Fixing Fragile States
America's cumbersome approach to interagency operations in the field urgently needs reform, centered around more powerful ambassadors and coordinated in-country policy design.
Dennis Blair is the former director of national intelligence and former commander in chief of U.S. Pacific Command. Ronald Neumann is president of the American Academy of Diplomacy and former U.S. ambassador to Algeria, Bahrain and Afghanistan. Eric Olson is the former commander of U.S. Special Operations Command.