1-4. Stabilization is a process in which personnel identify and mitigate underlying sources of instability to establish the conditions for long-term stability. Stabilization also includes efforts to counter an adversary’s attempts to consolidate its gains in a region or to reassert its influence. While long-term development requires stability, stability does not require long-term development. Therefore, stability operations tasks focus on identifying, targeting, and mitigating the root causes of instability to set the conditions for long-term development by building the capacity of local institutions.