Sec. 222. Consortium to study irregular warfare
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The Secretary of Defense may establish a research consortium of institutions of higher education to study irregular warfare and the responses to irregular threats. The purposes of the consortium under subsection
(a)are as follows: To shape the formulation and application of policy through the conduct of research and analysis regarding irregular warfare. To maintain open-source databases on issues relevant to understanding terrorism, irregular threats, and social and environmental change. To serve as a repository for datasets regarding research on security, social change, and irregular threats developed by institutions of higher education that receive Federal funding. To support basic research in social science on emerging threats and stability dynamics relevant to irregular threat problem sets. To transition promising basic research— to higher stages of research and development; and into operational capabilities, as appropriate, by supporting applied research and developing tools to counter irregular threats. To facilitate the collaboration of research centers of excellence relating to irregular threats to better distribute expertise to specific issues and scenarios regarding such threats. To enhance educational outreach and teaching at professional military education schools to improve— the understanding of irregular threats; and the integration of data-based responses to such threats. To support classified research when necessary in appropriately controlled physical spaces. To support the work of a Department of Defense Functional Center for Security Studies in Irregular Warfare if such Center is established pursuant to section 1299L of the William M.
(Mac)Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 ( Public Law 116–283 ). To carry out such other research initiatives relating to irregular warfare and irregular threats as the Secretary of Defense determines appropriate. If the Secretary of Defense establishes a research consortium under subsection (a), the Secretary shall encourage partnerships between the consortium and university-affiliated research centers and other research institutions, as appropriate. In this section, the term institution of higher education has the meaning given that term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001 ).
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