The Future of U.S. Special Operations Forces

Event date

Monday
April 15, 2013

Speaker

Linda RobinsonCFR Expert
Senior International Policy Analyst, RAND Corporation

Presider

Stephen BiddleCFR Expert
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Defense Policy

Linda Robinson discusses her recently released Council Special Report, The Future of U.S. Special Operations Forces, which calls for conceptual, institutional, and operational changes to reorient U.S. special operations forces to ensure that they are employed to best effect.

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