CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- WEAK AND FAILING STATES: EVOLVING SECURITY THREATS AND U.S. POLICY -- PEACEKEEPING/STABILIZATION AND CONFLICT TRANSITIONS: BACKGROUND AND CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON THE CIVILIAN RESPONSE/RESERVE CORPS AND OTHER CIVILIAN STABILIZATION AND RECONSTRUCTION CAPABILITIES -- SECURITY ASSISTANCE REFORM: ―SECTION 1206‖ BACKGROUND AND ISSUES FOR CONGRESS -- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ―SECTION 1207‖ SECURITY AND STABILIZATION ASSISTANCE: BACKGROUND AND CONGRESSIONAL CONCERNS -- REPORT OF INSPECTION: OFFICE OF THE COORDINATOR FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND STABILIZATION-REPORT NO. ISP-I-07-25, MAY 2007 -- REMARKS AS DELIVERED BY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, ROBERT M. GATES,MANHATTAN, KANSAS - LANDON LECTURE (KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY) -- CHAPTER SOURCES -- INDEX.