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Uesugi, Yuji. "Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) in Afghanistan: A New Model for Civil-Military Coordination in Peace Operations" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association 48th Annual Convention, Hilton Chicago, CHICAGO, IL, USA, Feb 28, 2007 <Not Available>. 2009-05-24 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p178892_index.html>

Uesugi, Y. , 2007-02-28 "Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) in Afghanistan: A New Model for Civil-Military Coordination in Peace Operations" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association 48th Annual Convention, Hilton Chicago, CHICAGO, IL, USA Online <APPLICATION/PDF>. 2009-05-24 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p178892_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: The Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) are ?non-kinetic? operations carried out jointly by small number of lightly armed military personnel and civilian staff from the diplomatic community and development agencies to promote governance, security and reconstruction throughout the post-9.11 Afghanistan and Iraq. PRTs can be characterized in two ways: one as a miniature of multidimensional peacekeeping operations or ?peacekeeping-lite,? and the other as an extended civil-military operation center (CMOC) or ?super-CMOC.? This study sheds light on the latter perspective of PRTs and defines PRTs as small, inter-agency organizations that were invented as a new form of civil-military coordination to maximize synergic effects among various agencies working towards peace and reconstruction in Afghanistan and Iraq.This study seeks to provide an objective review of the concept and the performance of PRTs in order to illustrate the possibilities and limits of PRTs in peacebuilding in Afghanistan and Iraq, and to contribute to current debate on whether the PRT model is applicable to other peace and stability operations as a new form for civil-military coordination.The existing studies on PRTs are based on anecdotal evidences and put forward in the absence of a shared understanding of the activities of PRTs and their effect upon the peacebuilding process in Afghanistan and Iraq, much less, agreed standards and measures of effectiveness which are necessary to commence a fruitful dialogue between divergent perspectives. In short, the PRTs need a systematic approach to measuring their success as a super-CMOC. Furthermore, current debates on PRTs failed to be built upon the existing discourse on civil-military coordination and cooperation in peace and stability operations despite the fact that PRTs are a form of civil-military operation tailored to suit the situation in Afghanistan or Iraq. Hence, this study purports to present a base-line analysis for developing a set of criteria for evaluating the performance of PRTs as a mode of inter-agency civil-military coordinating mechanism by referring to a discussion on civil-military coordination and cooperation in peace operations.

Civil-Military Practices in Post-Conflict Reconstruction:The Interaction Between External Military Forces and Local Social Systems in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq

Military Duel, Police Operation or Struggle over Legitimacy? Symbolical Mediation in Security and Stabilisation Operations in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq