OPERA – fiche sociographique - défense
Prénom, Nom:
Evelyn N. Farkas Contact :
Catégorie : Législatif
Dates de naissance / décès :
Lieu de naissance :
Genre : Fem. Lieu de résidence (si DC avant l’accession à un poste retenu, avec si
possible l’année de l’emménagement à DC):
Formation :
BA/BS MA/MS PhD Law degree (JD…) ROTC1 Autre BA, Franklin & Marshall 1989 Fletcher Law & Diplomacy, 1999 MALD ( ?), Fletcher Law & Diplomacy, 1995 Profession initiale :
Carrière :
1989-‐90 : assistant to the director, Council on Foreign Relations 1990-‐1993 : Assistant to the director, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis 1993 : Rosenthal Fellow, Committee on International Relations, US House of Rep. 1 n’est pas une formation mais un programme pour entrer dans l’armée W. Genieys, Operationalizing Programmatic Elites Research in America, OPERA : ANR-‐08-‐BLAN-‐0032. 1 1996 : Research Analyst, Carnegie Conflict Prevention Project 1995-‐96 : Research Associate, Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis 1996 : Human Rights Officer, Organization for Security and Co-‐operation in Europe 1997-‐ 2001 : Assistant Professor puis Associate Professor of International Relations, Command and Staff College, Marine Corps University. (4 ans) Avril 2001 – avril 2008 : professional staff member, SASC 2008 : executive director of the congressionally mandated Comission on prevention of weapons of mass destruction proliferation and terrorism. 2009 : member of the Center for National Policy's Future Forces advisory group. Expert blogger for National Journal. En 2012, est dite Senior Advisor for Public-‐Private Partnership to the Supreme Allied Commander (SACEUR) and Commander, U.S. European Command. Sources biblio/bio, articles, divers.
The 21st Century Force Multiplier: PublicPrivate Collaboration
April 18, 2012
Evelyn N. Farkas, Ph.D
In today’s budget-strapped environment, President Obama’s administration has called for more public-private
collaboration. Recently the President appointed a Principal Director for Community Partnership to the National
Security Council staff to address how the government might partner more with outside entities and individuals.
The Department of Defense and most other U.S. government agencies are also looking for ways to improve
effectiveness and efficiencies by reaching out to collaborate with private businesses, non-profit organizations
and academia. EUCOM has already been working on initiatives like this for some time in areas such as cybersecurity, communications, and humanitarian assistance, among others. For the most part, this collaboration is
focused on sharing expertise, exchanging information, and executing projects and operations.
This collaboration is especially beneficial to the government, as most of the cutting edge work, primarily
technological, that once was done by the government is now being done in the private sector. The government
now relies on private sector expertise to maintain its lead in defense, space and other national security issues.
Perhaps one of the most robust partnering initiatives EUCOM employs is the National Guard State Partnership
Program (SPP) – where Guard personnel conduct some of the most enduring military-to-civilian – and even
civilian-to-civilian – activities. The SPP was initially launched as a political and military outreach initiative to
the new democracies in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union in the 1990s and is now a key
security cooperation tool. National Guard members now work with EUCOM partner nations on such issues as
military justice, disaster response planning, military medical preparedness, search and rescue techniques, border
and port security, counter trafficking and counter terrorism among others.
Non-state actors, terrorists, media magnates, cyber hackers, and other nefarious characters can function today
with fewer constraints than ever, so the government is going to be continually challenged to protect national
security and its citizens. We here at EUCOM recognize the need to harness the know-how and resources of
W. Genieys, Operationalizing Programmatic Elites Research in America, OPERA : ANR-‐08-‐BLAN-‐0032. 2 corporations, universities, research institutions, and charitable and development organizations. We continue to
seek out opportunities for public-private cooperation initiatives because today’s problems will not be solved by
government alone, but in increasingly in partnership with global business, partnerships with civil society.
Source : US European Command web site http://www.eucom.mil/blog-‐post/23296/the-‐21st-‐century-‐force-‐multiplier-‐public-‐private-‐collaboration accessed 30 mai 12 Sources additionnelles :
W. Genieys, Operationalizing Programmatic Elites Research in America, OPERA : ANR-‐08-‐BLAN-‐0032. 3