Abstract : Since October 2006 SIGIR has issued three reports examining the status, expansion, and effectiveness of Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRT) and embedded Provincial Reconstruction Teams (ePRTs) in Iraq. Those reports recommended that the U.S. Mission-Iraq and Multi-National Forces-Iraq (MNF-I) establish a performance measurement system with
null Stuart W., Jr Bowen
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The Czech Provincial Reconstruction Team in Afghanistan: Context, Experiences and Politics
Defence Studies, 2010This article is an empirical‐theoretical mapping of the Czech participation in the peacebuilding reconstruction of Afghanistan in the form of the Czech Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT). As will become clear, an important part of such a study is a focus on the analysis of the influence of the security context and external factors on the ...
Nik Hynek, Jan Eichler
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Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Kosovo: An Exit Strategy
2009Abstract : Even as the NATO Secretary General alluded to the possible withdrawal of forces from Kosovo, critics are clamoring that no clear exit strategy exists. The unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo in February 2008 puts this new nation at the crossroads and is a game changer for NATO.
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Armed Forces & Society, 2015
Among the many challenges confronting the United States and its allies in Afghanistan were cohesion and communication problems in state-building programs. Merging role theory and bureaucratic politics approaches, this article argues that US Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs), the composite groups charged with implementing these programs, suffered ...
Conor Keane, Steve Wood
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Among the many challenges confronting the United States and its allies in Afghanistan were cohesion and communication problems in state-building programs. Merging role theory and bureaucratic politics approaches, this article argues that US Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs), the composite groups charged with implementing these programs, suffered ...
Conor Keane, Steve Wood
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The Czech Provincial Reconstruction Team: Civil-Military Teaming in Logar Province
2013Abstract : This paper describes the development and implementation of the reconstruction process by the Czech PRT in Afghanistan as a model of cooperation between civilian and military elements. It proposes recommendations for possible improvements to civil-military cooperation not only between the Czech Republic Ministry of Defense (MoD) and Ministry ...
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Provincial Reconstruction Teams: The Compelling Need for Joint Doctrine
2009Abstract : Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) have been operating in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility for nearly six years. Their efforts play a tremendous role in improving security, stability, transition and reconstruction operations and they continue to prove their value to commanders as effective units driving positive change for
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The Canadian Provincial Reconstruction Team: The Arm of Development in Kandahar Province
American Review of Canadian Studies, 2010By selecting Kandahar as the site of its Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in 2005, Canada chose the largest role possible for itself as an ally of the United States in its effort to neutralize Afghanistan as a base for international terrorism. Canada's prestige as a member of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and a major ...
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