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"Small-State Special Operations in a Comprehensive Stabilisation Context: What to Know and Where to Go?" was the headline of a conference held at the Royal Danish Defence College, facilitated by the Institute for Strategy. As a product of this conference, a report has been written which highlights the most important arguments, reflections and conclusion made at the conference. The conference was initiated in order to establish an academic forum, wherein relevant questions could be posed which would allow to pinpoint and guide future research on the utility of small state operations. The key takeaways were: Special operations as a force multiplier: Can special operations enable other stabilisation agents, locals as well as internationals, to accomplish their missions more effectively? This includes NGOs, diplomats or other officials, other military units, etc. How can the mindset required to enable 'whole-of-government' approaches be promoted? Economy of force considerations: Are special operations truly a cheaper means of reaching certain ends? When are small and indirect approaches involving special operations forces effective and when are they not? Special operations as expansion of choice: Do special operations offer new and/or other solutions to stabilisation efforts in fragile states? What can/should special operations NOT do? How should special operations and conventional forces be organized and trained in order to make them better suited for undertaking stabilisation tasks jointly?

Efter afslutningen på NATO's ISAF-mission, og i takt med tilbagetrækningen af internationale styrker vil et langt større ansvar for regional fredsopbygning tilføres de regionale stater selv. Sikkerhedssituationen i Afghanistan afhænger af regionalt samarbejde, hvilket forudsætter forudgående dialog samt fremadrettede innovative fredsopbygningsløsninger i en regional ramme. Voldelig ekstremisme, skrøbelige økonomier og konfliktfyldte bilaterale forhold er nogle af de problemer, der skal tackles såfremt bæredygtige løsninger skal opnås. Konferencen Regional Stability & Lessons Learned in Regional Peace Building, søgte netop at adressere ovennævnte problemstillinger ved at samle en række internationale og ikke mindst regionale forskere i Islamabad i oktober 2014. Selve konferencen var kulminationen på næsten et års samarbejde mellem Pakistans National Defence University og Forsvarsakademiet, og trods en række mere eller mindre forudsigelige bump på vejen, blev konferencen efterfølgende udråbt som særdeles vellykket. De sikkerhedspolitiske udfordringer i regionen tårner sig op i horisonten, og en del af disse blev behandlet på konferencen: Tilbagetrækningen af internationale militære styrker, Taliban, relationerne mellem Indien og Pakistan, behovet for øget regionalisme, Kinas rolle, EU og ASEAN som modeller for inspiration og regionale perspektiver fra Iran og Afghanistan var alle en del af det akademiske program i Islamabad sidst i oktober 2014. Denne rapport beskriver og analyserer præsentationerne på konferencen og endvidere præsenteres en række politiske anbefalinger, der fremadrettet kan bidrage til en konstruktiv og bæredygtig fredsopbygning i Centralasien. ; The NATO-led intervention in Afghanistan is coming to an end, and the necessity of regional peace building solutions for the region's security issues seems more exigent than ever before. Regional states have to come to terms with each other in some ways if violent extremists are to be countered, as none of the countries is able to deal with the intrastate and interstate conflicts on its own. The conference Regional Stability & Lessons Learned in Regional Peace Building was the result of comprehensive cooperation between Pakistan's National Defence University and the Royal Danish Defence College over the course of almost a year. This report should be viewed as the conference's outcome document. It is based on excerpts of the presentations as well as reflections on and analysis of the key arguments made at the conference. The region suffers no lack of security issues in need to be dealt with, and many of them were addressed at the conference: The withdrawal of international military forces, the Taliban, India/Pakistan relations, the need for regionalism, China's role, EU and ASEAN as models for inspiration and regional perspectives from Iran and Afghanistan were all part of the talks in Islamabad, with insightful contributions from a varied panel of scholars. The following will take you through the timely and important discussions presented in late October 2014.