Measuring Stakeholder Support for the Institute for Military Support to Governance (IMSG) Norm Cotton National Security Consultant (#Irregular Warfare, #Civil-Military Operations, #Security Sector Reform, #Israel/Palestine Conflict)

The institute for military support to governance (IMSG) is… …the U.S. Army Institute for Military Support to Governance (IMSG) manages the provision of Army civil sector expertise across the range of military operations in order to support USG obligations under international law and promote stability. The Governance Innovation for Security and Development (GISD) project seeks innovative solutions to the challenges of building and supporting governance capacity in fragile environments. GISD is assisting the IMSG with the identification of the competencies required of Army Civil Affairs Military Government specialists (38G) to support US led stability operations.

What is stakeholder analysis? “Stakeholder Analysis” is… identifying the groups that are likely to impacted by a proposed action and sorting those stakeholders according to their impact on the action and their needs, and mapping those groups based upon the their, power, interest and attitude Security and Development Stakeholders are… agencies across the “whole of government”, military and civilian that, that are empowered by U.S. and international law, policy and historical precedents for building governance capacity Mapping Tools and Stakeholder Graphs… map initial stakeholder positions in order to inform engagement strategies

Emergent Issues in Security & Development… Reconstruction and Stabilization Bush and Obama administrations expanded the responsibilities of civilian agencies in reconstruction and stabilization efforts 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) Civil Affairs (CA) forces as “the vanguard of Department of Defense (DOD) support to U.S. government efforts to assist partner governments in the fields of rule of law, economic stability, governance, public health and welfare, infrastructure, and public education and information” CA Force Modernization and Military Governance Secretary of Defense Gates assigned the Army the responsibility to develop capabilities for military occupation, to include “military governance,” (Dec 2010) Assistant Secretary of the Army Lamont endorses a plan to improve Army CA force modernization proponent functions, including the development of a CA/Military Government Future Operating Concept (Nov 2012)

Emergent Issues in Security & Development… Presidential Policy on Global Development (PPD 6) International development is vital to U.S. national security and elevates development as a core pillar of American power 2010 Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR) Aligned the growing number of civilian agencies that engage in international activity: energy diplomacy, disease prevention, police training, trade promotion, etc… 2013 USAID Democracy, Rights & Governance Strategy Reaffirms and invigorates DRG as integral to the agency’s overall development agenda, promoting stronger democratic institutions, respect for human rights, and participatory governance. Elevates human rights as a key USAID development objective.

Mapping Military and Civilian Stakeholder… Power (+ or -) to what extent the stakeholder has power to impose, the stakeholder’s potential to influence derived from their positional or resource power in the U.S. foreign policy arena, or their actual influence derived from their credibility as a perceived leader or expert Interest (+ or -) - how interested is the stakeholder on the IMSG/GISD effort and related initiatives to establish 38G program, (i.e. how likely is the stakeholder to be active or passive) Attitude (+ or -) - the perceived “initial” stakeholder attitude (positive or negative) of the proposed effort to increase military involvement in support of governance, the extent to which the stakeholder will “back” (support) or “block” (resist) proposed changes based on their perceived support for change or a status quo bias

Example - Stable Governance (SG) Stakeholders Scoring Influence (Power) SG (+ or -) Interest in 38G/ IMSG (+ or -) Attitude towards IMSG (+ or -) OSD/JS GCCs USAID/OTI USAID/DRG USAID/OMC - + DOS/INL DOS/CSO DOS/DRL DOS/PM UNDP

- POWER + No position is final! Mendelow’s 3d Matrix (8 Initial Stakeholder Positions) No position is final! Sleeping Giant Influential Passive Backer Savior Influential Active Backer Acquaintance Insignificant Passive Backer - POWER + Friend Insignificant Active Backer Time Bomb Influential Passive Blocker - ATTITUDE + Saboteur Influential Active Blocker Trip Wire Insignificant Passive Blocker Irritant Insignificant Active Blocker - INTEREST +

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