From SAR to GFA: The ABCs of Conflict Prevention and Stabilization
From SAR to GFA: The ABCs of Conflict Prevention and Stabilization  
Podcast: Irregular Warfare Podcast
Published On: Fri Apr 23 2021
Description: How can the military and civilians work together to prevent or manage conflict? Two seminal policy initiatives, the Stabilization Assistance Review and the Global Fragility Act, provide important answers by emphasizing an alignment of defense, development, and diplomatic efforts and delineating clear roles for respective actors in addressing violence and instability. This episode examines how they have fundamentally reshaped the way the US government conceives and responds to conflict around the world based on lessons learned from places like Afghanistan and Iraq. Intro music: "Unsilenced" by Ketsa Outro music: "Launch" by Ketsa CC BY-NC-ND 4.0